Postcard #91: Beach Day
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THE Don Cesar BEACH RESORT
Built in 1928, the Don was used during World War II as a
convalescent center for airmen. Public sentiment saved it from the wrecking ball
and secured its preservation as an historic landmark. Reopened in 1973, the Don
today is internationally reknown.
On a whim when I was younger, and when my parents were more
spontaneous and happy they pulled me out of elementary school early mid-week to
go to the beach. We stopped at Kentucky Fried Chicken and arrived at Bill Baggs
State Park. The mosquitos were so bad we had to run from the car to the shore.
When you’d breathe you would suck bugs up your nostrils or into the back of
your throat. I had to eat my drumsticks and biscuits in the water. I still
remember holding out my arms urging them to land to smash them into little red
blemishes on my pale skinny arms.
Operated by
Hospitality Management Corp., Dallas, Texas.
Photo by
Kenneth Wright, St. Petersburg, FL
Dist. By Kenneth Wright, St. Petersburg, FL
Transcribed by jjwood687
on Fiverr.
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