I was reading the latest National Geographic Traveler magazine and I happened to notice an ad in the back for the Johns Pass Seafood Festival.
It caught my eye because I grew up there. They just started having the festival when I left to go to school and then moved to Texas.
Johns Pass Florida
It looks like it’s grown quite a bit. I wonder if any of my old friends would still be around? I used to know all the fishermen. I wonder how many of them are still left? The city was doing an awful good job of clearing them out when I left. Not ‘appropriate’ for the tourist trap they wanted to create. 
The Seafood Festival is kind of like the St Patricks Day Parade is here, everybody comes back from wherever they’ve been to have a good time and catch up with old friends. At least we do still have a real community to gather together at Surfside. I can’t say the same for Johns Pass. They destroyed what we had- a REAL community, of REAL fishermen- to replace it with nothing but condos and fake shit! All for the sake of the tourists.
I’m glad someone’s making money off it. (NOT)!
It’s from October 27-30 this year. I don’t have anything planned then. I keep hoping like hell I’ll get some real work, so I’m not planning much very far ahead of time. Also, I’ve already planned a couple of budget busting trips. I think I’ll skip Florida again this year. It makes me more sad than anything to go there now anyway.
Oh my, has it ever grown from those shots. My dad and step-mom have a place in Madeira Beach, 2 buildings from The Pass. We’ve spent a lot of time there over the years. I forgot that you were from there, I recall discussing that at some point. Anyway, hope you’re able to go.
Yes, it sure has grown. IMHO not for the better. I miss the old days there. It was a great place to grow up.
It would be cool to go, but I think I’ll have to skip it again this year. Just not enough work to justify the expense. I already have 2 trips planned (NOLA and Tanzania) from before all the layoffs happened.