You really need to come down to a North Carolina beach for a vacation. I
hate the beach but even so I have to admit it is beautiful here (though
boring and I hate the sun). Incredibly uncrowded unless you go to a tourist
trap. Fly down to Raleigh and it is a 2 hour drive to the beach. The
airfares are cheap. You will never miss a Long Island beach again if you
visit a NC beach. The sand is so fine and clean it just slips off of you.
Nothing like the grit of Jones Beach. And no beach pits.



"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Agreed. I stupidly punished myself by not exploring water for about 3
years
after I moved. The Finger Lakes and the Adirondack lakes are gorgeous, but
there's still nothing like a real beach, especially after Labor Day, when
the lawyers and fashion queens have vacated.

"xrongor" wrote in message
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that was the ONLY thing i missed when i moved inland. the beach...

randy

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
I followed a woman here to get married. Left Long Island, which had
advantages and disadvantages. I don't miss the traffic, or the fact
that
women there put on 12 pounds of makeup just to run to the grocery store
for
a gallon of milk. But the beach....at least there was the beach.

"Art" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Your worried about leaves? Wait till it snows. Glad I left Rochester
20
years ago.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Rochester NY: We're being buried in leaves. My son and I raked up
40+
bags
of leaves in about 2 hours this past Sunday. We seem to be alone in
the
use
of that prehistoric tool, the rake. I'm surrounded by neighbors in
their
early 30s to mid 40s, in good shape, all of whom use leaf blowers
and
take
all day to gather the same amount of leaves. And...cripes....the
noise!
Want
an investment tip? Hearing aids - the Next Big Thing for an entire
generation.

What's with these things? Is Home Depot putting guns to peoples'
heads
and
forcing them to buy leaf blowers?

End of Totally Pointless Rant