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Today's random question- has anyone here never seen the ocean?

gidgetgh — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:44:34 GMT

My sister and I were talking yesterday at lunch. We grew up outside of Boston, so the ocean was just always there for us. We don't remember the first time we saw it. We don't remember an "aha moment" when we first went to the beach.

We were talking about moments and places that emotionally moved us (Grand Canyon was one for me. We were in the car, rounded the corner, there it was and it was so overwhelmingly beautiful to me that I cried). So I was just wondering- has anyone here never seen the ocean? It doesn't matter if you haven't- plenty of things I haven't seen. I'm just curious.

Re: Today's random question- has anyone here never seen the ocean?

deepwaterdotter — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:53:49 GMT

Me, but I don't feel sad about it.

Re: Today's random question- has anyone here never seen the ocean?

gidgetgh — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:56:58 GMT

On 6/22/2014 deepwaterdotter said:
Me, but I don't feel sad about it.

Yep- no reason to be sad about it. As I said, plenty of things I haven't seen. It's just how life goes.

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brewhaha — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:02:10 GMT

I can't imagine being landlocked. We live ten minutes from the ocean. We swim, fish, boat, snorkel.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:10:35 GMT

On 6/22/2014 brewhaha said:
I can't imagine being landlocked. We live ten minutes from the ocean. We swim, fish, boat, snorkel.

i cant either.....we are less than 1/2 hour from the bay and about 2 1/2 hours from the ocean.....it is one of my most favorite places to be.

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madzonie — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:11:37 GMT

Growing up in AZ I was around 15 when I first saw the ocean near San Diego. Then lived most of my adult life near San Francisco, so it was "there" to see anytime. Now that we are retired and I'm back in AZ, I do miss being able to see it often.

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raven-blackbird — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:13:05 GMT

being a Cali gal............it's hard to believe someone has never seen the ocean........I'm sure there are people who haven't ..........but it's still hard to imagine that LOL.........................raven

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azterry! — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:17:20 GMT

There is nothing to compare to the beauty of the ocean. I'm 4 hours from the nearest one but I crave seeing it all the time. It's where I find total and complete peace.

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raven-blackbird — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:22:57 GMT

I just thought about this some more LOL..............where I live, I can see the mountains and don't think I could live anyplace where I couldn't look out my window and see mountains.......I only live an hour and a half from the ocean............I look out my window and see the mountains..........I live in the most PERFECT place on the planet .............if you don't mind the heat and the cold...............we don't have warm and cool..........just HOT and COLD.............................raven

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Lotus — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:26:52 GMT

Yep.....and sometimes I take it for granted. I live on Long Island....surrounded by water...Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Long Island Sound on the other. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am.

I've been the the Caribbean too.......gorgeous!!!

I know how you feel when you saw the Grand Canyon. I know it's not the same thing but I felt the same way when I went to the Norman Rockwell (one of my fav artists) museum in Rockwell, MA......I literally got all choked up seeing his work closeup and personal.

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tansy — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:27:37 GMT

I cannot imagine not seeing the ocean ever. It would be on my bucket list...if I had one

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Preds — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:33:36 GMT

I know plenty of people that have never seen the ocean. I've never seen the Grand Canyon or a ""flat"" land like maybe Iowa.

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deepwaterdotter — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:35:18 GMT

On 6/22/2014 Preds said:
I know plenty of people that have never seen the ocean. I've never seen the Grand Canyon or a "flat" land like maybe Iowa.

After you've seen your first cornfield, you've seen 'em all.

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MomOf4 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:39:11 GMT

We live about half an hour from the ocean and I can't imagine not ever seeing it. I was raised in Arizona and agree that the Grand Canyon is one of the most awesome things on earth!!

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lulu2 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:42:09 GMT

I went to college in Wisconsin. I had many friends who'd not seen the ocean, just as I'm sure many "coasters" have never seen a Great Lake.

The Atlantic is across the road for us. It's the first thing I see when I look out our bedroom window.

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azterry! — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:42:11 GMT

On 6/22/2014 deepwaterdotter said:
On 6/22/2014 Preds said:
I know plenty of people that have never seen the ocean. I've never seen the Grand Canyon or a "flat" land like maybe Iowa.

After you've seen your first cornfield, you've seen 'em all.

LOL!

I grew up in corn country so I get you. There is a certain beauty to miles of corn growing, but i wouldn't say it's one of the Seven Wonders!

Re: Today's random question- has anyone here never seen the ocean?

gidgetgh — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:42:54 GMT

On 6/22/2014 Lotus~ said:
Yep.....and sometimes I take it for granted. I live on Long Island....surrounded by water...Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Long Island Sound on the other. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am.

I've been the the Caribbean too.......gorgeous!!!

I know how you feel when you saw the Grand Canyon. I know it's not the same thing but I felt the same way when I went to the Norman Rockwell (one of my fav artists) museum in Rockwell, MA......I literally got all choked up seeing his work closeup and personal.

I understand exactly. Andrew Wyeth was my favorite artist. Several years ago, an exhibit of some of his works came to Atlanta and we went. Again, I rounded the corner and there was my favorite "Wind From the Sea", right there in front of me (I wasn't expecting it to be there) and I got so choked up that I had to leave the room for a few minutes to compose myself. I had never been able to find it as a print, but they were selling a print of it at the exhibit. It's hanging over my bed so I can see it every day.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:43:15 GMT

I'm sure there are people who and never seen the ocean or walked on the beach and collected shells. I'm from the Boston Area, so the ocean has been a part of my life since birth. I cannot even imagine living away from the ocean. The beach was just down the street when I was a kid and never more than 20 minutes away as an adult. And I don't even swim! I'm not comfortable being in the water, no higher than my knees. I just have to be near it. But I have never experienced the desert. A weekend in Vegas doesn't count. I've never seen the Grand Canyon, never seen the Redwoods. There are still a lot of things on my bucket list.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:46:23 GMT

On 6/22/2014 raven-blackbird said:
being a Cali gal............it's hard to believe someone has never seen the ocean........I'm sure there are people who haven't ..........but it's still hard to imagine that LOL.........................raven

....not so hard if you look at a map of the USA. The majority of Americans live far away from any ocean.

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tansy — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:48:13 GMT

On 6/22/2014 chrystaltree said:
On 6/22/2014 raven-blackbird said:
being a Cali gal............it's hard to believe someone has never seen the ocean........I'm sure there are people who haven't ..........but it's still hard to imagine that LOL.........................raven

....not so hard if you look at a map of the USA. The majority of Americans live far away from any ocean.

That's what road trips are for! ""See the USA in your Chevrolet"" and all that