Today's random question- has anyone here never see... - Page 5

sylviahomeatlast · ‎03-11-2010

North Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Carribbean, Atlantic ---I do love the mountains---I don't care for flat

ShowMe · ‎09-06-2010

I guess I can consider myself as being fortunate to have been able to see the ocean on the east, west and gulf in Texas....... Each has its own beauty about it. What I found so fascinating was how the beaches are so different. The beaches I preferred to be on were the sandy ones.......loved walking through the warm sand in my bare feet... But do have to say the California sea sides are so beautiful. Nothing boring about any of them. Just pure beauty.

BaileyandBella · ‎03-10-2010

Born and raised in CA....I am not a beach girl, per se'......hate the heat and humidity, but still love looking at the ocean. I could not live right along the ocean, way too moist and too much fog.

Saw my first FLAT land a few years ago in Southern Texas, did not like that at all.

In CA, everywhere you look, there are mountains on the horizon.

muttmom · ‎11-28-2012

On 6/22/2014 raven-blackbird said:
eactly...........it's just hard to believe that at some time in one's life one hasen't driven by the coast on their way to someplace else.........flown over it.......made it a vacation destination.......I guess it happens that some people have never seen it.......but it doesn't make it any less hard to believe......................................raven

I bet there are a lot of people who vacation near their home state. Many people have never flown.

brii · ‎06-20-2010

We take a vacation every year around a beach/ocean-so beautiful

seattlegirl98026 · ‎12-09-2011

MrsSweetieBear, if I lived in Maui with you, I'd spend every waking moment at or in the ocean. I'd never get anything done! Living in Maui is one of my dreams.

MikafromTopeka · ‎03-10-2010

My husband is 60 and has never been to the ocean. He also doesn't know what a fresh picked California peach or any other kind of tree ripened fruit tastes like. I can't wait until he retires next year so I can take him AND my kids home for the first time.

I spent a week at the beach in Galveston when I was a kid with my nephews (who were my age) and I had a blast. Showme is right in that there are quite a few differences between the beaches at the gulf coast and Pacific. I can't speak for the east coast as I haven't been yet but want to go to Florida once before our final move to California.

I have to add that growing up in the northern California valley where we could drive a few hours to either snow or ocean I had no concept of how COLD it could get in the midwest but NOW I KNOW.....especially after this year! I had always pictured Wisconsin and Minnesota to be like the Sierra Nevada's but they're totally NOT!

Sabatini2 · ‎11-13-2010

On 6/22/2014 raven-blackbird said:
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.

eactly...........it's just hard to believe that at some time in one's life one hasen't driven by the coast on their way to someplace else.........flown over it.......made it a vacation destination.......I guess it happens that some people have never seen it.......but it doesn't make it any less hard to believe......................................raven

I don't think it's that hard to believe, raven. There are people who aren't as fortunate as others, and a vacation, or any type of travel at all isn't in the cards for them, and may never be.

Noel, Lotus, and muttmom, TY for the kind words! I wish I'd been able to do more back then.

Back to gidget's thread...

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

Seeing the question made me a little sad. I grew up five minutes from the Atlantic ocean but I've also been to the Pacific and dipped my toes in the Mediterranean. I don't live at the ocean anymore but it's a view that should be seen at least once in your life.