I lived in upper New York state at the time and absolutely hated everything about my life as many youngsters do at that age. I guess to keep from shooting up the place I invented in my mind a vision of a future for myself where I lived in Fort Lauderdale on the beach, with a red sports car and a blond wife. Beyond my parking lot was a beach and the ocean. I had absolutely no idea how I would acquire any of these things, but I distinctly recall my vision because it has never left me.
When I initially moved to Florida I could not afford to live on the beach but after my first divorce I rented an apartment on the ocean in Hallandale Florida. Though I was finally on the beach, it was not what I had envisioned for myself. Internally I knew this is not where I was to end up (whatever that means).
Around 2003 I thought I would retire to my home in DeLand Florida which I did but again, it just did not feel right. DeLand is 18 miles inland from Daytona Beach and though we looked at houses on the beach in Daytona, nothing we evaluated matched my vision. That and my wife's disdain for country living brought us to Pompano Beach Florida on A1A.
We have been here nearly 15 years now and I suspect this is where I will be when I decide to move on to the next stage of my life.
This picture was taken just outside my front door looking East with my red mustang in the foreground and the beach just beyond the condos across the street. I have had this vision in my mind for over 50 years now.
