[declaredbeauty]

Love the beach, I never lug anything. Two towels, sunscreen, a few bottles of water and snacks, my sons beach toys, a magazine, and my blackberry is all I need.

[LOVELINDT]

i love the beach

[shushopn]

Waves to Nishi!! I used to hate taking my kids to the beach when they were really young b/c it was sooo much work and sand stuck in all the wrong places. Now I do love it though...it is a bit of work but very relaxing.

[Pursegrrl]

Originally Posted by Dawn

i absolutely love the beach but i have a very hard time just laying out in the sun. i like to walk and hike and swim and stroll and snorkel and play.

Same here. I'm super pale and don't tan, so I bathe in super high SPF and then like walking around or being active. I can't just sit.

Living on the west coast, the beach is a very important part of my life. our family has a summer place on the WA coast and I've gone there literally every summer since I was born. A walk on the beach, weather it's a hot summer day or during an amazing winter storm, is one of the most soul-cleansing things I can do. I can't imagine not being a short drive from a beach, whether it's a lake or ocean.

[isus]

We have a home on the ocean....I love it for it's beauty but do not like the hot sun and never go into the water. I just love to sit and look at the pelicans and waves.

My DH, however, has a kayak and enjoys going over the a nearby island and brings me the most beautiful large shells.

[love2shop_26]

Love it! I actually wish we had a much more decent summer this year coz we never once got to go. I enjoy soaking up some sun (since we don't get it here very often) and just relaxing. I love hearing the waves, really soothing.

[wordbox]

I love it. My town is right on a very large lake (and have lots of access to other small lakes and rivers), so it's part of life here. I like going to the beach, walking by the lake, boating, etc.

[candypants1100]

love the beach- the air, how salty your skin is afterwards, how you get beach hair after a day out there, love drinking a fruity drink and soaking up the sun and people watching is the best!!!

[BagLuver]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the beach!

[nauticalstar]

I love the beach! I could go every day! I'll settle for a pool, too though. I love to take a book and just read outside every day under an umbrella.

[Compass Rose]

Definitely love the beach. But we have a boat, too, and mostly we go out into the Gulf and anchor off by one of the inlets. I don't know what I would do if I could not live near water.

[TheImportersWife]

Love the beach, especially early in the morning (before crowds) and late afternoon when the sun is starting to set and the crowds are heading home.

I grew up going to the beach, worked at the beach and now we summer on Block Island. (We live a mile from the water, so we travel 200 miles to go to another island and hang on the beach. )

[guccimamma]

my husband likes to go ALL day with the kids, i like in the late afternoon for a couple of hours

sometimes i just drop them off, then meet them later...i don't enjoy baking like i used to....but when i was a teenager, i spent all day every day at the beach

[missmustard]

I absolutely hate the beach. I burn easily so no amount of SPF can save me. There are many other reasons to my hatred but I'll spare y'all.

[Megs]

You know, I said take it or leave it. I think I would actually change that to love it, but I say I can take it or leave it because I literally live 5 minutes from the beach and Vlad and I NEVER go. I really just do not care to go, don't care to get too much sun, don't care to go in the ocean....

But I was a beach baby and beach girl before college.. maybe I am beached out!