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.