08-09-2021, 05:19 AM
(08-09-2021, 05:03 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: It's not for everyone. I have family who can't stand the beach and would much rather spend a vacation in the mountains. One of the few advantages to being in Philly is there are the Poconos 2 hours north, and the beach 1 hour due east.
Last year we didn't go anywhere, so I had a good bit of vacation time from work left. We work four 9-hour days and 4 hours on Friday to get 40, unless there's overtime available. With covid last year, we were slow, so I used all my vacation towards Fridays, and had a 3 day weekend every week for months.
I did go sailing on the Chesapeake a couple times in September so I could watch the little snotball jellyfish in migration, so there is that, but it ain't really "the beach", Buckroe Beach in Hampton notwithstanding.
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