Please explain east coast beach vacations to me

[Anonymous]

We are an east Coast family that can not imagine spending a whole week on the beach. We enjoy a day or an afternoon but that is it. We love hiking, camping, being outside but not just at the beach day after day. I am happy to sit and read but preferable not with sand and sunscreen everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:What's not to understand? On the east coast people do what you're supposed to do on the beach- play in the water, lay in the hot sun (great for bringing a book), swim, collect shells.

I've never understood west coast beaches where you can only stare out at the water- it's very bizarre and BORING.

Maybe try going to the actual beach and stepping in the water and your basic human instincts will kick in and you'll do what comes naturally! Enjoy.

No that’s actually what I’m saying exactly. I have no interest in spending a day staring at the ocean or even getting in but only in the surf. When we went in my childhood it was to windsurf or kitesurf or boogie board.

NP. OK, good for you? My kids love going to the beach and have tons of fun without windsurfing. Like, what do you want? No one needs to explain something that is clearly so popular that people pay thousands every summer to do it. A few days at the beach followed by cracking fresh crabs sounds pretty good right now.

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And actually, I'm always shocked by the number of Europeans that flock to Florida for the beaches. Just yesterday Tyson Fury was caught by the dailymail getting sunscreen rubbed on him by a woman in Miami while his gf is back home in London. And I see so many European celebrities hanging out in Florida. I'll tell you what, they are not flocking to Cannon Beach and spending days hanging out in those little rundown Oregon seaside towns

[Anonymous]

Maybe I’m a bad west coaster (CA), but I did the whole lay on a beach and go in the water to cool off thing on the west coast too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I grew up going to the coast for windsurfing and boogie boarding (in a wetsuit even in August) and then for fishing and crabbing"

Well I can see why you're confused. No one has ever, ever, once done this stuff on east coast beaches and in fact these activities are banned for the entirety of the atlantic ocean. You're only allowed to lay comatose on the beach in dead man's pose or you'll be fined or possibly thrown off a bridge mob style.

Nice. Hahaha

[Anonymous]

Yep, if you don't want to do it, then don't. There's enough people at the beach.

[Anonymous]

https://www.delmarvaboardsportadventures.com/watersports/windsurfing.html

Delaware beaches have windsurfing on the bay.

We have everything you have out west, it’s just in sunny, warm environs.

You are correct though: windsurfing isn’t popular in the dc metro area. I was born and raised in Maryland and grew up spending 2 weeks at the MD/DE beaches every summer (at least), and I’ve never been windsurfing. I was tempted to try in Bonaire (their windsurfing beach is amazing and has perfect conditions), but I was busy watching my kids.

FWIW, studies show that kids love tradition and nostalgia. I take my kids to the same beaches and restaurants year after year and they love it. My kids have also been to dozens of gorgeous Caribbean beaches, all major US cities and Canada, yet they love spending a couple weeks at the local beaches each summer.

If you let me know what you’re looking for, I’m happy to give you tips.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's not to understand? On the east coast people do what you're supposed to do on the beach- play in the water, lay in the hot sun (great for bringing a book), swim, collect shells.

I've never understood west coast beaches where you can only stare out at the water- it's very bizarre and BORING.

Maybe try going to the actual beach and stepping in the water and your basic human instincts will kick in and you'll do what comes naturally! Enjoy.

No that’s actually what I’m saying exactly. I have no interest in spending a day staring at the ocean or even getting in but only in the surf. When we went in my childhood it was to windsurf or kitesurf or boogie board.

NP. OK, good for you? My kids love going to the beach and have tons of fun without windsurfing. Like, what do you want? No one needs to explain something that is clearly so popular that people pay thousands every summer to do it. A few days at the beach followed by cracking fresh crabs sounds pretty good right now.

+1

And actually, I'm always shocked by the number of Europeans that flock to Florida for the beaches. Just yesterday Tyson Fury was caught by the dailymail getting sunscreen rubbed on him by a woman in Miami while his gf is back home in London. And I see so many European celebrities hanging out in Florida. I'll tell you what, they are not flocking to Cannon Beach and spending days hanging out in those little rundown Oregon seaside towns

In fairness Tyson Fury and fighters do a lot of travelling to train too so they are stateside a lot for business.

I always thought it was crazy my Italian family wanted to come to our boring suburbia and do weekend trips to the beach, NYC (that I get), the Adirondacks etc when they live in pastoral, gorgeous Italian countryside towns 30 min from the sea. But at the end of the day, that s boring suburbia for them too. People just like a change of pace

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain to me the concept of breathing air? Or why people go to museums? Or why people like to listen to music? Or eat delicious food? I grew up on the west coast and therefore can't access it and my brain doesn't work

[Anonymous]

The beauty of warmer weather beaches is that you can do everything you described enjoying on your oregon beaches, plus more like actually swim in the ocean without donning a wetsuit.

I think many people - myself included - view a day spent on the beach in OBX, Hilton Head, etc as more akin to a day at a park (altho a million times better) versus an adreneline junkie day.

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Oh, but are you an adrenaline junkie? Wow, tell me the story of your tattoo.

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to spend an entire day sitting on the beach. If you are oceanfront or walking distance to the beach, you can wander back and forth throughout the day.

We do lots of different things throughout the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. I’d skip it. Summers on the warm soft east coast sand beaches, with their people sitting under umbrellas enjoying a sea breeze and reading books got nothing on a rocky west cost beach with its waves crashing on large rocks. And the numerous food places, games, rides, and bars and restaurants are nothing like the pristine desolation of coastal Olympic peninsula.

Right, a crowded boardwalk with fried food and bars is MUCH better than the Olympic peninsula.

OP, I’m with you. I grew up in California and find the East Coast beach vacation to be excruciating. The beaches are ugly and crowded here, and beach towns are expensive and over developed. And I even grew up near a California beach town where it is warm enough to sit on a towel for a while (Avila Beach.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm outdoorsy so there's nothing boring about going to the beach for me. I love swimming in the ocean, playing, and surfing, with little breaks laying on the warm sand reading, chatting with whoever you came with, and picknicking. Just bliss.

That's what's so great about east coast beaches- you can do literally anything you want.

No, you can’t do anything you want. It’s too crowded, hot, and ugly.

[Anonymous]

There seems to be something really missing in someone who needs something as simple as the beauty of a summer day, or the warm breeze of the ocean, or the sound of waves lapping against the shore as you nap on a towel, explained to them. What did Aniston say about Brad Pitt? "A sensitivity chip missing"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.oregonlive.com/travel/2020/05/crowds-return-to-cannon-beach-as-oregon-coast-town-begins-to-reopen.html%3foutputType=amp

“Crowds return to Cannon Beach.” Lol.

That’s not a crowd.

um, are you under the impression that crowded beaches are an amenity?