Trigger Mike Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I usually go to Georgia beaches but every one was tired of the same thing and asked to go out of state. Myrtle beach was requested. Every day something has been broken in the condo. The first night for hours upon hours the room next door had a smoke alarm malfunction. The dishwasher was broke . The next morning the toaster. The next the kitchen faucet was leaking and needed replacing and a giant fan to dry the floor. In top of that, the rule is the beach chair vendors set the line where you can put yours. We usually carry a cheap square tent that we set low but at Myrtle it is illegal. Only 7 ft umbrella behind and 10 feet away from the vendors umbrellas that line the majority of the beach. We had to remove the square tent that is just big enough for 2 chairs tge first day. The second day we were threatened with a 500 fine or 30 days for having our umbrella too close to the vendors. A swimmer was just off shore in waist deep water swimming a life guard whistles at him and another one swam out to him to get him on shore . He stood up and the water was to his waist. Then, 2 girls were in shallow water on an intertube and they were whistled at and forced on shore by life guards. No one seems to answer the front desk at several tries, a request for a manager went unheaded and the toaster was never replaced. Then someone pooped on the water slide and then got in the pool so poop floated by. We were not happy. Kids suddenly wished we had gone elsewhere. Forget about seafood. 46 a person, 24 for kids and no menu items just buffet at most places and wear gloves. If you can order from the menu it is an hour or more to get it they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I realize that if you are not a local, this advice may be hard to apply - but I don't do public beaches. Too many crowds, unruly behavior, smoking, heavy alcohol use, etc. We most commonly go to beaches on the barrier islands that are State preserves - no bridges, no roads, no parking lots; you need a boat to get there and back. Very family friendly. If that is not possible for some reason, we head for Town-owned and supervised beaches. Here, you need to be a local with a parking/beach sticker on your windshield. Very well supervised, no craziness allowed, but no Nazis either. Rules are posted and enforced, but reasonable. My bottom line: if possible, stay home and use your State/local beaches that are not open to or frequented by the tourist crowds. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Florida gulf coast beaches are beautiful and have nice accommodations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: I realize that if you are not a local, this advice may be hard to apply - but I don't do public beaches. Too many crowds, unruly behavior, smoking, heavy alcohol use, etc. We most commonly go to beaches on the barrier islands that are State preserves - no bridges, no roads, no parking lots; you need a boat to get there and back. Very family friendly. If that is not possible for some reason, we head for Town-owned and supervised beaches. Here, you need to be a local with a parking/beach sticker on your windshield. Very well supervised, no craziness allowed, but no Nazis either. Rules are posted and enforced, but reasonable. My bottom line: if possible, stay home and use your State/local beaches that are not open to or frequented by the tourist crowds. LL State and National Preserves are also public beaches. They are just generally a bit more difficult to get to. That keeps them nicer. I used to be a Ranger at an off shore park. Deserted most of the time. A big crowd was 50 people. The beach was 7 miles long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: State and National Preserves are also public beaches. They are just generally a bit more difficult to get to. That keeps them nicer. I used to be a Ranger at an off shore park. Deserted most of the time. A big crowd was 50 people. The beach was 7 miles long. That's our situation here. With access limited to boaters, it eliminates the overcrowding. Of course, there was a time when the government was using our beach somewhat heavily for training purposes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Howdy. I havent been to a beach in a l o n g time. Seems like Im not missing much. My cactus is blooming brilliant yellow roses. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I left Cape Cod in 1974... can only imagine how crowded the beaches are today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Give me a country road in the mountains every time!! Beaches smell like dead fish and attract mostly the worst locals! If there are franchised vendors, you’ll either pay for their services or be harassed or herded to a less acceptable part of the beach!! I can usually find a nice quiet pond or stream if I want to get wet and mom and pop cafes or a country grocery will offer MUCH better fare. If I want seafood, there’s a great fish monger not far away and he has the best flown in daily!! I take Schoolmarm to the beach and I disappear inland every day! We’re both happy that way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I live on the Gulf Coast. I have not been to the beach in over 30 years. I just do not see the attraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I lived right on the beachcomber for 7 years salt air ruined 3 TV sets. But lots of people love the beach. I kinda like it .......as long as it’s deserted. Used to get some awesome sunrises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: That's our situation here. With access limited to boaters, it eliminates the overcrowding. Of course, there was a time when the government was using our beach somewhat heavily for training purposes.... https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/2017/07/29/floridas-wwii-training-left-untold-hazards-oil-speculators/505158001 https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-264000/80-G-264404.html https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/post-time-fort-pierce-base-helped-military-train-for-day/t3VIhXcBFzHKvSFMo8IBjN/ Yup. Ft Pierce (it’s a town not a fort) was a few minutes north of us. There’s a UDT/SEAL museum there now. The beach had a lot of concrete jacks still in place where they practiced demolitions. Even a few of the steel company concrete molds to make the Jack’s. Divers said there was a lot of junk on the bottom off shore. They practiced amphibious ops there from 42-44. Some reasons they liked the site was the topography, oceanography, and remote location. Not much around there during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Wyatt Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I was raised in a Southern California beach town. As soon as I was out of High School I moved inland where it was a little more country. The town I lived in was a wonderful place when I was a little boy, but by the time I left it was full of hippies, drugs and hooligans. Don't miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeronimo Caffiend Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I ALWAYS tell people to head for Pensacola Beach on the Gulf over the Atlantic coast; that said... My favorites on the Atlantic side are Hunting Island State Park in SC (cabins, trailer/RV, and tent camping) or as second choice Skidway Island State Park, GA which has the same as the first but just less of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Beaches can be serene places. Good for the soul. Like the mountains. But solitude is a necessary ingredient imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 What's a "beach"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 It's sorta like Arizona surrounded by Global Warming, melting ice caps and rising sea levels.... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: What's a "beach"? C'mon Forty, you must remember beaches! When they pack a bunch of Marines with all their combat gear into an open top craft that bounces them around and splashes everybody, then the front falls off and everybody runs screaming out of it, you're on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I enjoy very much where I've stayed in Ft. Lauderdale for several years now. Always a great way to spend the first week in December... business conferences...resort with private beach. Calm. Quiet. Relaxing. But I'll always vote for staying in the mountains of Colorado over beach life anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 i like the beeches that you get to by boat , but here they are not as readily found , a lot of them are gravel where i go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Live 13 miles by car or 10 miles as the crow flies but have not been to the beach in over 10 years. Crossed the Atlantic 12 times seen enough water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: C'mon Forty, you must remember beaches! When they pack a bunch of Marines with all their combat gear into an open top craft that bounces them around and splashes everybody, then the front falls off and everybody runs screaming out of it, you're on the beach. Oh, you mean a beachhead. Never made a water assault. We had helicopters and rode in style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Alpo said: I live on the Gulf Coast. I have not been to the beach in over 30 years. I just do not see the attraction. We are at Destin right now, just had to evacuate our condo due to someone in another apartment burning up something in their kitchen. Downstairs for about an hour, back in now. I'm going to bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Dantankerous said: I enjoy very much where I've stayed in Ft. Lauderdale for several years now. Always a great way to spend the first week in December... business conferences...resort with private beach. Calm. Quiet. Relaxing. But I'll always vote for staying in the mountains of Colorado over beach life anytime. I think some of us may be genetically programmed for the high country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 There's a nice, private, beach on a freshwater lake about 200 yards from my house. The kids go down there and swim a pretty good bit each summer. I stick to fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: It's sorta like Arizona surrounded by Global Warming, melting ice caps and rising sea levels.... LL We have the largest beach I've ever seen, but the surf isn't much to brag about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: We have the largest beach I've ever seen, but the surf isn't much to brag about. I miss the painted desert. My time in Camp Verde was really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: I think some of us may be genetically programmed for the high country. Ans some of us are partial to deserts: Utah deserts, California deserts. Nevada deserts, Arizona deserts...... I like the ones with mountains the best, but I'm not all that fussy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, Captain Bill Burt said: I miss the painted desert. My time in Camp Verde was really nice. That is misnamed. No one could possibly do justice the the painted Desert with man-made paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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