Visiting Myrtle Beach

If you like going to the beach and being right in the middle of a lot of people, high rise beach front hotels, and more hotels and restaurants than you can shake a stick at then Myrtle Beach is the place for you. I personally like having all that this area offers but can handle it better by being a little removed from the heart of downtown. In fact I like it better to stay in a more natural setting. Fortunately there are a number of options if you want to get out of town. What I am getting at, and what I enjoy when I visit Myrtle Beach, is to stay in a campground.

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Black's Beach, La Jolla, San Diego, California

Black's Beach Whether you're into nudity, nature or sun worshiping, you can't go wrong by visiting Black's Beach (link not safe for work) in La Jolla, San Diego, California. The southern half of the beach is part of a state park and clothing is optional. The northern half is controlled by the city and clothing is NOT optional; clothing must be worn. No one knows where the name came from, but the beach boundaries are marked. There are three ways to get there and only one of them isn't very safe, but it's the quickest route.

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Long Beach Island

The beach at Harvey Cedars, LBI

The beach at Harvey Cedars, LBI

Barrier beaches in New Jersey host tens of thousands of summer tourists during summer weekends. One of these destinations is the roughly twenty miles, north to south, of Long Beach Island. The length of the island means there are a number of communities located there. Each shares similarities with other Jersey shore beach towns but each town also has its own distinctive personality. The personality part comes as a result of each location having grown separately from their neighbors. The heavily developed areas they are today are relatively new when compared to some of the well established large cities that are within a few hours' drive of Long Beach Island. Read the rest of this entry »

Seaside Heights, a September Visit to the Beach

If you live in New Jersey, New York City or the Philadelphia area, Seaside Heights is a great place to visit the beach. If you have never visited the town before, this post will tell you a bit about what you can expect to find and why you may want to consider going there. I know you may think the official summer vacation season ended a few weeks ago but there is still time to have some fun at the beach. September means the crowds are gone, Seaside Heights hotels have lowered their prices and the ocean is the warmest it will be all year.

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