When you think of Spring Break you think Naples, Florida right? No? Really?.....Maybe you should! But let's start with the basics! When you think of spring break what comes to mind?
- Lots of young kids acting crazy?
- Lots of under aged drinking?
- Lots of high jinxed activities like bikini contests and mud wrestling?
- Live, Loud music?
- Lots of traffic?
- Old men with binoculars?
- Crowded beaches?
Ok so take all of those visions in your head and THROW THEM AWAY! That is not spring break in Naples, Florida.
Spring break in Naples, Florida is quiet...for the most part! You will not find alot of craziness going on at the Naples beaches. There are no crazy contests or binge drinking or under aged teens stumbling around wasted on our beaches. These kids have not taken over the cheap hotels and launched a party world where no other guests can't sleep. MTV has never considered Naples as a destination for their Spring Break party. Our roads are patrolled like crazy so even the thought of drinking and driving will award you "free lodging" at one of our Naples facilities you won't want to rebook next year for sure. Here's a picture taken of the beach at Pelican Bay on Saturday:
This picture by the way was taken with my new little flip video camera....yeah, yeah...that same one everyone else is already flipping for! No kidding, I flipped too it's a pretty cool little gadget! If you've got $150.00, it's well worth it. (I'd show you the video but uh...yeah...still practicing that one!) Anyway me being the video shooting challenged that I am should've taken a better shot up and down the beach line because it looks quite crowded here and it really isn't.
Now some of you may be thinking....Sheeesh, Shannon sounds like an old coot! Naples must be too stuffy for us! Well some do call Naples "Gods Waiting Room" but no, that's not what it's about.
The special thing about Naples that many of us like is the fact that you can do all that crazy stuff you may want to do within a very short distance from Naples. For example: Fort Myers Beach is a great "Spring Break" kind of beach. They have all the stuff listed above and it's a very short drive (depending on what part of town you live in). My friend had a birthday yesterday and wanted to spend the day there so she dragged 6 of her girlfriends including me along...and yes...it's crazy and very different and fun for a change and even more fun knowing we can leave all that mess behind us and go home when we're done! 
This is a picture taken from my flip camera of the Cincinnati Fire Fighters house they rent every year on Fort Myers Beach. What you can see is the yellow slide right next to the guy on the right. What you can't see is the pool that was hand dug by all of the fire fighter rookies who designed the pool with a foot deep peninsula in the middle. That's where they hold the bikini contests everyday at 2:00...and no I did not participate! :)
The beaches in Miami are really only 2 hours away...not a bad drive if that's what you're into and the greatest part...it's not going on in your own backyard.
So, if you want to take a walk on a beach with more of a wild side, you're not far from it here in Naples but it's not here!
