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Florida, California, Hawaii, and many other coastal states have some beaches but Forida, California and Hawaii are where many people go and they have more than just a few beaches, they have many!!! And Good ones too!
Not ocean beaches though. Do lake beaches count? Are there waves? Soft sand? Have never been so I don't know.
Lake beaches count? I don't see why not. There are tens of thousand tourists a year that come to just my area alone for the beaches. Most of the summer the locals are outnumbered by out of towners. Remember that these "lakes" are tens of thousands of square MILES in size and have 1000+ foot ships sailing on them plus almost 1 million pleasure boats registered just in Michigan alone.
Are there waves? Of course there are. Most times just small at 1 - 3 feet, but at times 15 - 20 footers are around.
Soft sand? Yep, hundreds and hundreds of miles of soft sand that is so clean it squeaks when you walk across it. After being all along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts I can say that the sand here is just as soft (and softer in most cases) than any place I visited on the oceans. The entire western side of Michigan is beach from top to bottom and almost the entire eastern side is as well. Plus we have the Upper Peninsula that has beaches on the North and South sides.
Lake beaches count? I don't see why not. There are tens of thousand tourists a year that come to just my area alone for the beaches. Most of the summer the locals are outnumbered by out of towners. Remember that these "lakes" are tens of thousands of square MILES in size and have 1000+ foot ships sailing on them plus almost 1 million pleasure boats registered just in Michigan alone.
Are there waves? Of course there are. Most times just small at 1 - 3 feet, but at times 15 - 20 footers are around.
Soft sand? Yep, hundreds and hundreds of miles of soft sand that is so clean it squeaks when you walk across it. After being all along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts I can say that the sand here is just as soft (and softer in most cases) than any place I visited on the oceans. The entire western side of Michigan is beach from top to bottom and almost the entire eastern side is as well. Plus we have the Upper Peninsula that has beaches on the North and South sides.
Have you ever visited Ogunquit, ME? I experienced the same squeaky sand sensation. The sand there is also INCREDIBLY soft!
Question about lake beaches though: Does it feel like your at the ocean when your at one of the great lakes or can you still tell when your in it that its most def. a lake? For example, are they kind of mucky/dirty and leafy like regular lakes?
LOLOL @ michigan
nobody from colorado for example, when considering a beach vacation considers "michigan" among the obvious candidates (California, Hawaii and Florida)
LOLOL @ michigan
nobody from colorado for example, when considering a beach vacation considers "michigan" among the obvious candidates (California, Hawaii and Florida)
some ppl on here are trippin...
I need to agree, no offense to those who supported MI. But when I think of beach vacation I think of California (let's just face it--everyone thinks of beaches and palm trees), Florida (the sunshine state), Hawaii (the aloha state) or Maine--VACATIONLAND itself.
Have you ever visited Ogunquit, ME? I experienced the same squeaky sand sensation. The sand there is also INCREDIBLY soft!
Question about lake beaches though: Does it feel like your at the ocean when your at one of the great lakes or can you still tell when your in it that its most def. a lake? For example, are they kind of mucky/dirty and leafy like regular lakes?
Lived in Maine for 20 years, been to Ogunquit many, many times, as well as "sand beach", Old Orchard, Wells, York, etc.... The beaches here are much better.
The lakes are super clean with a hard sand bottom.
LOLOL @ michigan
nobody from colorado for example, when considering a beach vacation considers "michigan" among the obvious candidates (California, Hawaii and Florida)
some ppl on here are trippin...
I never said they did. I answered a couple questions that were asked. I really don't want people to consider Michigan when it comes to beaches.
Lived in Maine for 20 years, been to Ogunquit many, many times, as well as "sand beach", Old Orchard, Wells, York, etc.... The beaches here are much better.
The lakes are super clean with a hard sand bottom.
You forgot to mention the very cold water.
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