Random question of the day: Have you ever seen the sea/ocean?

[inccwchris]

My experience with the sea was on Virginia Beach. Also a few trips to Florida.

 

[Signal23]

Live on Hilton Head Island, SC, Florida, Mexico, New York, Carolina's, Jamiaca

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

atlantic- pretty much all from nags head, nc to myrtle beach, sc and daytona fla

gulf-tampa and st. pete beach, fla and cozumel, mexico.

haven't made it to the pacific or off north america yet.

 

[atvdave]

I was in the Navy.... I lived on the sea....

 

[fullauto 45]

Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Philippine, dove them all.

 

[remauto1187]

I think the poll is biased with so many Navy vets.

Hey I resemble that remark! Go Navy! hahahaha

 

[Sylvain]

Hey I resemble that remark! Go Navy! hahahaha

Looks like 3/4 of INGO members are Navy vets.I didn't see that coming.

 

[remauto1187]

Ok....... So I am the only looser here who has never been to the ocean.

I have been to lakeshore drive in Chicago. The water is so huge that you can't see the other side. There are boats bigger than city blocks floating around and they look like specs because they are so far away. The water is so big that it makes it's own weather. What am I missing? does the ocean look any different?

The deeper the water is the grayer it is in color. You havent lived until you have been on a USN Aircraft Carrier and hit a whale with it at the mouth of the Med! (1995 USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71) or mowed down a dividing pole in the suez canal or seen sea snakes slithering over each other atop the water in the indian ocean.

 

[stephen87]

I've been to Florida two or three times, California once, and still have not seen an ocean. Unless you count watching NATGEO, then yes I have.

 

[Rocket57]

Lived in Commiefornia for 6 years. Could look out my window and see the Farallon Islands and beautiful sunsets when it wasn't foggy.

 

[reesez]

I saw the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina, and the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. I'd love to live near the beach.

THIS^^^^ also in Mass.

 

[GunSlinger]

Former Navy here...it's easier for me to list those bodies of water I've not floated on...and I really can't think of any that I haven't.

 

[jsharmon7]

The deeper the water is the grayer it is in color. You havent lived until you have been on a USN Aircraft Carrier and hit a whale with it at the mouth of the Med! (1995 USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71) or mowed down a dividing pole in the suez canal or seen sea snakes slithering over each other atop the water in the indian ocean.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_Wq4pXO_0[/ame]

 

[parsimonious]

I even got into the pacific ocean. I liked the smell.
In Commiefornia, visiting friends.

 

[public servant]

I've seen the Atlantic from VA, NC and SC. I've seen The Gulf from MS and AL. I've seen the Pacific from CA and HI.

 

[mac45]

The Pacific from California, the Atlantic from Florida, and the Gulf from Florida and Louisiana.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean (from the beach in Ecuador and from Hawaii)
Puget Sound
English Channel (from the English side)
Adriatic Sea (sea east of Italy and west of Croatia)
Venetian Lagune (from Venice of course)
Persian Gulf (from Hotel window)
Gulf of Oman

I think that about covers it...

 

[t_star]

The Alantic in FLorida when I was about 13 and the Pacific in Hawaii when I was 22.

 

[Birds Away]

I did 26 years in the Navy. Which ocean/sea would you like to discuss?

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

I lived in Norfolk/VA Beach area the first 18 years of my life. I was practically a fish during the summer.