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7 Perks of Spending the Summer at the Beach

Gabrielle Ciemny
May 11, 2015
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7 Perks of Spending the Summer at the Beach

1. You are never bored. If you get tired of the beach you can spend the day by the bay, or go out on the boat. If you are lucky, you or one of your friends probably has a pool and hot tub so you can hang out around there. There are endless activities.


2. You form a "summer family." When you grow up spending every summer at the beach you meet friends from activities you did as a child and jobs you have had over the years. These friendships are one of a kind and last a life time.


3. You know the town like the back of your hand. You know the best restaurants, bars, and ice cream places to go to and what time to go to avoid the "shoebies."


4. You get to have a fun summer job. You can lifeguard, teach swim lessons or sailing lessons, work at an ice cream place, or a fun restaurant or bar. The great thing is everyone you work with is around the same age.

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5. You get to be extremely tan. When you go back to school, you have one of the best tans of all your friends and the tan lasts pretty long, too!


6. Summer flings. The chance of you meeting a hot guy or girl is so much greater at the beach, and everyone is in a fun and adventurous mood. You could have a Nicholas Sparks summer relationship.


7. Long days on the beach that lead to "beach happy hour." The best kind of summer day is when you are on the beach so long that you decide to order pizza and have it delivered along with some drinks, so you and your friends and family can stay and watch the sunset.


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