A review of an awareness holiday for everyone who has ever enjoyed a day at the beach.
National Beach Day
Having spent a great number of years living near beaches of many kinds, from ponds to lakes to oceans, National Beach Day ‘speaks’ to my soul.
I spent some of my growing up years in ‘beach’ communities, from my birthplace of Canandaigua, NY (one of the Finger Lakes) to Rochester, NY situated on Lake Ontario (one of the Great Lakes). My adult married life brought me to communities on the Gulf of Mexico, the California Central Coast and the Southeastern Shores of South Carolina and Georgia. So beaches have been an integral part of my life.
Between beach community times, I have also lived as a ‘landlubber’ in the Midwest, but this quote keeps me going away from the beaches:
"The beach is not a place, it's a feeling"
So I can truly say: The beach is my ‘happy’ place.
Origin of this Holiday
Begun by animal activist, Colleen Paige, in 2014, National Beach Day is designated as a day to clean up the natural resources of the beach. Keeping beaches beautiful and sustainable allows everyone to enjoy them for a long time into the future.
Summary
So if you enjoy lying around soaking up the sunshine on your favorite beach, with access to salt-water oceans or fresh-water lakes, and love outdoor activities such as swimming, walking on the beach and building sandcastles, use National Beach Day on August 30 to participate in a ‘beach clean-up’ to keep your favorite places enjoyable for all. Then reward yourself with a 'fun-in-the-sun beach day’.
My favorite beach picture, taken (at the request of our daughter) at dawn on the first day of the new millenium (January 1, 2001) on Tybee Island, Georgia.
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Happy National Beach DayAugust 30
*National Beach Day holiday review written by Wednesday Elf
+All images in this post are personal photos taken by (c) Wednesday Elf
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The beach is certainly my happy place too. There is nothing quite as relaxing as listening to the ebb and flow of the waves or taking an early morning walk on a sandy beach.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, Mary Beth. I have had many walks on sandy beaches myself! :) Nothing like it!
DeleteIt’s hard not to breathe a little easier and deeper at the beach. The quality of the air feels and smells different. How lucky you are to have lived so close to beaches for so much of your life!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed each of my 'beach' locations over the years, Margaret. Miss it now that I'm once again back in the Midwest.
DeleteP.S. Your favorite beach photo taken on Tybee Island is stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. We were living on Tybee Island at the time and our daughter, back in Missouri, asked us specifically to take a photo as dawn broke on the first day of the new millenium. There were dozens of people doing the same thing.
DeleteThe beach is indeed a happy place! While I have never lived close to a beach, we always enjoyed vacationing at the beach. So many wonderful memories associated with the beach. I think a day to celebrate, and clean up the beaches, is a wonderful special day. When I first read Beach Day was in August, I wondered why late August, but a clean up day in August makes perfect sense.
ReplyDeleteI think everyone enjoys the beach, no matter where it is. We participated in beach clean-up days several times while living on Tybee Island. Having National Beach Day occur the end of August is the perfect time, as beach-goers usually end their beach days near this end-of-summer date. Leaving the beach clean for the next beach season seems appropriate.
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