tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post2186174870378397052..comments2024-01-16T17:40:13.951-05:00Comments on Somewhere in NJ: Days at the beachLauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-79815836756880380852009-07-28T17:16:46.892-05:002009-07-28T17:16:46.892-05:00I used to visit the beaches in Old Lyme when I was...I used to visit the beaches in Old Lyme when I was a teenager.They had a mini disco and I can remember dancing to Gloria Gaynor and Donna Summer in the evenings.I laugh about that because I don't really dance and am not much of a fan of disco.-But it had its time.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955054342034509500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-59138946468097803882009-07-21T18:40:15.559-05:002009-07-21T18:40:15.559-05:00I have to wait another month before we get our tim...I have to wait another month before we get our time on the NJ beaches this year. - DaveSNJGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144836854617566204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-38121868375817125622009-07-20T19:14:29.950-05:002009-07-20T19:14:29.950-05:00Beach trips were the highlight of my childhood sum...Beach trips were the highlight of my childhood summers. My husband and I continued the tradition for our own children.<br /><br />We haven't been to the beach since we moved back to NC. During my recent illness my husband made reservations for a week at the Outer Banks next fall for the migration at Pea Island Refuge.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-55500450629237116832009-07-20T07:20:41.138-05:002009-07-20T07:20:41.138-05:00I'm living a beachy memory at the moment over ...I'm living a beachy memory at the moment over at my place. But I love the poem and this post does, in fact, put me in mind of childhood weekends filled with sand castles and 'big' waves and hunting for Petosky stones alone the shores of Lake Michigan. To us, that was like one giant cold ocean.amarkonmywallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677008352624269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-56889474801719822172009-07-19T23:43:57.755-05:002009-07-19T23:43:57.755-05:00We lived too far inland for beach trips until I wa...We lived too far inland for beach trips until I was 11. Luckily I had grandparents on Cape Cod, and I have many happy memories of those beaches. Some were deep sand, some had dunes, some were rocky, and one had magical tides that went so far out that my cousins and I could wade out far enough to collect furry, living sand dollars.<br /><br />When we moved to Houston, my parents took me and my half-sibs to Galveston (~50 miles south of Houston). What a shock! After years of picturesque Cape Cod beaches, I was appalled by the thin, grayish strip of oil-dotted dreck that passed for a beach. As soon as I was old enough, I begged off Galveston trips. It was too big a disappointment to a gal who grew up playing on real beaches.Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-19281705526047829722009-07-19T22:02:54.818-05:002009-07-19T22:02:54.818-05:00Oh, beachy memories--yeah.
Beaches always mention ...Oh, beachy memories--yeah.<br />Beaches always mention holiday. Beaches in S. Africa the earliest. One beach outing when I was 10 in California--an overcast day--I got so sunburned, I could NOT sit, or stand, or even lie down without hurting.<br />Red heads and beaches=sunburns.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-45890798473690201722009-07-19T20:32:04.853-05:002009-07-19T20:32:04.853-05:00We grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan .. Grand...We grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan .. Grand Traverse Bay and the Sleeping Bear dunes. From July 4 to Labor day that is where it all was at! Although when the great winds of November blew then hikes along the shores were spectacular.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.com