Bias against tent users?

[prception69]

Ole Mrs is, I think, something like 3-20 vs. Alabama since Bryant's death. Not much you can say bro. Ole Mrs is a second-tier program and always will be. Alabama will, at some point, be back. Ole Mrs can't "be back" because they were never there in the first place.

Who's your daddy.

My Daddy is an OLE MISS grad, same as his father before him. Did you go to Bama or are you like 99% of bama fans who never set foot in a classroom at UAT

[kurt]

[kurt]

I know people on this board are good people and like to help keep the beaches clean and like to pick up other people's trash. But I'll tell ya'll what I see.

This photo was a light day in June. It's worse when they're lined up along the waterfront and you can't get to the water.

I have also dug a lot of tents out of the sand too, along with nails, jagged metal, cigarette butts, soda and beer cans, underwear, condoms, flippers, BBQ grills, you name it.

So much stuff is getting buried in the sand and the lake that in a few years I fear the beach will become uninhabitable because stuff will constantly be coming to the surface (because the sands are constantly moving) - plenty of it dangerous.

I spent 5 hours around the lake at Grayton cleaning up on July 5th. Some other people helped in the morning but after 3 hours we weren't close to being finished. I spent a couple more hours that evening.

You would not believe the type and huge volume of stuff picked up. All of it would have been buried by Cindy. The next day after Cindy, there was lots of new sand and everything looked great. I go out last night and the place was trashed again and I spent another hour cleaning up.

It's very disheartening to get all the trash picked up and look around and see piles of Arlene debris still sitting around - and worse - getting spread out by kids who apparently have no parents.

I used to spend a couple of hours a week cleaning up and keeping up pretty well. Now it would take several people several hours a day - just for this small but popular location.

Believe me - there are lots and lots and lots of people that leave a mess, and then they are replaced on the weekend. You could say we get waves from the South and the North.

Can you tell I need a vacation?

[kurt]

On the tent issue...are those who are against the use of tents ... in favor of driving on the beach? As an off season visitor, I do not see that many tents. Maybe someone can post a picture of how dense they have gotten during the summer season. What I do see in the off season are the drivers on the beach...and I don't understand how you all like having vehicles on the beach. Seems like polution to me.

Whether it's appreciated or not, it's a tradition, and the only way to get a boat in the gulf without going to Destin or Panama City. As long as it's legal people will do it.

When the most you ever saw out there at one time was a dozen, it was OK. Now there are too many. Something will have to change soon. Just think when we have a couple of dozen more subdivisions near Grayton on 30-A and along 98. All those permanent residents will want to drive down to Grayton.

Years ago you could drive the whole beach with no permit required. It was the quickest way to get from Grayton to Seagrove before the bridge on 30-A. Then it was restricted to a few places. Now the size of the area you can drive is shrinking - that caused much more congestion.

There are a couple of threads on the board about beach vehicles, including a poll.

[Kimmifunn]

UAT! I love it!

[prception69]

UAT! I love it!

Glad you caught it, some of the "player buyers" are still trying to figure it out!

[JB]

My Daddy is an OLE MISS grad, same as his father before him. Did you go to Bama or are you like 99% of bama fans who never set foot in a classroom at UAT

I am a fourth-generation Alabama graduate, lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa current staffer with the University.

Any more questions, smartass?

[RiverOtter]

root suit = men's panties.

RO-

I can't imagine wearing one of those in public. It would feel like those 'naked in public' nightmares we've all had. Kinda vulnerable, you know?

Like they say, never fight naked, unless you're in prison.

LMAO! Great! I just spit water all over the monitor

[Landlocked]

I, for one, kind of enjoy watching folks trying to assemble the things. Especially on a windy day. And then the wind catches the directions and blows them a mile and a half down the beach. I'm so easily entertained sometimes.

[RiverOtter]

On the tent issue...are those who are against the use of tents ... in favor of driving on the beach?

Hey! Don't point out my hypocrisy

(Hey Kurt - found me a spell checker )

[RiverOtter]

BAM! That is funny

[prception69]

I am a fourth-generation Alabama graduate, lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa current staffer with the University.

Any more questions, smartass?

So you found you a nice solid gig with state gov't? Sweet!

[kurt]

OK, OK - I know this wouldn't happen to you.

[JB]

Do you have any idea as to the organizational structure of a university? Boy, you really ARE and OLE MYTH fan.

Go put on your J. Crew outfit, get obnoxiously drunk, venture over to that high-school stadium y'all play in and watch OLE MYTH lose. 'Bout all y'all are good for anyway.

Good luck with Mongo, your new coach. I'm sure he will lead you to new lows.

[kurt]

Hmmm - I wonder where the cooler is, the 15 pieces of plastic toys, the towels, the empties, the fishing pole, and say - anybody seen Grandma????

[RiverOtter]

[kurt]

Do you have any idea as to the organizational structure of a university? Boy, you really ARE and OLE MYTH fan.

Go put on your J. Crew outfit, get obnoxiously drunk, venture over to that high-school stadium y'all play in and watch OLE MYTH lose. 'Bout all y'all are good for anyway.

Good luck with Mongo, your new coach. I'm sure he will lead you to new lows.

<<<<<<<<< The lounge is that way boys.

[RiverOtter]

Anbody got any popcorn

[JB]

<<<<<<<<< The lounge is that way boys.

Sorry, Kurt. Didn't mean to clutter the board with useless smack. I shouldn't have let myself get drawn into it.

I'm through with that lemming anyway.

[prception69]

Everyone stay safe. I hope Dennis fizzles before it makes landfall!

[Philip_Atlanta]

Wow, I think football season is going to be good on this board!!

Go Dawgs!! Woof!Woof!Woof! :laughing1

[lollygal]

Wow, I think football season is going to be good on this board!!

Go Dawgs!! Woof!Woof!Woof! :laughing1

Well, I have to chime in ------ GO VOLS!!!

[Smiling JOe]

Football is difinitely going to be moved to the lounge. How 'Bout them DAWGS? Woof, Woof!

[southof30A]

I am a fourth-generation Alabama graduate, lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa current staffer with the University.

Any more questions, smartass?

Are you guys serious?? Other than the two of you, does anybody really care where you went to school, who's your daddy, etc.?

[lurker1]

On the tent issue...are those who are against the use of tents ... in favor of driving on the beach? As an off season visitor, I do not see that many tents. Maybe someone can post a picture of how dense they have gotten during the summer season. What I do see in the off season are the drivers on the beach...and I don't understand how you all like having vehicles on the beach. Seems like polution to me.

Well, at least we take our vehicles home at night.

[lollygal]

Football is difinitely going to be moved to the lounge. How 'Bout them DAWGS? Woof, Woof!

SJ, I guess you meant to type "definitely" going to be moved to the lounge ... yip, yip . . .

GO VOLS!!

[Smiling JOe]

SJ, I guess you meant to type "definitely" going to be moved to the lounge ... yip, yip . . .

GO VOLS!!

Yes, I told you we UGA grads cannot spell, and I dropped my dictionary, which is now broken. Thanks for the help with the spelling. I guess you vols are okay by me.

[lollygal]

Yes, I told you we UGA grads cannot spell, and I dropped my dictionary, which is now broken. Thanks for the help with the spelling. I guess you vols are okay by me.

I think that's a BIG thank you, SJ!!

[Philip_Atlanta]

I guess you vols are okay by me.

Are you *sure* you are a UGA fan and are you feeling ok?? I sure hope the love doesn't extend to Gainesville...

[Smiling JOe]

Are you *sure* you are a UGA fan and are you feeling ok?? I sure hope the love doesn't extend to Gainesville...

I am difinitely, oops, definitely a Dawg, but I dont spit on the opponets. I could care less about sports anymore, unless I am playing. I just like to rattle your cages occaisionally. Now, if the DAWGS are on TV and I am around, I will watch the game, but I am not missing the sunset for football.

[phdphay]

I was one of those who didn't understand why people are anti-tent until it was explained to me. But after being at the beach the past two weeks, I really get it now. Besides the environmentalist issues, all of the "stuff" on the beach just litters up this beautiful place. I couldn't believe all of the tents left out overnight (I saw a very expensive one destroyed by Cindy), not to mention all of the beach chairs, toys, and shoes. In the summer there are just too many people with too much stuff for it to be left at the beach overnight. If I see an item I don't recognize that has been left out for days, I confiscate it because it has probably been left behind by a renter who has checked out.

OOPS! I forgot to throw away the flip-flop that's been on our beach walkover since early May.

[dusty]

Kurt, thank you for the pictures and for painting the picture on the trash problem and the density of tents. I do not understand people who just leave their junk on the beach for someone else to clean up. Someone suggested that renters should get info when they check in about picking up after themselves at the beach--what a good idea!

It seems like with all the building going on that 30-A will be turning into the Jersey Shore. One thing I always liked about 30-A is how uncrowded it seems. With all the tents and crud people are leaving out there, no wonder the locals are bugged about it.

[kurt]

Thanks Dusty!

The beach won't always look like this photo (without the watermark of course ), but it doesn't have to look like the Jersey shore either.

[Teresa]

I totally agree. See above. If everyone would pick up their junk as well as junk left by others the beach would better for everyone. My pet peeeeeve is dog owners who let their dogs crap on the beach and then not not pick it up. My foot wedge found their little treasures 3 times last summer.

We've lived here almost 10 years and truly enjoy Grayton Beach. This year, we've seen more trash (including tents, chairs, toys left behind) than ever before. And for some reason, we've seen fewer beach patrols than ever. But one thing is for sure - DOGS are not the problem at the beach, although ever-increasing tourists forced the County to severely limit their beach-going rights (that County meeting was one of the most attended by locals trying to preserve their way of life at the beach with their best dog friends). But the dogs lost. One thing we know for sure - dogs do not leave a thing behind that is harmful to the beach environment.

[Parrothead74]

exactly thats what gets me i dont see why everyone has to cry and complain about it its no big deal as long as they take care of it