Skate Parks (and other things) in Florida?

hobiercr wrote: Hmm, Dunedin has... Excellent food, no chain restaurants. Traditional Mexican, fish joints x4, bbq X2, Italian, Fine Dining x2, Sushi, Eclectic American x2. Don't believe just me Drinking. Microbreweries x3, Distillery, Irish pub, Wine bar, Night club, Local bars x3, I can't make this E36 M3 up Trail riding. 44 mile Pinellas Trail runs right through downtown. Bike shops/rentals X3 Beaches. Caledisi Island and Honeymoon Island State Parks which are continuously ranked on the best beaches in the US. Honeymoon Island has awesome nature trails and the entire North end of the island can only be reached by foot. Sailing, kayak, paddleboard rentals at Sail Honeymoon on the Dunedin Causeway (how you get to Honeymoon Island State Park) and where Enyar and I launch our Hobie Cats. Orlando is over rated.

The mouse pays my bills right now. I can't complain too much. Also makes a difference that i dont pay 100$ a time to go gety teacup on. But tourism and E36 M3ty tourist traps have always amused me.

KatieSuddard wrote: GRM HQ voted that you should definitely come visit us. They also voted that the best beer is free beer.

How many servings of beer would I need to bring along? Bottles aren't the easiest thing to pack.

We've got 13 on staff here in office, 14 for the week of June 20th. Pack as you see fit.

Cool.

Plans are all made, and we'll be in Florida Saturday.
We are limiting our time in Orlando to just flying in and out of the airport there.

Get into Daytona/Ormond early Saturday. We'll be there the 18-22.

Drive over to Dunedin on the 22. Stay there from the 22-27

We're going to meet up with the BMX group at the Ormond skate park on Saturday. We'll be the two people on old-school rollerskates. We'll probably stop in at GRM-HQ on the 22 with some special beers to share.

Would love to do a get-together sometime later in the week to go by Cigar City.

Cool. Here's the latest on our Ormond Beach BMX get-together.

I'm down with a GRM meet up! If you're in Dunedin there are plenty to chose from in between CC and Dunedin. At minimum you have Big Storm and Crooked Thumb and at least two in Dunedin.

In reply to David S. Wallens:

I've been following along. We'll be the two people on quad skates. So, we'll be sticking to the "old school" theme, if not the BMX part.

And our AirBnB looks to be within a mile of Ormond Brewing Co.

Skates are totally fine. Really this is just an excuse to hang out.

I hope to have the new bike put together by then. If not, I'll be on my trusty S&M: black frame w/chrome forks and chrome rims. My partner in crime will be on an orange frame with bronze forks and bronze rims.

Enyar wrote: I'm down with a GRM meet up! If you're in Dunedin there are plenty to chose from in between CC and Dunedin. At minimum you have Big Storm and Crooked Thumb and at least two in Dunedin.

Dunedin has 7vnth Sun, House of Beer and the Dunedin Brewery. Up Alt 19 in Palm Harbor you have Stilt House Brewery, and de Bine Brewing Co. Keep heading North into Tarpon Springs and you find Silverking Brewing Co. and Saint Somewhere making some tasty traditional Belgian ales.

If you want to meet some other local GRM'rs or stop by and see all the projects I'm not working on since my wreck, drop me a line.

Party at Hobiecr's house!

I'm down. I go in for surgery on the 1st so it may be a last hurrah for awhile.

Party at the Compound! Bring your bathing suit.

Two pages and nobody has warned him there are allygators in Fl. The whole state.