Views of the Neighborhood – Spring Break II

~ John W. Howell

Spring Break

Here is a shot of a foggy Saturday morning. A few cars and campers. This is looking North.

Another Saturday morning shot looking South.

Spring Break

The same shot looking North in the afternoon

South. The cars are two deep as far as the eye can see.

Down at the sand level, we have the Game Warden looking for drugs

The police asking a crowd to move on.

Only in Texas would you see calf roping on the beach

The Game Warden is the highest level of Law enforcement in the state.

This shot is through the windshield of our golf cart. I just had to have a picture of that ugly truck.

I liked the shot of the dog which I thought was cute.

Now we are into the heart of darkness. Can you feel the bass?

More carrying on. Notice the person in the unicorn head. “Yes, you with the green beads. Do you have a question?”

No spring break day would be complete without an EMS run or ten.

Another familiar scene a State Trooper giving a field sobriety test. Public intoxication is a crime in Texas.

I thought I would throw in a shot of the local gentry taking in the scene.

Let’s leave the tour looking at an excellent, mild, and  portable game of beer pong.

 

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I have been working in business for over forty years and now have the time to work in special areas of interest. My passion has always been to create compelling stories of fiction. I have authored six novels and am working on my Seventh. The first novel is still in manuscript form and being utilized as a door stop in the laundry room. The second is a contemporary fiction novel of 89,000 words and is complete and I am currently seeking a publisher. I also write poetry but have not had the guts to share any with anyone. The one time I read a piece to a person their only comment was, “it doesn’t rhyme.” I will continue to write and hopefully my blog, Fiction Favorites at www.johnwhowell.com will provide some entertainment and an interesting thought or two. I live in the Austin area with my wife Molly and an assortment of loving pets.

86 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Spring Break II”

  3. Great photos, John. I think the one with the unicorn head and guy with the green beads is classic. So, you have a golf cart? Is that what the locals use for cruisin’ on the beach?

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  4. That sure is an ugly truck! Even when I was that age, I didn’t enjoy being in the middle of large gatherings…especially when alcohol was involved. I hope they pack up soon, John. Happy Sunday!

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  5. Public intoxication is a crime? Wow, I just had to adjust my whole sense of Texas. Great pictures John. Do you walk the girls amid that scene? I don’t adk about what you were wearing. Anything seems appropriate.

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  9. I cannot believe that it is permitted to drive on that beautiful beach. No cars are allowed on beaches in Nova Scotia. I hope you survive spring break John. It would get on ‘my last nerve’.

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    1. This is the Great Republic of Texas where there are certain God given rights. Totin’ a pistol, eaten’ barbecue, and driving on the beach. Every time the proposition comes up to forbid the latter it gets voted down. My last nerve has been sat on for the last week.

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  10. Heart of darkness is a good description. Personally, I’d go for Dante’s fourteenth circle of hell, but that’s just me.

    I’d tell you it looks like that here, but I don’t know. At this point, my only experience of the spring break crowd has been coping with all the vehicles with Oklahoma, California, and New Jersey plates heading south, to to the beach, at thirty miles over the speed limit. Even without a beach to patrol, local law enforcement has their hands full with drivers who seem to forget they’re cruising through someone’s town.

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    1. We have the midwest “Winter Texans” in the winter months. They have a habit of five miles under so I guess we are lucky. When you see a pickup with dual back wheels you can lay money it has a North Dakota plate.

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  11. A polite note from the folks along the Minnesota/Iowa border: could you people dial down the volume a bit? Even the deer up here are stumbling around blurry eyed and cranky from lack of sleep. I know, I know, some of those kids are ours but we were hoping for a little peace and quiet.

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  14. Wow… better you than me! I hate crowds like that – noisy, boisterous, drunk… hey, that looked something like the thousands of university kids gathering on Ezra Street in Waterloo for a gigantic outdoor St. Patrick’s Day party yesterday. There are a ton of student residences on that street and kids from all over Ontario and even New York State come for the Mass Drunk. I feel your pain, good sir!

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        2. I never understood the mixed signals that society dishes out. Like . . don’t drink by yourself. Sooooo, when you drink in public and make a little bit merry, that’s wrong too? lol

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    1. You are right in terms of pecking order, however the Game wardens have search and seizure rights that the rangers do not possess. I still believe they have the most power even though the Rangers have law enforcement oversight responsibilities.

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  19. John, I so sympathize. When I was on the Miss. Gulf Coast, we, too, had Spring Breakers. I know they’re just kids, but surely somebody instructed them in how to behave and dress in public, right? Glad to see law enforcement is on hand to protect the natives — they’re going to need a break when all this crowd flies off! Hang on — ’tis almost over!

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      1. “Crazy” is right. I can understand their need for a spring break, but perhaps they should be encouraged to do some good instead. Like going to hurricane-stricken areas and helping rebuild.

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  28. Great photos, John, and calf roping on the beach made me smile. I’m not into crowds, either, so I’d head in the opposite direction. I wonder now what the beach looks like when everyone has gone…is it trashed or are they responsible in cleaning up after themselves? 🙂

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  29. I’ve never liked crowds, especially drunken, wild ones. How long does this event go on? With different schools letting out at different times, you could be in for a long spring. Sounds like a good tie for a week in the city, but stay away from Austin.

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