I just returned from a HOT vacation near the beach. I've never understood all those people baking under the sun. Don't they know that because of their actions they will soon be the 50 year old lizard-skinned hags that cause revulsion on the beaches of America? Sun cancer doesn't scare me, but premature aging wrinkles scares me a little.
I remember well doing it in Florida as a teenager, while spending the summer with my grandparents.
30 years later, I know live within 20 minutes of several beaches..........the only time you find me there is if we're fishing. If we're visitng with friends who have places on the water we hang out on the dock, under a canopy. I do have a proverbial farmer's tan though, from gardening.