List the Beaches you have been to

greatheart · Post by **greatheart** » December 17, 2004 1:20 pm

Daytona Beach, FLA
Miami Beach, FLA
Mentor Headlands Beach, Ohio
Hilton Head Island, SC
Kelleys Island, Ohio
Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
Cancun, Mexico
Cozumel, Mexico
Key West, FLA
Naples, FLA

Crzy · Post by **Crzy** » December 17, 2004 3:16 pm

Parrot Monkey wrote:Lets see, I believe everyone of them is on the east coast of Florida.

Clearwater
Pine Island
Hudson
Daytona
Sanibel
Anna Maria
Bonita
Long Boat Key
Sunset Key (off of KW)

Most of them are on the West coast of Florida....

I live in bradenton (you have to go thru it to get to Anna Maria and Longboat) I'm spoiled by beautiful beaches!

I live in Florida.. Siesta Key is known for the soft sand...

Been to just about every beach in Florida...

Been to Venice Beach, CA... as well as Malibu and sevel additional stops up the pacific Coast Highway

Been to Cozumel, the Grand Cayman, Jamacia, the Bahamas and St Maarten/StMartin

I think thats it!

Bocanut · Post by **Bocanut** » December 21, 2004 4:59 pm

Gee, I just got back from a 7 day cruise in the Southern Caribbean so this topic hits home.

Barbados-Malibu Beach, Bathsheba

St Lucia-Anse La Raye

Antigua-Dickenson Bay

St Maarten-Orient Beach

St Thomas-Megan's Bay

Alabama:
Orange Beach
Gulf Shores
Fort Morgan

North Carolina:
Atlantic Beach

Florida:
Pensacola Beach
Perdido Key
Santa Rosa Island
Fort Meyer's
Fort Walton

Mississippi:
Gulfport
Biloxi
Ship Island

Ohio:
Put-In-Bay

Momshell · Post by **Momshell** » January 4, 2005 4:14 pm

Looks like fun, so I picked up this old thread.
Bloody Bay, Orient Beach,Dawn Beach St. Martin,
Sonesta Beach & Palm Beach Aruba,
Guana Cay,Lubbers Quarters cay, Elbow Cay,Tahiti Beach, in Abacos
Magens Bay Beach, Trunk Bay, USVI
Cancun, Mexico
South Beach , Miami
Clearwater Beach
Daytona Beach
New Smyrna Beach
Pensacola Beach
Destin and Panama City Beach
Hilton Head Island Beach
St. Simons Beach
Tybee Island Beach
Wilmington , NC
Nags Head, NC

conched · Post by **conched** » January 5, 2005 4:29 am

I'll work on it. Probably a couple hundred. Gosh, traveling to the beach for over 50 years...they add up. I'm sure I've been to a hundred little beaches in Texas. They all seem to have their distinctive character and name.

It was neat reading all the names of YOUR beaches. Makes me want to pack up and go to the Caribbean for an island hopping trip to SUM BEACH.

Does Hippy Hollow on Lake Travis near Austin count as a beach?

I'll just list some of my favorites that I remember in each state I've been to.

Texas (with 600 miles of coastline, what great choices)
Lighthouse Beach--Lavaca Bay (closest to get to, good kayaking area)
Magnolia/Indianolia Beach (close to home, great shrimping, dolphin watching)
Arasas National Wildlife Refuge --Black Jack Peninsula(whoopers)
Fulton Beach near Rockport.
West Beach by San Luis Pass (Between Galveston and Surfside)
East Beach Galveston (for birding) unique
Malaquite Beach (North Padre by Laguna Madre, wildlife)
Boca Chica Beach and Isla Blanca Beach (Dolphin Cove) So Padre (surfing, turtles, dolphins, sealife)
Pass Cavallo, J Hook, Sunday Beach --Matagorda Island ...fishing, bird watching, wild life
Port Aransas Beach near jetties for everything

Basically have driven all the way from Texas to Virginia along the byways to the beaches. If we could make it to the bay, gulf, ocean, sound, whatever, we got to the water to a beach.

Louisiana
Grand Isle Beach (remote, great drive)
Holly Beach

Mississippi
Bay St Louis to Oceans Springs all along 90 and Beach Blvd
Still need to make it out to Ship Island (Gambling, food, birds)

Alabama
Dauphine Island (remote)
Orange Beach/Romar Beach (white powdery sand, close to Lulu's)

Florida
Does the beach at the Floribama count?
Destin Beach
Crystal River and a very tiny beach on the Gulf (manatees)
(Have bypassed Cedar Key several times, but will make it there one day.)
Many, many places along the Keys.

Georgia
Jekyll Island (bicycling, sea life)

S. C.
Pawley's Island area...golf
Kiawah Island (Turtles)
Sullivan's Island
Hunting Island Lighthouse and Beach
Myrtle Beach
Hilton Head

N. C.
Wrightsville,
Ocracoke and Hatteras (Lighthouses, ferry, seashore, wildlife, shopping)
All of the outerbanks
Jockey's Ridge (hiking, kites)

Beaches in Hawaii Oahu...Waikiki, Makapu'u Beach, Maui...Kaanapali Beach, Hana Hamoa Beach, Waianapanapa Beach, Ho'okipa Beach, Kapalua, Wialea

California...All along the coast...Newport Beach, Venice Beach, Monterrey Peninsula, Pebble Beach, Carmel, Sausalito, Beach near San Simeon, Morro Bay,

Yucatan...Cancun, Punta Nizuc, Cozumel (lots of beaches also wild side,) Akumal, Tulum, Xel-Ha, Puerto Adventuras, Playa Del Carmen,
Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco

Bahamas..All around Grand Bahama Island, Freeport, Lucaya, Nassau, Paradise Island (gambling and golf on the beach)

Caymans...Seven Mile Beach

Jamaica ...Runaway Bay, Trelawny, Ocho Rios (some little local beach near Hibiscus Lodge and Almond Tree,) beach near Dunn's River Falls, Negril, Mo Bay

Tarheel Tail-Gator · Post by **Tarheel Tail-Gator** » January 23, 2005 10:57 pm

North Carolina

Sunset Beach
Ocean Isle
Holden Beach
Yaupon Beach
Wrightsville Beach
Emerald Isle
Ocracoke
Hatteras
Avon
Nags Head
Corolla

South Carolina
Great Myrtle Beach (from Cherry Grove to Litchfield)
Wild Dunes/Isle of Palms

Florida
Jacksonville Beach
Daytona
St. Augustine
Ft. Lauderdale
Key West

California
Laguna Beach (added 11/06)

Cancun
Trunk Bay-St. John
St. Maarten
Barbados

Godsowndrunk · Post by **Godsowndrunk** » January 23, 2005 11:48 pm

I hve been to more beaches then this list would allow....

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » January 24, 2005 12:02 pm

buffettbride wrote:I've never seen the ocean, so I can say I've never truly been to the beach...the closest I've come is Lake Okoboji in Iowa. I did fly over Lake Michigan once though.

This is by far the best quote to date that I have seen on BN...I REALLY enjoyed the part about flying over Lk MI...and this is not meant in a condescending way either. Thanks for the chuckle...

CrznDnUS1 · Post by **CrznDnUS1** » April 27, 2005 9:33 am

I'm sure I can't name them all but here's a shot at some of the most memorible ones.
Pretty much all the nice Jersey Shore beaches
Maho Bay, St John
Salt Pond, St John
Trunk Bay, St John
Cinnimon Bay, St John
Hawksnest Bay, St John
Lameshur Bay, St John
Gibney Beach, St John
Cruz Bay, St John
Sandy Spit, BVI - Favoritist beach EVER!!!!
Soggy Dollar Beach, Jost Van Dyke, BVI
Montego Bay, Jamacia
Rehobeth Bay, DE
Virginia City, VA
Bar Harour, ME (not too much swimming there, burrrr!)
Seiasta Key, FL
Sanibel Is, FL
Various Keys, FL
Ft Lauderdale Beach, FL
Ft Myers Beach, FL
Dry Tortuga NP, FL
and last but not least somewhere in:
Key West, FL

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » April 27, 2005 9:51 am

I'm amazed that so many people have been FL East coast beaches, especially Daytona...and have never been to St. Augustine...what's wrong with you people?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 27, 2005 10:37 am

Nope. Still haven't been to a beach.

But 42 days and counting!

lorilovv · Post by **lorilovv** » April 27, 2005 11:33 am

Sanibel
Destin
Pensacola
Orange Beach
Clearwater
Gulfport (2) I call them the big water and the little water....what are their names, Gulfbreeze and Balcony Girls?
Cancun

HEADIN' DOWN TO KEY WEST FOR MOTM!!!!

lorilovv · Post by **lorilovv** » April 27, 2005 11:42 am

ParrotheadGator wrote:I'm amazed that so many people have been FL East coast beaches, especially Daytona...and have never been to St. Augustine...what's wrong with you people?

Tell me about St. Augustine....what's all the rage, PHgator? How far from Tampa is this?

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » April 27, 2005 12:05 pm

lorilovv wrote:
ParrotheadGator wrote:I'm amazed that so many people have been FL East coast beaches, especially Daytona...and have never been to St. Augustine...what's wrong with you people?
Tell me about St. Augustine....what's all the rage, PHgator? How far from Tampa is this?

If you're going for the beach alone, it's no big deal. It's the city that makes it special. It's got a lot of character and charm. The oldest city in America. Has the oldest everything in America

If you're into history and the old world, it doesn't get any better. From as big as the the Castillo De San Marcos to as small as the oldest wooden schoolhouse...or just tourism type stuff, it's great. The nightly ghost tours are interesting and fun and there's great bars around. Just a great place to spend some time.

As for how far from Tampa...I'd say 3 hours or so...never done it. I'd guess just go straight across on I-4 and up I-95.

lorilovv · Post by **lorilovv** » April 27, 2005 12:26 pm

That does really sound great. I do love learning about the history of old towns and especially enjoy seeing old schoolhouses and anything of that nature. I just wondered how close it is to Tampa because I visit friends there often and wondered how close it would be for us to drive over there together.
Sounds like you would make a great tour guide for the city! Thanks for the info. I'll definitely have to check that place out.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 27, 2005 2:28 pm

Gulfbreeze wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I've never seen the ocean, so I can say I've never truly been to the beach...the closest I've come is Lake Okoboji in Iowa. I did fly over Lake Michigan once though.
This is by far the best quote to date that I have seen on BN...I REALLY enjoyed the part about flying over Lk MI...and this is not meant in a condescending way either. Thanks for the chuckle...

Heeheee. Glad I could make your day with my pathetic excuse for a life.

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » April 27, 2005 2:50 pm

lorilovv wrote:That does really sound great. I do love learning about the history of old towns and especially enjoy seeing old schoolhouses and anything of that nature. I just wondered how close it is to Tampa because I visit friends there often and wondered how close it would be for us to drive over there together.
Sounds like you would make a great tour guide for the city! Thanks for the info. I'll definitely have to check that place out.

It is great if you have a a weekend (and the money) to spend. There are some fabulous Bed and Breakfast's right on the bay in the middle of the historic district (the beach itself is on an island, the main historic area - except hte lighthouse - is on the mainland, along the bay). They're a bit expensive, but well worth it. Within walking distance from the B&B's, you have the old fort, oldest house, oldest schoolhouse, Spanish quarter, St. George Street (historic street, tourist stuff now), a nice walk along the Bay, many bars/restaurants, ghost tours, many very old buildings (the fort's construction aws completed in the 1600's and is truly an amazing place). The old jail, Ripley's, and the Fountain of Youth are just a 2 minute drive. Over on the island (just a few minutes) is the Lighthouse (also had a great night ghost tour) and the beach.

St. Augustine also has a rich history of pirates, and Spanish/English wars. Even the bay it's on, Matanzas Bay, is named from a Spanish incident...Matanzas means Slaughter.

A couple websites if you're interested -

http://www.casablancainn.com/
http://www.nps.gov/casa/

HawaiianGator · Post by **HawaiianGator** » April 27, 2005 3:18 pm

Pretty much the entire east coast of Florida
Most all of the Keys
West coast of Florida up to Crystal River
Pensacola
St Simons Island area
Virginia Beach
Jamaica
Bahamas

One of my favorites has been Amelia Island ...

gave wifey the ringy on the beach there ...

lorilovv · Post by **lorilovv** » April 27, 2005 3:47 pm

ParrotheadGator wrote:
lorilovv wrote:That does really sound great. I do love learning about the history of old towns and especially enjoy seeing old schoolhouses and anything of that nature. I just wondered how close it is to Tampa because I visit friends there often and wondered how close it would be for us to drive over there together.
Sounds like you would make a great tour guide for the city! Thanks for the info. I'll definitely have to check that place out.
It is great if you have a a weekend (and the money) to spend. There are some fabulous Bed and Breakfast's right on the bay in the middle of the historic district (the beach itself is on an island, the main historic area - except hte lighthouse - is on the mainland, along the bay). They're a bit expensive, but well worth it. Within walking distance from the B&B's, you have the old fort, oldest house, oldest schoolhouse, Spanish quarter, St. George Street (historic street, tourist stuff now), a nice walk along the Bay, many bars/restaurants, ghost tours, many very old buildings (the fort's construction aws completed in the 1600's and is truly an amazing place). The old jail, Ripley's, and the Fountain of Youth are just a 2 minute drive. Over on the island (just a few minutes) is the Lighthouse (also had a great night ghost tour) and the beach.

St. Augustine also has a rich history of pirates, and Spanish/English wars. Even the bay it's on, Matanzas Bay, is named from a Spanish incident...Matanzas means Slaughter.

A couple websites if you're interested -

http://www.casablancainn.com/
http://www.nps.gov/casa/

Ok, that's it......

ROAD TRIP!

Gotta see if I can get the Balcony Girls to take me over there during my next trip down to FL. As a matter of fact, I'm heading to Tampa in July.....might just have to think about driving down there for a short stay. Or better yet, it sounds like I need to plan an entire trip for St. Augustine!

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » April 27, 2005 5:06 pm

lmfao...I posted 3 links and only hit the right button to make it a link once

BuffettNews.com

List the Beaches you have been to

Re: List the Beaches you have been to

the world