The cool thing about technology is it let's you document your experiences remotely and share them with the world. You can copy and paste the above lat/long onto Google or Bing to see exactly where I'm standing... Or at least pretty damned close.
My iPod seems to know what I'm feeling as it plays "Dreams" by The Allman Brothers Band.
A lot has changed since the last time I was here. The old subway station with the wooden turnstiles is gone, and with it, the smell of what to expect outside. In its place, a brand new high tech, environmentally friendly station that looks like something out a scifi movie.
Once outside, the first thing I noticed were all the closed shops... Many of the ones I remember gone altogether. The Carousel my parents used to ride before we left to go home is now a furniture store and the small patch of grass under the aquarium overpass we used to picnic before the rides and the beach was closed off for renovations.
A walk through the park revealed a lot of cool new rides... The Wonder Wheel will always be there... The tower is shut down though. The old parachute frame is still there. But the other old roller coaster I can never remember ever working is gone... In it's place is the circus... Now THAT's cool.
The whole purpose of me coming out here was to clear my mind... and smell the ocean. I was pleasantly greeted with a continuous twelve knot wind carrying to me exactly what I came for... Thank You King Neptune for granting a Shellback his wish.
Now that I'm feeling refreshed, it's time to hit Nathan's for a dog and get back to work...
I know what I have to do now.
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