>>1045981OP, there might be something in our instincts to survive....that need for water...where seeing and watching water does something for us. (Heard a recent study on it).
I have lived within 15 minutes of a beach yet only went when it was relatives or friends in town who wanted to bake in the sun, lived on a waterway, lived on a lake, lived on a river, and I can just be happy knowing it's there, whether I enjoy it or not. There is a breeze that happens, and more temperate weather changes. But, you can also require screens and a mist of bug spray for your dog and you when walking at dusk, from mosquitos or no-see-ums, even sand flies. My parents have a condo off a famous beach, and they do the "exercise" thing early morning, up and down the shoreline, conversing with tourists, or locals, finding an odd shell, maybe seeing a dolphin play or some other interesting bird or something. I enjoy it, but I also am not motivated to do it much without that shove in the direction. I like to watch people bring in the fish from a day on a pier, such as in Naples, where there can be a huge crowd at sundown each day. Kind of nice to rate the sundown, sometimes it's freakin' amazing, sometimes the clouds never reveal a ball of fire.
I do like going out on a boat, prefer sailing to hearing an engine. I have wind surfed and hobie cats, huge amount of snorkeling around the world (can't dive from a ruptured eardrum injury as a child). I'm a redhead, I think without the problem skin, I'd be more sun tolerant and a bit more enthusiastic, but, ugh skin cancer. But, I'm the first one out at a cafe or raw bar deck out on the water in the evenings. Smelling that salt! Feeling the breeze. It's a thing of joy.
