Clearwater Beach, Florida.

My aunt and uncle have been traveling from Michigan, to Clearwater Beach, Florida, since the 1970s for their spring break from teaching, sometimes together, sometimes apart. In 2013 they started inviting my son and I to join them, and I started photographing this unique place. A barrier island, it is a tourist destination and residential area. Here you can take a pirate cruise, rent a jet-ski, go parasailing, or hire a fishing boat. At the north end is Caladesi State Park, a gorgeous wilderness beach and animal habitat, and at the southend there is a land bridge to Sand Key, another wilderness state park. This is the place to find uncomfortable looking bathing suits, eat deep fried alligator, and see the newest model of the most expensive car.