Who's ready for summer? Let's hear it-

[Bogertophis]

There are a couple small, less populated east coast beaches that I really like. I'm not into the packed touristy type beaches. The beach is my happy place. But right now I'd settle for a salt water pool, especially if it was in my own backyard.

That's my idea of a nice beach too- (that's why I said Kauai & not the "big island", which I happily skipped anyway). The CA beach I liked best was actually only accessible by a very long stairway (which was brutal going back up for those not in shape- as I recall, it was 150 steps), plus it routinely disappeared completely during high tides, so it was always very private. Divine! When I lived nearby, I actually got in sync with the tides...