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Taken
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Wounded, reproachful
“I trusted in You!”, she cries.
There is no response.
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Fort Myers Beach Sand Sculpting Festival no longer free
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This is the 23rd year of the Sand Sculpting Festival on Fort Myers Beach here in Lee County, Florida. It is also the year that unemployment in Lee County has climbed to within spitting distance of 14% and may rise well beyond that by year end. So, naturally it makes perfect sense that this is the year that Fort Myers Beach decided to levy a per-head charge of $3-$5 on spectators.
Because, you see, they aren’t going to pay enough for the outrageously over priced hot dogs, burgers and ice cream cones to feed their kids. And they’re certainly not going to make any purchases at the vast open air market, nor are any of them going to belly up to any number of pool bars and fork over ten bucks for something fruity with a little pink umbrella thrown in. And hey, the people who come and cheer and support this festival can certainly make that unemployment check stretch just a wee bit further, so that they can get beyond the barriers that FMB allows the hotels to put in place at the tide line – even though NO ONE OWNS THE BEACHES, DAMMIT.
The whole thing just kind of made me ill, so I skipped it this year. Here are some pics from last year that I never quite got around to publishing. You will note there is a red water sprayer in the first picture, qualifying this post for Ruby Tuesday, where I’m sure Mary will chuckle in appreciation of my righteous indignation. The artists do an amazing job; standing there to watch them, even in the hot sun, is a real treat. Last year, each sculptor had their immediate work area roped off but otherwise, spectators could walk around freely between sites and get as close as perhaps 6-10 feet to any given sculpture.
It’s a damned shame that the people had to PAY to get this close to the sculptures this year. I bet I’m not the only one who stayed away. Fort Myers Beach, in this of all years, you should have figured out another way.
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Sand Sculpting Contest on Fort Myers Beach – earlier pics
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Since my AT&T 3G phone service was messing up early in the day, there are some pics you guys didn’t get. I’ve sent them up to Flickr – you will find just a few of them here -
CLICK to see some more pics from Fort Myers Beach today
I’ll try to get some more up there soon. I took lots later in the day at the Holiday Inn, some of which I already sent to this blog earlier today. Right now I am super tired and I have not packed yet. I might just go to bed and get up early to pack.
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More moon stalking
One hr ten minutes on fort myers trolley – insane!
On the Fort Myers Beach Trolley
On the Fort Myers Beach Trolley, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*.
Note the plush wood panelling interior 
BOR-ing!
I reckon there’s 1.5 trolleys full of peeps ahead of me. Been waiting 25 minutes and so far there have been two Lovers Key trams and no Summerlin trams. Had fun but this part sucks. If i did this again I’d stay here in one of these hotels rather than do this again.
See the moon?
See the moon?, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*.
Yep it’s stalking time i’m sitting on a bench by the holiday inn pool in the shade. 80s tunes – “Don’t you forget about me no no no no as u walk on by…..”
