That kind of word-play haunted me the entire time I was there, and yet none of the tourist junk memorabilia leaned into it at all, like not even once.
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Thats today’s $1,000 dollar idea. I mean we could make some sell them at the beach and break even?
It doesn’t look that far on the map to go every weekend. 
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I love the map time estimates differ by a whopping 7 minutes. When dealing with such long trips, I don’t think I would factor in that minor of a time difference when picking my route.
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I let my in-laws pick the route. We convoyed the whole way there and back with them. The route shown definitely was more off the beaten path and had a lot more character than taking Interstate highways the whole way.
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That is usually the more entertaining option, I have found. Sometimes, the only issue is distance between gas stations.
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Or, with 4 children in your convoy (well, 3 of note… since the 4th wears diapers)… bathrooms. Which did prove to be a problem a couple of times.
Additionally, along the Alabama/Florida border that we were on, there was a good 20 miles of highway that didn’t have any cellular signal at all. Not something I’m used to.
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Yes, yes, beach and all… But what AIRBRUSHED clothing did you get?!?
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I bought exactly two things while there (other than food):
- a snap-bracelet “pull-back” skateboard (because it was, objectively speaking, the coolest thing in the gift shop)
- an over-sized mug with a turtle on (because I like oversized mugs, and I like turtles)
Both from the same giftshop at the aquarium we visited.
Nobody bought airbrushed clothes, but my partner and my two older daughters each bought a souvenir shirt of one variety or another that say Destin, Florida in one way or another.
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You, sir, made excellent choices.
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You should retire there. It will be your final Destin-ation.
It is unavoidable. It is your Destin-y.
I mean, how do they NOT have merchandise for this!?
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My best guess is that they used to and that it’s entirely played out at this point.
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Tourist shops sell to people who have not been there before, so a constant crop of naive suckers who haven’t heard the puns before.
Edit: speeling
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Id say that was a pretty standard sized mug, as far as I am concerned!
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I’m in Tampa, Florida for two weeks to grade essays for a national exam. Fun hanging out with colleagues and friends I’ve made over the years. Mind-numbingly dull reading student essays for 8-hour-days 12 days straight. The view of Tampa Bay is very nice, even when the essays get old.
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The Charles was looking nice this weekend.
Plus I finally visited the most important cultural landmark Boston has to offer!
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It doesn’t look like the Computer Museum.
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No such thing in my world. That’s dissolved. Potato sack statue lives forever.
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Wow. Glad I got there when I could.
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