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    I'm tring to get a crowd here sometime for a beach trip...
    either the Outer Banks or Emerald Isle, something like that...
    Favorite beach activity...doing nothing!! Lazing around in the sun...
    
    annie

    beach baby!  :)
    
    my fave beach is good harbour beach in gloucester (tho lots of people
    have discovered it in the past 8 years or so...  :(     )  it's getting
    crowded...  it has an island with wild roses and blueberries (and
    poison ivy) that you can walk to across the sandbar at low tide...  
    also has a small river at the other end thats fun to swim in...
    
    /gina

    i'm going up to wiers beach this weekend!  (tho i doubt i'll hit the
    sand  ;)
    
    went to crow's hill beach in leominster state park? this past
    weekend...  it was ok, not much room to swim, definately a family
    park, not many great views ;) 'cept lots of trees...  and just
    about every family there had a grill going...  i was drooling 5 minutes
    after i got there!  it was a riot when the ice cream truck came...
    all you could hear was "mommy, money!" and the beach cleared of
    children in about 2 minutes flat!
    
    i'm with annie, my fave activity is to baske lazily in the sun and take
    in the views!
    
    /gina

  OK, .. I'll start ...

   Well, I've been to many beaches in my life, .. and though many are great
  (like Aruba ... ) and many are big dissapointments (like the French riveria)
  ... The best is definetly Martha's Vinyards own Gay Head beach!

   Picture this:

    300 foot high clay cliffs, starting in a deep red at the base of the
  cliffs, running through every color of the rainbow as you look up the
  cliffs.  Behind you, about 50 feet away is the ocean, who's waves can
  be fairly calm, but usually are outrageous ... strong enough to throw
  even the biggest of men ... along this beach, which runs for miles are
  people having a great time, ... kids, adults ... older people, some who
  have swam to shore from the dozens of power boats parked about 50 feet
  out, all enjoying an off shore party ... 
    As you walk along the beach, you see that animals are not restricted,
  you can bring your pets for an enjoyable day at the beach, and let them
  roam ... Coolers are NOT restricted, .. you can enjoy a beer or two or
  three ... in plain sight of the police, .. clothes are not restricted ...
  As you walk down past the volleyball net, which is there for the public ..
  volleyball provided ... you notice more and more people wearing what they
  please, .. wether it be bikini, thong topless or nothing at all, .. all
  having a great time mixed together, respecting each others rights to wear
  what they please (its very mixed)  ... some even wear seaweed and paint 
  themselves with clay! (playing in the clay pools has been a favorite 
  pastime of many!)

  This beach is definetly great, with many people, but NOT overcrowded, ...
  younger people tend to be the beaches most popular inhabitants ...
  .. other inhabitants .. artists, .. jugglers, .. tourists ... and so on!

  All in all, my favorite beach! (though I haven't been to Lucy Vincent yet!)

  ...

  (Hmmm, did I say that I have a house that sleeps 11 for a week in July
   on the vinyard!  ...)

  paul_who_loves_the_summer!  

    
    Beaches.....oh my......'kini watch.....& beachball...all time fav's  :) 
    
    Fav.beaches......Miami offcourse......Hampton is ok....The one's on
    Block Island were too good.......after all that cycling...beside the
    lone lighthouse on the hill...........  
    
    :^)
    Sush.

    
    Hey Annie,
    
    Speaking of beaches, I just got that literature I called for on Myrtle
    Beach and some of the beaches in N.C.
    
    Look like very nice places for not much $.....tempting :)
    
    /Jen
    

    Scarborough beach in Rhode Island has become my favorite over the
    last couple of years.....
    
    My favorite beach activites (kind of in order)
    
    Volleyball
    frisbee/catch
    collecting shells
    walking along the shore line
    
    Least favorite
    
    Just sitting there - bleck!
    
    And of course people-watching :^)
    
    Joyce

    Murtle beach in S.Carolina is very nice. My daughter went to Emerald
    Isle when we lived there, She says she loved it.
    
    Joe

      
    
    Oh...and before I forget....I did have the pleasure of being brought to
    a very nice beach by 4 VERY NICE friends!
    
    The Beach - - - >  BONDI
    
    Ah....Sydney does have its strengths!!! :) :) :) :)
    
    /jen
                        

    
    Holly,
    
    I thought you said Macaroni Beach...I was picturing elboc macaronie
    instead of sand.
    
    The best beach of course is my Grandmothers private beach, on her
    private island somewhere off the coast of Finland...Awesome!!!!
    
    Here...Salisbury is cool
    
    I am a sand chair person, love watching people, jogging, walking and
    playing in the waves with my friends kids..
    
    ~Linda~

    We have many lovely open ocean beaches here. Around the perimeter of
    Port Phillip Bay are many quiet beaches which are real safe for
    children. A couple of them are nudist beaches and one has to be careful
    of that.. since one's binoculars tend to mist up on a really hot day.
    
    The surf beaches which open onto the Victorian coastline though are
    somewhat legendary. These include Bell's Beach, which is where the
    World Surfing Titles are held each year, and other fabulous beaches
    such as Lorne, Anglesea, Torquay, Ocean Grove, Point Leo and many, many
    more. I think my favourite is Jan Juc.
    
    Our surf beaches are unspoiled places of lovely white sand with great
    waves running toward the shore.
    
    /Jen mentioned Bondi Beach in Sydney which is OK as City type beaches
    go, but for me, it's the open wilderness beach like here where I can
    set off on my own to conquer the wild surf. And at night, there's the
    traditional surf club barbecue to finish off the day properly.
    
    Our local beach is Chelsea Beach which is about 5 minutes away ..it's
    nice as city type beaches go too.
    
    Don
    *8-)

    Best beach?  Bradley Beach, NJ.
    
    Directions to the beach...
    
    leave my house
    walk 1 block
    
    THERE'S THE BEACH!
    
    Best place to hang tho is actually about 3 blocks down - as that's the
    "surfing beach" - Major Babe Action, and generally much cooler people
    than the section on by block, which is more families.
    

    
    Best beaches in the UK got to be the North coast of Devon/Cornwall.
    Around Padstow (NCOR) there some beautiful sandy bays where yoy can get
    a cove to yourself(exellent if you with a "friend"!?) 
     Croyde in north Devon got the best surf I've seen and surfed,but for
    convienence from Reading Lulworth cove in Dorset can"t be beat.The 
    coves shaped like a horse shoe so the waters warm and protected (take
    your face mask its worth doing some free diving when youe there).
    Theres also a camp site on top of the hill between Lulworth cove and 
    Dodaldore(sp?) which is handy if not a bit "family/touresty"
    
                           JASON
    

    
    	Best Beach = High Meadow Beach in Truro, Mass
    
    	Several friends and I spent a week in P-town last year and
    	got tired of Race Point Beach so we headed east on the Cape
    	and located High Meadow. Beautiful sandy beach with great
    	sand dune cliffs all around it. Nice and isolated too, not
    	many people and they were all adults.
    
    	Heidi

  Hmm, If the one you are talking about is anything like the one
  in North Truro ... I have to agree with you ... that was a gorgeous
  beach!  Not crowded at all either!

  Very clean also ... nice sand ... nice waves ... great for a quiet
  day at the beach!

  paul

    Myrtle Beach, SC is great.  Can't wait for my vacation there next
    month!
    
    There's a small island near Tallahassee FL, called St. Georges ...
    It's wonderful!  The island is about 29 mi long and less than a mile
    wide, so the whole thing is a white sandy beach.  There are places
    to stay and eat, but it's not a touristy strip.  In fact, it's pretty
    much undiscovered.  Don't tell too many folks!  :v)
    

    
    I live 5 minutes walk from the beach, Maroubra Beach in Sydney. It's a
    good beach although can be a little dangerous at times and yes folks,
    the shark alarm does go off occasionally but nobody has been eaten by
    one yet!! :^) 
    
    If you want privacy and less crowds yu go to one end of the beach and
    if you want to see all the action you go to the middle. It really
    depends whether you want to wear your full bikini when sunbathing!! ;^)
    
    It's a little cold for swimming now since it's winter here, but the
    days are sunny and it's still nice to go and walk along. 
    
    Bliss

    There are a number of beaches on the North and South Carolinas coast. 
    Myrtle Beach is by far the most "famous" (Anybody know how to Shag?)
    I'm looking at a real estate brochure for Holden Beach (SC) right
    now...makes me DROOL for the ocean!!
    
    annie

    Favorite beaches... 
    
    Gay Head at Martha's Vineyard, I cant beleive it is Massachusetts, what
    a gorgious beach.
    
    Race Point Beach, Provincetown MA (Cape Cod)
    Coast Guard Beach, Eastham MA (Cape Cod)
    Nauset Beach, Eastham MA (Cape Cod)
    
    An old favorite is Nantasket Beach in Hull MA
    
    
    You cant beat the Massachusetts beaches, especially the National
    Seashore down the Cape which is undisturbed beaches, in their natural
    state. It starts from Eastham and ends at Provincetown.

    
    	We're going to be heading to the cape for the last weekend of
    August.....we'll be hanging out on Nauset beach mostly. Love that
    place....:)
    
    chico

    I want to be on one RIGHT NOW...
    
    Paula

    I want to be on one today, with my lotion and a hunky guy!

    Need any volanters?
    
    JC :)

    you offering?
    
    

    Maybe. I might just be a bit out of reach though.

    life - eh?

    Were are you located anyways?
    
    JC

    Im in Basingstoke, UK

    Well I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A. (yea)
    
    By the way were is Basingstoke?
    
    JC

    In Hampshire, south Uk, VERY interesting place!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    NOT!  :-)

    That's O.K. here isn't that great either. We don't even have any
    beaches.
    
    JC

    Beaches huh, well I have one out here about 7 miles to the west, nice
    ocean too, I do not know about the "hunky guy" but will I do?
    
    Dave in San Francisco...
    
    
    

    a bit far away Dave.....

    Aren't those ocean things such a pain.
    
    JC_bummed :(

    Welp, Debs, methinks the only way we'll be able to be yer "HUNKS" is
    if'n we swim the vast expanse of the ocean to be graced by the
    brilliance of your presence!!!
    
    STRETCH

    well, what ya waiting for???------hhhmmm..?

    I'm waiting!
    
    JC smiling_mischeveously

    erm, NO JC, "IM" waiting babe.....:-)

    My apologise my lady. You will have to excuse my lack of fins though.
    
    JC

    Debs, tell me when and where to meet ya and I'll don my SCUBA gear and
    take the trek...
    
    STRETCH

    dont think we need a discussion here....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    we all know what a beach is!

    
    I'll be sittin gon a beach in Spain in 5 1/2 months mmmmmmmmmmm

    
    
    	I'll head to Cape Cod soon....go catch some rays.
    
    
    

    
    And I was on Mission Beach in San Diego on Friday.  <sigh>
    
    /jen
    

    
    Oh /jen, I am very jealous.. wot was the weather like..??

    
    I was on the beach in Wales Sunday, abit parky....