Easter Weekend at some of Central Florida's Beaches

aeliop · Apr 6, 2010

I had a pretty good Easter weekend visiting 2 different Central Florida Beaches on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday I traveled to Cocoa Beach and the world famous Coconuts. Coconuts is a bar that is on the ocean and the whole party atmosphere spills over on to the sand. Coconuts is not as wild as it once was as I noticed more families but it still has it's moments as the day grows old and the alcohol flows.

Welcome to Cocoa Beach

I am ready to hit the sand

The back deck of Coconuts, packed as usual, with the spirits and livations flowing.

In Florida nothing happens that is a party without an abundance of bikers.

The beach is packed. Notice everyone wearing some type of foot protection? The sand on Cocoa Beach is like lava, scorching hot. If you don't wear foot protection you will burn your feet trying to fight through the crowd running to the water.

aeliop · Apr 6, 2010

I never lay down when I am at Coconuts. It is so crowed people walk over you, fall down on you, and kick sand in your face when they walk by. I also burrow my feet in the sand to keep them cooler. Feet on top of the hot Cocoa Beach sand is unbearable.

Nothing says 70's like flowing locks and pork chop sideburns

Something that used to never be seen at Coconuts......Senior Citizens and young families.

Typical Beach "hardbody" of the new generation. The physiques have changed a little from when I first started hanging out at the beach back in the early 80's

EYE2EYE · Apr 6, 2010

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Peace.

aeliop · Apr 6, 2010

Check out the Virtual Lat Syndrome on the guy on the right with the table cloth like shorts.

somewhere in the middle of the mayhem was a Lifegaurd.

Gomer Pyle there in the red shorts was the winner of "the coconuts tool of the day" this guy had a habit of walking right up to where I was sitting and then yell some instruction to his kid, jarring me back to reality. He was also one of those guys that no matter how load it got or wherever he was you could here him talking. He talked to anyone and everyone around there.

Tents were all over. The black one in the middle that the broke back mountain cowboy seems to be looking at was set up by a group of young guys. You see the size of the speakers, well they set it up like a DJ table and it was complete with a DJ.

This group had it right, out of the crowd and just put everything in the sand and surf. I know they had a good time. I am dieting and everytime that damn mom of the group asked if any of them wanted a ham sandwich I was ready to go over in eat every sandwich and peanut butter cracker they had.

PHIL HERNON · Apr 6, 2010

Oh man!!

It sounds like you had a horrible time.......everything bothered you...is it because of the dieting? Did you go swimming? I hope you had at least a little fun......

marilyn · Apr 6, 2010

PHIL HERNON said:
It sounds like you had a horrible time.......everything bothered you...is it because of the dieting? Did you go swimming? I hope you had at least a little fun......

lol...I think he enjoyed it

...he always swims, even if the water is cold...me, I don't go in the water until at least July

It was beautiful day, and music was playing..I was enjoying all the people..even the drinking, dancing fully clothed ones

...

yesterday I went to same beach further north with Gabby and an SUV full of teenage girls

...we had fun.

PHIL HERNON · Apr 6, 2010

Oh good

marilyn said:
lol...I think he enjoyed it...he always swims, even if the water is cold...me, I don't go in the water until at least July

It was beautiful day, and music was playing..I was enjoying all the people..even the drinking, dancing fully clothed ones...

yesterday I went to same beach further north with Gabby and an SUV full of teenage girls...we had fun.

I cant stand cold water! Well, I like drinking it, but not from the ocean.

JETHRO TULL · Apr 6, 2010

Tony, you are looking full and vascular.

That is a good picture of you.

I like the beach pics too. The people you describe there...ah...I would have been bugged too.

aeliop · Apr 6, 2010

PHIL HERNON said:
It sounds like you had a horrible time.......everything bothered you...is it because of the dieting? Did you go swimming? I hope you had at least a little fun......

No Phil I had a good time. That beach is okay to go to 1 or 2 times a year. The rest of the time I like to go to a quiet beach with my chair, mind muscle machine, and a good book. I like to spend a lot of the time swimming and soaking in the salt water. I always will take a long walk, and lastly I will read. I have done this since I was a teenager, as much as I love the beach it is a wonder that I never lived at one as an adult.

marilyn · Apr 6, 2010

funny thing thats not the beach I like or ever want to go to..I like a beach thats more regular people, not really drinking or partying so much.....just relaxing, maybe throwing a football , or frisbee, or just laying there...can't wait for the water to warm up.

It was a beautiful weekend, sunshine, mid-80's, and that down time with the Ocean breeze was needed.

aeliop · Apr 6, 2010

JETHRO TULL said:
That is a good picture of you.

I like the beach pics too. The people you describe there...ah...I would have been bugged too.

Thanks D, they can be amusing for awhile. Swimming at this paticular beach makes me a little uneasy though as there is always an abundance of people in waist deep water holding beer cans. I try not to think about the amount of urination that must be present in the water, almost like the blood on the beaches of Normandy.

chris250 · Apr 6, 2010

Great pics...

I miss that beach..use to go there in 96-97..when I lived in winter park

pesty4077 · Apr 6, 2010

Dam Tony! You look good! The beach looks crowded, I persoanlly like less crowded beaches.

Lenny · Apr 6, 2010

The beach looks packed! Yes, too many people can be too much at times, but at least you have a beach to go too

Still, looks like it was the place to be...thanks for sharing some ocean, sand, and sun with us!

Yes, I agree with JT, you are looking lean and big!

mo chuisle · Apr 6, 2010

Cool pics! I can't believe how crowded the beaches were! Glad you got to enjoy the nice weather. One of my favorite things to do is read books on a beach.

BigChef · Apr 6, 2010

LoL Tony. Your comments on each pics made me laugh. You and JT are very much alike. You like to observe people and I do too. Funny how you say brokeback mountain cowboy lol....

aeliop · Apr 6, 2010

BigChef said:
LoL Tony. Your comments on each pics made me laugh. You and JT are very much alike. You like to observe people and I do too. Funny how you say brokeback mountain cowboy lol....

HAHA.........AP I am glad that you caught that, It went right over Marilyn's head. When I explained it to her she was like "well no one will get your humor anyway"