The Pacific Ocean, Southern California coast for its cool, sweet smelling off-shore breeze and sunsets.
Beginning in my mid-teens, I surfed for over ten years, often every day. I visited many beaches from Malibu to Laguna. Seal Beach, Bolsa Chica and Huntington were the ones I frequented most often.
Here's one story. When I was about 17 or so, I was surfing Bolsa Chica. There were some big waves that day and I paddled way outside. I as sitting there on my board waiting for a wave when a dorsal fin cut through the water less than 50' from me. I freaked out, paddled frantically, caught the first wave that came along, and belly boarded that sucker all the way to the beach. I practically paddled up onto the dry sand like in a cartoon. I was about to warn everyone "Shark! Shark!" when I saw the fin again, and then another. To my embarrassment, I realized that what I had seen was a dolphin. sigh You live and learn. Silly wabbit.
Well, I still have yet to find my tropical waterfall, it’s probably off in the South Pacific somewhere, haha.
For now, I’d probably say the Atlantic Ocean since I like the beach and I live on the East Coast (the water at Venice Beach was crazy warm though, which was nice, but strangely less refreshing, like you didn’t feel like you were beating the heat). Also, I’d go with Squam Lake up in New Hampshire. I go bass fishing there several times a year. That place is absolutely pristine👌
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee_State_Park_(Pennsylvania)
Shawnee State Park is named for Shawnee Creek, a stream which flowed through the area and was dammed to create the recreational lake at the park. The creek was named for the Shawnee, a Native American tribe that once lived in many parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky. They were forced from their lands in Ohio and Kentucky by invading Iroquois, the powerful five-nation confederacy based in western New York. Later the Shawnee were forced west out of Ohio by encroachment by settlers of the Thirteen Colonies.
The area surrounding the park was used as a trade route and military road during the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years' War). General John Forbes built the Forbes Road (which the modern-day U. S. Highway 30 parallels) to send supplies from the ports in Philadelphia and Baltimore to a force of British soldiers under his command as he tried to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1758.
The park was authorized by the 1947 Session of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Construction of the dam began in 1949 and it was completed in 1951, when the park opened to the public.
The lake was declared "full" on March 4, 1951, when water began pouring down the breast of the dam.
The first person to drown in the lake was Robert Mowry, age 17, of Schellsburg, on June 28, 1951, only a few months after the park opened.
When i was teenager , my Sunday School class in which my late Great Aunt Ramah taught us , we all went with the class to the park , i remember my late Great Uncle Homer taking me and the Pastors Daughter out in rowboat , all i can remember is me getting into that boat and it started rocking back and forth.. But this is the memories i have of this my Uncle and Aunt cooked Hamburgers , Hotdogs , etc , We had a great day :)
East of Salt Lake City in Big Cottonwood canyon is a locally known but not widely published waterfall that falls through the roof of a cave. It's called Donut Hole Falls, and it's a hike to get back to it. But I have always loved that cave, It's a tween place and wonderful. You can get under the falls, but their icy cold even in summer and have enough force to take your breath away. The photos were taken by me.
the Atlantic Ocean! i grew up looking at it every day and then moved away for 29 years. and i missed it sooo much! now i am back and looking at it every day again and it calms and soothes my soul, makes me want to cry, dance, laugh, scream! and i love the rain, too! best thing is swimming at night when it is raining - soooo beautiful!
I wish the video was available to watch!
I have a fondness for the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Maine. My great-aunt has a house right there on the water front. When the tide is low, you can find so many sand dollars! It's unreal! Crab catching, sea glass finding... I have some great memories from being there as a kid and taking my own daughter.
Oh you mean TYPE of body?
I thought you meant like a specific body of water, 'cuz I was gonna say the Mediterranean.
But from THOSE? Waterfalls
by the way, streams, creeks, brooks are really just RIVERS.
The sea or ocean - I was in Malta last month and Mediterranean sea was just gorgeous
Sea or ocean. And wine. And sunset. And.. and..😄😄
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All of the above?
We have a family cabin on a lake in Northern Ontario. I grew up on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. I have been whitewater kayaking a few times.
I guess all of the above, but the lazy river is just kind of ok.
u I drive across the St. Johns River quite often. It is historic and beautiful, almost three miles wide at its widest point.
None had a near death drowning experience when I was a child. You’ll never see me near any.
Caribbean Sea. The water is beautiful and clear. It reminds me of my first time to Jamaica.
Wisconsin dells, WI river
Lots of family memories there
Favorite body of water? Lake Tahoe, of course.
Followed closely by my private, natural geo- thermal heated 96 degree pool.
The Pacific. I practically grew up in it and it will always be a part of me.
I love rain and water so it doesn't matter to me really. Lol
Atlantic Ocean since I’m near the beach that it’s at
either the med or the black sea as both are very calm most of the time
Bathtub
Probably the ocean. Hard to say. I love water.
The ocean looks the most beautiful.
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