This weeks’ Small Talk Six topic is “6 things you love or hate about the ocean.” You can answer this with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, 6 photos, 6 videos, etc . . .
I’ve only been to the ocean twice in my life. Once during a ill fated trip to the Outer Banks with my mom and stepdad when I was about 8 years old, and then again for my honeymoon. I did however grow up on Lake Erie. I spent almost every day at the beaches there as a kid thanks to my sun worshipping mother. But this list is about the ocean, so here it goes:
1. Jellyfish. I won’t go in the water at the ocean because I’m afraid I’ll get stung by a jellyfish. I’ve gotten a tattoo, had my tonsils out as an adult, and given birth to 2 children, and yet I’m afraid of a jellyfish. My husband finds this wildly hilarious.
2. I love the sand. I still love to build sandcastles, and I don’t care who knows it.
3. I love the smells of the beach. The water, sunscreen, sand, all of it. There’s just something in the air that relaxes me.
4. I hate that the sand creeps into ALL bodily crevices. HOW does that happen? I can do nothing more than lay on a towel all day and still get a butt crack full of sand. It’s one of the world’s great mysteries.
5. I’m not a fan of all the gear you need to take to the beach with kids. Beach going was so much simpler without them. Just a towel, a cooler, a radio, and some sunscreen was all I needed.
6. The boardwalk. One thing I really liked about Ocean City on our honeymoon was the boardwalk. It was fun to go grab lunch on an outdoor patio and people watch.
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Great list! I too love the smell of the ocean (although I forgot to include that on my list), but can’t agree about the smell of sunscreen. It seems to take three showers to wash that off.
You cracked me up with the butt crack comment. So true!
I wouldn’t want to meet up with a JellyFish either.
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I totally agree about sandcastles!
I think the boardwalk is one of the best parts of the beach too! Yummy food and lots of people watching!
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Sand in the BUTT crack OH MY isn’t that so so very TRUE. lol
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great list , I totally forgot about the board walk we had downtown in BC! The view at night there was awesome ! Hope you had a great weekend !