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Beaches are my family's favorite vacation spot. While we all enjoy the peace and majesty of the mountains, we prefer the majesty of the ocean. After a hectic work and school schedule going to the beach for a week or even a long weekend is rejuvenating.

There are so many options for things to do at the beach. My family can do as much or as little as we desire. Want to jump the waves or body surf? Have a ball. Want to play at a variety of amusement parks? Take your pick from water parks with slides, bumper boats, go cart tracks and amusement arcades just to name a few of the types of recreation at the beach. Prefer to people watch? Of course there are many interesting characters at the beach to watch. Who isn't entertained watching the wide variety of people strolling down the beach? And nothing taste better than a snow cone from a vendor on a hot sunny day.

There are a wide variety of restaurants to choose from to eat every day. Our favorite of course is seafood, but sometimes we like the variety of eating something else, even if it is just a salad. Somehow the food always tastes better at the beach.

My personal favorite activity at the beach is to simply settle down on the beach with a good book and spend my time reading under the shade of an umbrella. With my writer's soul, I often sit and watch the people walk by and wonder what is going on in their lives at that time. Where they came from and what life they will go back to when they leave the beach.

I also love to rise early and go for a leisurely stroll along the water's edge. It helps me focus on whatever is going on in my life at that particular time.

The sound of the waves crashing against the shore brings me total inner peace and is so relaxing. All the stress that has been going on departs. And there is nothing more refreshing than going to sleep at night and then waking up in the morning to the sound of the surf. That is a wonderful refreshing night's sleep.

My destination when I retire will be to a house on the beach somewhere in the sunny south. At that point, I will be on a permanent vacation relaxing and enjoying my favorite activities. You will find me walking, relaxing with a good book or writing still. I will always be a writer and even when retired will not give up that passion. But my writing will be at my favorite vacation spot and that place is the beach.

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