re: Ft Walton trivia - 80s - spring break

Its the Blue Horizon or the "the Blue Zoo"

Was the carousel the dump towards the end of the strip that was painted pink?

Had a buddy who worked as a dive assistant off shore and he had a buddy who worked at Cash's across from the Blue Horizon. We went down there on a whim and had no room until the next day. So we partied all night and crashed on the beach in front of the bungalos (sp.) we had for the next two nights. Woke up on the beach with kids and such playing and frolocking around us. It was almost noon. I was laying on one side with just shorts on and had a sun burn on half my body. Looked like the the guy from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Good times. Remember the Hogs Breath and the huge bar across the bridge in Destin, had like two floors, with a rock band on one and a country band on the other.

Ramada Inn. Bar under the waterfall.



Can't remember if it was 83, or 84 but I do remember the lights went out and clothes came off.

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my sister was there and watched the place get robbed one night

Being more affluent than most of you, we typically stayed at The Best Western Aloha Village.

And I have slept on the bar in the Ramada/Regency bar too.

Invariably, someone would take the hotel room door of the hinges the first night to use a surfboard.

Sea Oats
Carousel

When you type "podnah", do you think to yourself, "Damn I feel cool typing this. I wonder if everyone else thinks I'm cool?"

If not, what would cause a 50+ y/o man to type that?

Mid to late '80's in the Destin, Ft Walton area was the pink flamingo hotel on the beach

Oh my it's a wonder we survied