Point Pleasant
Jul 17, 2011 I got tired of seeing everyone’s pool pics on Facebook, and decided to haul the entire gang of us to the beach. Plus, the godmother is out here visiting, and she’s never been to the Atlantic ocean — it was my duty to introduce the two of them.
We settled on Point Pleasant since it’s not too far away, and seemed to be family friendly. I wanted to leave the house early early, but we got a very late start. Couple that with making a few pit stops on the way, and we didn’t end up getting there until pretty late in the afternoon.
Parking was disgusting. Seriously awful. We had to park super far away from any beach entrance, and haul the kids and all our junk several thousand miles to get to the water. The cooler itself was jam-packed, so it was a nightmare.
Secondly, the beach was SO. CROWDED, and it seemed like all the assholes were out in full force. As we were trekking across the sand, trying not to DIE from exhaustion, some jerk pointed out that we were on a “private beach” and didn’t we see the ropes (half buried in the sand) to clearly illustrate this? Oh jeez, lady. Bite me.
It was beautiful weather, though, and once we finally got everything set up and arranged we were able to relax and start to have some fun. The kids immediately ran down to the water and proceeded to have an amaze-balls time. The water was colder than I remember it being — maybe because it was later in the summer than the last time we visited the ocean? The girls each came out of the water shivering, with purple lips, but they didn’t seem to mind.
It was really expensive, $50 for all of us to get our wristband-thingies, so I wanted to stay as long as possible to really get our money’s worth. I’m a cheap-ass like that, of course. By the end of about 5 hours the kids were melting down and the adults were sick of the sand, so we decided to call it a day.
I think we all had fun, but it was nothing like the vacation we took last year. We’ve decided we need to explore some and find a beach that’s a little closer. And definitely get there earlier in the day. It seems like the beach fees are pretty standard so I doubt we’ll find a cheaper rate, but it wouldn’t hurt to scope it out. I’m glad we went, but I think many valuable lessons were learned this time around.
Reader Comments (5)
They charge people to go to the beach!?! I never heard of such a thing, if they tried that here in Cali there'd be riots
PS Congrats on being able to wear a bikini after all those babies, my 3 left me with too many stretch marks for that to ever happen :-)
I think we went to Cliffwood Beach Park when I lived in Matawan. It has a playground, and I think there is no charge. Just a thought!
@Audrey: I'm definitely not in good enough shape to wear a bikini -- in my pics, that's the girls' Godmother. :) I hear you on charging for the beach though. CRAZY!
@Jen: That's pretty close to us, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!
It costs money to go to the beach?? What a strange thing!
Beach fees? Makes me glad I'm down here in FL. Our beaches are free (at least here on the redneck riviera) and unless it's a holiday there's usually decent parking. We have a nice park and they charge $8 a car and I think that's spendy considering our free access.