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BEACHES - ATLANTIC

A Quick Trip to Playalinda Beach

January 28, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Wednesday after lunch I had a class on Warblers (very small birds) at the Merritt Island Wildlif Refuge Visitor’s Center. After the class I took a quick trip out to Playalinda Beach, which was only 6 miles away. It was a quiet afternoon–I was the only person parked at the [...]

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Visiting Indialantic Beach? Check out the Crowne Plaza Melbourne Beach

November 29, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I was visiting the Indialantic / Melbourne Beach area over the summer and spent several nights at the Crowne Plaza, courtesy of General Manager Tom Poehailos.  It’s a beautiful hotel right on the Atlantic Ocean and was the perfect place for me to base my beachhunting operations. I went on [...]

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Indialantic By The Sea: Small Town, Big Beach

November 28, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
State Road 500 (aka Highway 192, aka Melbourne Causeway, aka Space Coast Parkway, aka Bronson Memorial Highway, aka 5th Avenue) will take you straight through Melbourne and drop you off right at the beach at Indialantic By The Sea. Indialantic is a small town between Melbourne Beach and Satellite Beach, [...]

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Cocoa Beach Sunrise Photo

October 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.

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Dr. Archie Carr: A True Florida Pioneer

September 13, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Dr. Archie Carr’s name is usually mentioned in the same sentence as the words “sea turtles.” That’s how I became aware of his significance in Florida’s history–through his work with sea turtles.
The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge on central Florida’s Atlantic coast bears his name. I spent some time there [...]

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I Was On This Beach…

September 7, 2009

Guest Post by Diana Taylor on BlogTheBeach.com
Diana Taylor is a ground breaking New Thought writer, artist, photographer, coach, and adventure seeker who teaches people to slow down, calm down, and maintain a positive frame of mind through fun, innovative, and inspirational messages. Diana offered to write a guest post for BlogTheBeach.com, so I [...]

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Archie Carr NWR: Early Morning Beach Walk

July 5, 2009

By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com.
One of the quietest morning beach walks I’ve ever taken was in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, south of Melbourne Beach. The refuge encompasses about 20 miles of beach established in 1991 largely for the protection of nesting sea turtle. As you can see from the photo above, there is [...]

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Wave Wall on the Promenade

February 22, 2009

The focal point of many famous beaches is a pier.  But, in Ft. Lauderdale it is the wave wall and the brick-paved promenade that define the space between Highway A1A and the golden sand beach. Bicyclists, joggers, and all manner of folks out for a stroll form a human river on the promenade all hours [...]

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Morning Boot Camp on Ft. Lauderdale Beach

February 22, 2009

While your lazy self is munching a bagel and slurping your morning coffee on the way to your cubicle, the beautiful rich people of Ft. Lauderdale Beach are sculpting their abs and toning their trapezoids on the beach. Then they are off to their morning “job” of modeling on the beach for a few thousand [...]

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Beach Place Guesthouses of Cocoa Beach

November 10, 2008

In October we spent several days in Cocoa Beach for the 13th Annual International Seabean Symposium. While there, we stayed at a wonderful place right on the beach, called the Beach Place Guesthouses. Sue and I fell in love with this little beach getaway while reclining in a hammock overlooking the Atlantic after sunset, watching [...]

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