I Love The Beach

[Moderator1]

We just got back from our first trip to the beach in more than four years. Not sure why we waited so long - well, there were a variety of reasons - but I won't wait that long again. Had my lone surviving dog and my granddog with me. Both kids were able to spend part of the week there. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy being at the beach - and the dogs probably had more fun than I did.

Just wanted to share. I woke up this a.m., poured a cup of coffee *** and there was no beach right at my back door. I'm bummed.

 

[SpeedTchr]

I love the beach too. Except every time I go, people keep trying to push me back in the water. Perhaps I should lose a few (hundred) before breaking out the swim trunks.

 

[wicked]

I don't love the beach, but I do love being on the water. I could do without the swimming and sand, just toss me down near an uncrowded lake or piece of coastline and I'm golden.

 

[Moderator1]

I got a little of the whale thing going on, too, but what the hell?

 

[John]

I go to Charleston for about a week each spring or summer and I usually spend much of that time walking the beach at Sullivan's Island or Folly Beach.

One of the stops early in my career was at the Outer Banks Sentinel in Nags Head. I lived across the street from the beach. It was heaven. Nothing clears your head quite like a quick swim in the ocean.

 

[Buck]

I'm with you, fife.
I want to live at the shore. Why haven't I gotten a job at and made my life at the shore?
(Where I live now, they don't call it the shore. But I still call it the shore.)

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Life's a beach, and then you post.

 

[Key]

I also was at the beach this past week, and also woke up without the sound of the ocean. My 4-year-old absolutely loved the ocean, so that was a lot of fun to watch. I'm not a beach lover, necessarily, but I do enjoy waking up and seeing the blue water stretch out across the horizon, while wondering if I should make a ham biscuit or a bacon biscuit.

 

[jlee]

Grew up next to the beach -- as in I walked barefoot there from my house -- and am currently trying to find my way back. Luckily, my folks live in the Tampa Bay area and are more than happy to have me return for vacations.

No shame in being big on the beach. If people can't handle it, it's their fault, not yours. Maybe consider full-time shirt action if you're John Pinette-ish, but that's the line.

 

[micropolitan guy]

We go to the mountains in Wyoming every summer and it's always great.

But three of my best-ever vacations were three one-week stays on Sanibel Island, less than 50 yards from the beach. Love the sun, the warm water and the scenery.

 

[BTExpress]

Beach is fine.

Paying a super premium for windstorm insurance is not. And having to worry about this nonsense every damn year is not.

 

[imjustagirl]

Don't post the picture, Moddy.

 

[Moderator1]

I'm with you, fife.
I want to live at the shore. Why haven't I gotten a job at and made my life at the shore?
(Where I live now, they don't call it the shore. But I still call it the shore.)

Is shore a Jersey thing or all northeast? My cousins from Jersey always called it the shore - can't recall anyone else doing so. I kind of like it, actually.

 

[wicked]

Last week I went home and hopped on a couple of the Boston Harbor's islands. I hadn't done that since I was a little kid, and I had a blast. I loved the view I had of the downtown skyline, and being so close yet so far away, too. Mountains are damn cool, but if you made me pick one or the other, it's the water every time.

 

[jlee]

Beach is fine.

Paying a super premium for windstorm insurance is not. And having to worry about this nonsense every damn year is not.

Blizzards in the northeast and Midwest. Tornadoes in the plains. Haboobs in the desert. Earthquakes in California. Ev'rybody got they somethin'.

 

[Matt Stephens]

I love the beach for the snorkel / scuba opportunities ... except for when I see jellyfish, then I freak out.

 

[bagelchick]

I love the beach but hate sand so my preference is sitting at pool, overlooking the ocean.

 

[YGBFKM]

I would enjoy the beach if it weren't for the sun, sand and salty water.

 

[Dyno]

I would love the beach even more if there were no jellyfish. I won't go into the water because of them, which can make the beach a very hot place to be.

 

[User 1019]

I love the beach for the snorkel / scuba opportunities ... except for when I see jellyfish, then I freak out.

I snorkled through a school of tuna once. They all appeared to be my size, or larger. Scared the hell out of me.