Also, farther south, Miami and South Beach, FL are big spring break hot spots. While the beaches of Miami tend to stay "hot" year round, the eccentric nightlife brings small town spring breakers here. A slew of clubs and the party scene are guaranteed to keep even the non-spring breaker up all night. Daytona seems to have died off on drawing large crowds like PCB and Miami, but that doesn't mean there still won't be plenty of Spring Break action, and, well, if you don't like the idea of all those spring breaking bodies, then it might be wise to plan out an alternate destination.

Even Florida's neighbors with coasts of their own see a large influx of the Spring Break crowd.

Georgia and Gulf Coast, Mississippi can get pretty crowded and wild. Moving north, Myrtle Beach isn't the quiet vacationing town it normally is. This I can personally attest to. The street gets filled with bumper to bumper "cruisers" and hotel balconies are full of people playing loud music and yelling to the pedestrians on the walkway below. I'm one of those people that love this interaction, but, unfortunately, we went a week too early and had ourselves a nice, quiet Spring Break. Can't complain though, I was far from Cleveland and near the beach.

A couple of calmer destinations for those of you who wish to avoid these sort of Spring Break activities are Fort Lauderdale, FL and Charleston, SC. Fort Lauderdale actually used to be far more popular than PCB now is to our Spring Break crowd. However, several years ago it became known as "Fort Liquordale" and the city decided to clean up its act and take matters into their own hands. Now, they are pretty well known for telling spring Break kids that they aren't welcome. Same goes for Charleston, its a pretty quiet community full of American history. What person in their right mind would want to go there when they're supposed to be taking a break from learning activities?

For those of you who are planning on whipping out all the fun, fabulous party tools, be careful. I love a good time just as much as anyone else out there... and on some occasions don't have room to be giving advice, but the most important thing is making sure you come back to your family and friends that love you. Preferably in one piece!

Have a fantastic time! I'll be sitting here...staring at the Caribbean sunset on my desk top background.


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