Beach stuff overnight

[TreeFrog]

Where's the staging area located. We're driving down four of us plus 1 dog in a VW Rabbit instead of our Pathfinder this year (to save petrol and just to see if we can do it.) My husband says I can't, so now it's a mission for me to pack only what is absolutely essential. But, I digress.....

we can't bring our sand chairs. We were gonna buy them and leave them at the rental for someone else to use. If there are some that need a good home because others were too stupid to carry them back every night, then I'll save landfill space and claim some. I'm for reals, is this possible?

No Dilbert brings up exactly my not-so-tongue-in-cheek solution. I think the county needs to set up a simple building, maybe at the welcome center on 98, and give this stuff to anyone who wants it. Put a sign out front, put up some banners on the various area web sites, publicize it with the major beach house/condo rental companies. The amount of abandoned or confiscated chairs, bikes, tents, beach toys, boogie boards, noodles, and the like that go to the landfill has to be staggering.

 

[Miss Critter]

No Dilbert brings up exactly my not-so-tongue-in-cheek solution. I think the county needs to set up a simple building, maybe at the welcome center on 98, and give this stuff to anyone who wants it. Put a sign out front, put up some banners on the various area web sites, publicize it with the major beach house/condo rental companies. The amount of abandoned or confiscated chairs, bikes, tents, beach toys, boogie boards, noodles, and the like that go to the landfill has to be staggering.

That was point about the local non-profits. One of them could make some decent money selling that stuff for half price. I know they are all looking for ways to subsidize their projects. Maybe this could help.

 

[Jdarg]

No Dilbert brings up exactly my not-so-tongue-in-cheek solution. I think the county needs to set up a simple building, maybe at the welcome center on 98, and give this stuff to anyone who wants it. Put a sign out front, put up some banners on the various area web sites, publicize it with the major beach house/condo rental companies. The amount of abandoned or confiscated chairs, bikes, tents, beach toys, boogie boards, noodles, and the like that go to the landfill has to be staggering.

I really wish someone would take on this project! To do it right, the county and TDC will have to be on board, rental companies will need to include info in their rental packets (or a magnet on the fridge), and there may need to be more than one dropoff/pickup place.

I know so many SoWallers are busy with jobs, families, and other causes and commitments right now, but the person who makes this successful could be a real "SoWal Hero/Rockstar"!

 

[nodilberthere]

No Dilbert brings up exactly my not-so-tongue-in-cheek solution. I think the county needs to set up a simple building, maybe at the welcome center on 98, and give this stuff to anyone who wants it. Put a sign out front, put up some banners on the various area web sites, publicize it with the major beach house/condo rental companies. The amount of abandoned or confiscated chairs, bikes, tents, beach toys, boogie boards, noodles, and the like that go to the landfill has to be staggering.

Oh my, there are bikes involved here, too? I need that dump stage address, stat. We can't bring our bicycles either this year. We were going to rent for the week.

I have my doctorate in dumpster diving. I've furnished my entire house from things I've found in opportunity shoppes. My husband is an interior designer --his clients expenses are usually not important -- but at home we are 100% shabby chic.

 

[ASH]

No Dilbert brings up exactly my not-so-tongue-in-cheek solution. I think the county needs to set up a simple building, maybe at the welcome center on 98, and give this stuff to anyone who wants it. Put a sign out front, put up some banners on the various area web sites, publicize it with the major beach house/condo rental companies. The amount of abandoned or confiscated chairs, bikes, tents, beach toys, boogie boards, noodles, and the like that go to the landfill has to be staggering.

I am all for not having all that stuff go to the landfill, but also firmly believe just giving it away would be counter-intuitive. We already have too many people who don't care if their $50 tent or umbrella gets confinscated. Imagine how the ranks will swell when we have people taking stuff to the beach that was free in the first place. Please don't go that way.

 

[TreeFrog]

Oh my, there are bikes involved here, too? I need that dump stage address, stat. We can't bring our bicycles either this year. We were going to rent for the week.

You probably won't find a bike in the haul from the beach itself. But, I can't tell you how often I see them out by someone's garbage can, waiting for the trash pickup. My guess is that those bikes might need some repair, but on the other hand, the price is right.

 

[nodilberthere]

It really is a disgrace that people feel it's okay to leave behind even one spec of themselves. We wouldn't dream of leaving it any way but the way we found it, pristine.

We travel light, a few sand chairs and a collapsible cooler. But we have seen the conventions of tents and coolers on the beach when we go, large groups of people who set up shop and rule in numbers, leaving their crap behind as though that section of the beach has been staked out and is TAKEN.

We are just the four of us, and we feel priviledged to be able to enjoy a few weeks a year on the most beautiful beaches in the world (if you as us.) I hope that when our sons take their families to Grayton to vacation, that it is as beautiful then as it is now. And many thanks to the people who are making an effort to keep it that way. We really do appreciate it

 

[Miss Critter]

I am all for not having all that stuff go to the landfill, but also firmly believe just giving it away would be counter-intuitive. We already have too many people who don't care if their $50 tent or umbrella gets confinscated. Imagine how the ranks will swell when we have people taking stuff to the beach that was free in the first place. Please don't go that way.

I agree, ash. "Free" doesn't always encourage the best behavior in people. I think there's a better solution. Maybe we can find it.

 

[DuneLaker]

Tonight would probably be a good night to go beach shopping.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Tonight would probably be a good night to go beach shopping.