Water... has been a very big part of our lives...Living on the East Coast from Maine to Florida... Inland and 0cean and on an Island (Martha's Vineyard), for the better part of 70 years, DW and I have been to and swam at hundreds of beaches, both fresh and salt water.
Swimming paid my way through college, and helped DW's acceptance at Sargent...Boston College. Our four kids learned to swim before they could walk, and we always had boats... canoes, rowboats, speedboats, sailboats, pontoon boats and paddle boats. Even in the Chicago area... Lake Michigan, rivers, and our camp on a small lake, today.
Whatever and wherever travel took us, the main destination was "the beach"... Swimming in 31 states, Canada, Mexico and Japan. Dad and mom lived on the Ocean in Barrington and best friend on the tip of Mere Point in Maine. DW summered for 18 years at her family's beach house on the water on Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts. In RI, Newport and Narragansett Bay was our back yard. From Key West to Padre Island to the Big Sur, the American River, Hawaii, Bremerton, the boundary waters of Minnesota, up and down the Mississippi and Kentucky Lake... with many dozens more in between.
This website (below) has an interactive map that covers most US beaches... inland and oceanside. Even Lincoln Woods State Park beach in Rhode Island where I spent 6 summers as a lifeguard during high school and college years. Also the summer after marriage where we spent the summer (and our honeymoon) at the YMCA Camp on Lake Cobbeseconte in Maine, where I was Waterfront Director... before assignment to OCS at (dry) Camp Benning in the fall.
The purpose of the site, is to assess water quality, but the real joy comes from zooming in on the beaches and remembering our halcyon days.
Testing The Waters, Prevent Beach Pollution | NRDC
My fondest memory is driving her dad's brand new Plymouth convertible on to the front row beachside, of the parking lot at Hyannis Beach... She, absolutely beautiful, in a fantastic white bathing suit that framed a summer tan that turned heads wherever we went. Brings a big smile to my face whenever the memory pops up.
So, yeah... about beaches... Big part of our life.
Do you Beach?
Swimming paid my way through college, and helped DW's acceptance at Sargent...Boston College. Our four kids learned to swim before they could walk, and we always had boats... canoes, rowboats, speedboats, sailboats, pontoon boats and paddle boats. Even in the Chicago area... Lake Michigan, rivers, and our camp on a small lake, today.
Whatever and wherever travel took us, the main destination was "the beach"... Swimming in 31 states, Canada, Mexico and Japan. Dad and mom lived on the Ocean in Barrington and best friend on the tip of Mere Point in Maine. DW summered for 18 years at her family's beach house on the water on Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts. In RI, Newport and Narragansett Bay was our back yard. From Key West to Padre Island to the Big Sur, the American River, Hawaii, Bremerton, the boundary waters of Minnesota, up and down the Mississippi and Kentucky Lake... with many dozens more in between.
This website (below) has an interactive map that covers most US beaches... inland and oceanside. Even Lincoln Woods State Park beach in Rhode Island where I spent 6 summers as a lifeguard during high school and college years. Also the summer after marriage where we spent the summer (and our honeymoon) at the YMCA Camp on Lake Cobbeseconte in Maine, where I was Waterfront Director... before assignment to OCS at (dry) Camp Benning in the fall.
The purpose of the site, is to assess water quality, but the real joy comes from zooming in on the beaches and remembering our halcyon days.
Testing The Waters, Prevent Beach Pollution | NRDC
My fondest memory is driving her dad's brand new Plymouth convertible on to the front row beachside, of the parking lot at Hyannis Beach... She, absolutely beautiful, in a fantastic white bathing suit that framed a summer tan that turned heads wherever we went. Brings a big smile to my face whenever the memory pops up.
So, yeah... about beaches... Big part of our life.
Do you Beach?
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