A Little Gift For Diana ~ Beaches!

Diana (her blog is "Welcome To My World") has been saying she'd like to live by the sea. And she once asked me to post any pictures I might have of the shore.
We go to the beach a lot during the summer, and while I'm not really a sun-worshiper, I do enjoy the beach and I do enjoy sitting in the sun (all covered up for protection though), and I love walking either along the shore or walking the boardwalk, and Ray likes fishing with his family (I'm not so fond of fishing, but I like to sit on the shore with a good book and read while they all do the fishing), so we do go to the beach quite a bit.
Every weekend now that we have planned on going to the beach this year, either the weather hasn't been cooperating or other things have come up, so I haven't been able to get any pictures yet this year for Diana other than our Rhode Island trip.
So I'm going to post some pictures for her from previous trips to the beaches near us and from our trip to Myrtle Beach this past March (we went with Ray's brother Donald and his sister Susie. Ray and Donald were going on a little golf vacation for Ray's birthday, and I made Susie tag along so I could have some company).

On Ray's birthday Donald got up really early and made a Happy Birthday sign in the sand for Ray (this picture was taken from our balcony):



Ray said he wanted to get a picture of Donald and Susie down by the Birthday sign so they went down to comply. Of course it was just an evil plan drummed up by the brothers. Donald had some cereal that he was going to throw to the seagulls, but he didn't warn Susie, you can see her running away in one of the pictures when the birds swoop down for the food. (Idiots! Oh, sorry, Marcy, is that considered being a 'potty mouth'? Sometimes I just can't help it with those two guys!)
(Anyone remember "The Birds of Alfred Hitchcock"? That's what it reminds me of, especially the shot of Susie running away!)

These next pictures were taken from our balcony. We didn't have great weather that whole trip, I think maybe only one day of full sun, and it was cold, but we had a great time anyway!


The three of them liked leaning over the railing to look down at the swimming pools below. I have a fear of heights and did not do that at all!



This next one Ray took of Donald and me in the room, the guys had already finished playing four hours of golf, and I was still in my pajamas lazing around and Susie was still snoozing away! Ahh! That was the life!

Another shot from the balcony:


This one was taken by a beach near us last October when Ray and Donald were fishing. I forget which beach it was (maybe Fire Island or Jones Beach Island?), but it's great because you can drive your car right on the sand up to the waterfront. I only go in the summer though, it's too cold for me to sit out there for hours and hours!

Here are some pictures taken last summer at Jones Beach on Long Island (about a half-hour drive from our home).
Ray and Jayden making sandcastles:

There was a big sand hill there that Jayden loved climbing up on and sliding down over and over again:



Sand and shoreline, Diana, as far as the eye can see!

These next pictures were taken in October at Baiting Hollow, and at Long Beach, and at Short Beach, all on Long Island, NY, they are about an hour drive away from our home. Every year Ray, his brother Donald, and his sister Susie take a trip out to Calverton Cemetery on their Dad's birthday, and then they go to the beaches they used to summer at as kids. Ray's family had a nice little summer bungalow on Long Island for many years until his parents retired to Florida.




I also have more pictures taken at Captree Beach (fishing from the piers there and also fishing from the shore) and pictures at a few other beaches near us but unfortunately I can't find them now. And I have a few pictures of Donald dressing up like Carmen Miranda with a scarf he found on the beach, but unfortunately (or maybe FORTUNATELY) I can't locate them either. And I have some pictures somewhere of trips to Florida beaches and trips to Cape May, New Jersey, but again, they are lost on this computer somewhere.
Anyway, Diana, now you've had a glimpse of northeast beaches and southeast beaches, I hope you enjoyed, and when we get to the beach this year I'll be sure to post some more for you!