Hello Atlanta - Spring Break starts 4/4/09

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Mar 31, '09 · 11:36 AM6,420

Is anyone coming?

http://www.accessatlanta.com/wireless/content/events/stories/2009/03/30/kids_family_fun_atlanta.html

Most metro area schools will release kids Friday for a five-day break bookended by four weekend days. But this is a tough year for family getaways and out-of-town trips. If you’re looking for ways to have some fun nearby, it may be as close as your local library, a neighborhood volunteer project or a jaunt to a state park. Here are some other recommendations for staying busy during spring break without going far from home....

http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/t.../2009/02/22/spring_break_southeast_cheap.html

Spring break may be forever associated with college students hitting the beaches for some sun and fun after a long winter. But nowadays, couples and families with schoolchildren have claimed March and April as prime time for a getaway holiday....

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/travel/entries/2009/02/18/are_you_plannin.html

Beach-bound - Let’s face it, spring break is usually your first chance each year to get out and enjoy the sand, surf and sun. Water temps may not be as warm as you might prefer for sea bathing, but you can usually wade in a little by early April. It’s also nice to sit on the beach and build your sand castles without that sweltering summer heat. It difficult to list all of the great family-friendly beaches within Atlantans’ easy reach, but check out Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, Ala. or Myrtle Beach, SC (even though it also attracts college students) as options with plenty of family activities on and off the beach....

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SoWal Expert

Apr 5, '09 · 8:14 PM#27

First spring break story- we were at our friends' house in Watercolor, and our kids saw a big glass Jim Beam bottle fly out out of the neighbor's back door and into our friend's backyard. No parents around, and quite a few teens exited the house after that, who according to the teens we talked to that were staying at the house, were pretty much complete strangers that came over to "hang out".

We saw the a couple of the kids later with a mom - I really hope she didn't have a clue about the Jim beam. Stay tuned- this one could get interesting.

Beach Fanatic

Apr 5, '09 · 8:48 PM#28

We are here I sent a memo out, but I think no one got it because the roads were pact with the rest of Atlanta's families getting in my way. We call WaterSound home for the next week. Time to go spend some money in SoWal!

Have a great visit. Hope you have a wonderful time and build new memories to bring you back time and again. Find time to just watch the stars. Orion's Belt was always fun to watch when we came down on our Spring Breaks when we didn't live here.

picky

Apr 5, '09 · 9:58 PM#29

My brother is driving from Atlanta with his son, his kayaks, and his fishing gear. Do you think there will be any fish left in the lake with all the visitors to SoWal??? :yikes:

beats on hood

Apr 5, '09 · 10:01 PM#30

My brother is driving from Atlanta with his son, his kayaks, and his fishing gear. Do you think there will be any fish left in the lake with all the visitors to SoWal???

Sure. This crowd is not fishing for fish -- they are fishing for, well, you know.

picky

Apr 5, '09 · 10:06 PM#31

Sure. This crowd is not fishing for fish -- they are fishing for, well, you know.

Oh! Oh! Oh! :rolling:

SoWal Expert

Apr 6, '09 · 8:04 AM#32

If you ever wanted to visit Atlanta, this would be a nice slow weekend to do so. Atlanta is empty, and it seems that they temporarily relocated it to South Walton.

SoWal Insider

Apr 6, '09 · 8:08 AM#33

If you ever wanted to visit Atlanta, this would be a nice slow weekend to do so. Atlanta is empty, and it seems that they temporarily relocated it to South Walton.

Yes, it is quite nice maneuvering around town right now.

beats on hood

Apr 6, '09 · 10:44 AM#34

If you ever wanted to visit Atlanta, this would be a nice slow weekend to do so. Atlanta is empty, and it seems that they temporarily relocated it to South Walton.

Daughter decided not to come to the beach with us for spring break. :idontno:

She is at our place in Atlanta with her fianc? and spending her spring break shopping. I'll have to ask her if she notices any difference in the traffic.

Oh, the cat saga. Hubby caved and renewed the lease. He didn't want a cat in our house. They can deal with it when they get married June 19, 2010. Just hope fiancé decides to go to grad school at Georgia Tech instead of MIT or Stanford, his other two choices. He's already passed his Ph.D. qualifying exams at Georgia Tech.

Edited Apr 6, '09 · 10:47 AM

Beach Fanatic

Apr 6, '09 · 1:13 PM#35

Spent a crapload of money at Cafe-30A for the wife and I's 12 year anniversary! She had an amazing Filet and I got the lobster in paradise! Had a great bottle of Pinot noir, and man the crab cake app was really good! Probably go back this week with the kids and g-parents. WaterSound beach club is taking great care of us! Kinda cold, but that can't stop the rulers! :cool:

beats on hood

Apr 6, '09 · 9:32 PM#36

Daughter says that, relatively speaking, Atlanta is a ghost town, due to all of the spring breakers gone.

SoWal Expert

Apr 6, '09 · 9:37 PM#37

I believe it - had to fight through the line of cars to get to my house and almost took out 2 bikers in the process (totally my fault BTW)!

SoWal Guide

Apr 7, '09 · 9:04 PM#38

I have been extremely lucky this week (knock on wood) avoiding traffic and crowds. I've been in publix a few times with no crowds, and I drove to Destin and back this morning - no problem. the secret seems to be to get out and get back early in the day.

Beach Lover

Apr 8, '09 · 9:58 PM#39

I am home from a spring break in Sowal and even though it was a bit on the chilly side, it was just glorious! The beach: beautiful as always; the food: delicious; and the accomodations @ Dune Villas: very nice!!!

One thing I saw that I haven't seen before in the 10+ years I've been visiting the area, was a large herd of deer that showed up on the side of Hwy 98 after dark. Not just one time, but every time we drove down that stretch of 98...there they were! Around 6-7 of them. Fortunately they never seemed to stray too close to the highway.

Interesting!

Anyway I can't wait to come back in June!!!!!!

Beach Fanatic

Apr 9, '09 · 12:08 AM#40

I saw a few groups of them about this time last year, around 10:00 pm, along 98 between 331 and Seagrove. I hope to see them when I arrive tomorrow night.

I also saw what seemed to be hundreds of them last year on U.S. 278, between I-95 and Bluffton/Hilton Head, SC. It's a divided 4-lane hwy through the low country, and the deer are abundant along the parkway.

AdminAuthor

Apr 9, '09 · 7:26 AM#41

Some good greens growing on the roadside.

Beach Lover

Apr 9, '09 · 1:13 PM#42

Some good greens growing on the roadside.

yep...bet it's clover. The ones that live around my yard love the stuff...along with hostas, day lilies, new bean plants, etc.... :roll:

Oh well, gotta love 'em anyway!!!

beats on hood

Apr 9, '09 · 5:47 PM#43

The deer are really out in force in our neighborhood in GA. Last week as daughter was driving up our driveway, a huge buck jumped over the hood of her car. Scared the heck out of her.

Beach Lover

Apr 9, '09 · 8:19 PM#44

Yea, my father -in-law just hit one here in Fayetteville last week...messed up the car pretty badly. I'm glad the buck didn't hit her or cause her to have a wreck!

And soon you have to watch out for the babies that are being born now...they can run kind of crazy when they get out on the road and panic. Sadly, we hit a little fawn last spring when it couldn't figure out what to do and basically ran up under the car. It was awful!!!! I cried!!!

beats on hood

Apr 12, '09 · 6:38 PM#45

OMC! Traffic on I-85 late this afternoon, south of Atlanta, and heading northbound was a parking lot!

Glad I was going southbound. And after my previous drive through there on April 1, they have changed the speed limit from 50 to 60. So even if you get a little space, you have to watch your speed due to the local fuzz. Argh!

Beach Fanatic

Apr 12, '09 · 6:50 PM#46

Thanks Atlanta! It was quite a week and many of us appreciate you coming here to spend your money! See you next year or this summer!

Beach Fanatic

Apr 12, '09 · 9:28 PM#47

Thanks Atlanta! It was quite a week and many of us appreciate you coming here to spend your money! See you next year or this summer!

All well and good, but last week within one block from my house in Old Seagrove, three events occurred that are worth noting. First, a kid totaled his car after hitting three large trees in the middle of the night on Forest Street. Second, a car parked in front of a house on Cypress Hill Street was stolen. Third, while two electricians were working in my house and I was working in my yard, a kid tried to steel a GPS unit out of the electricians' van that was parked in my driveway inside of my fence.

Welcome Atlanta? :idontno:

SoWal Expert

Apr 12, '09 · 9:41 PM#48

Odd season - I gained a chair and a bike lock instead of the usual beer cans, cups, and cigarette butts/cartons.

P.S. anyone missing (or wanting) a bike should take a stroll through Seagrove - apparently the new hobby is ditching rental bikes in the shrubbery.

Beach Fanatic

Apr 12, '09 · 10:05 PM#49

I said many of us, not all of us appreciate you coming here.

SoWal Insider

Apr 12, '09 · 11:10 PM#50

All well and good, but last week within one block from my house in Old Seagrove, three events occurred that are worth noting. First, a kid totaled his car after hitting three large trees in the middle of the night on Forest Street. Second, a car parked in front of a house on Cypress Hill Street was stolen. Third, while two electricians were working in my house and I was working in my yard, a kid tried to steel a GPS unit out of the electricians' van that was parked in my driveway inside of my fence.

Welcome Atlanta?

You can take the kid out of Atlanta--but..... :cool: