The only thing you should leave on the beach are your footprints

I normally also leave a masterpiece sand castle!  At least until the next high tide. :-)

It is a beautiful place and you are correct should be left that way. i have a home at HAmpton Beach in Nh and it is common for 2 scenarios, someone to get up from their blanket and chair and leave fast food wrappers, boxes, cans and anything else they consumed in a heap of trash instead of carrying it off the beach when they leave. The other scenario that happens just as often as cars parking in front of my house, dumping all their trash out of the door before heading back to where thye come from. Th egood thing is there is more good visitors than bad, and even better there are loads of volunteers who clean up after them, all i ask is a little respect.

Good Morning, Tish. I love the beaches, and it's wonderful when everyone remembers to keep them clean.

Tish, Excellent reminder to treat the beach and the earth in general with respect.

I love the beach!  I hate it when I see people leave things behind.  I really do! 

Couldn't agree more!  Have a terrific 4th of July.

☂ Tish, footprints on the sand...  oh I wish I could leave mine on some beach somewhere today.  What a fabulous fun thing to do today.  I hope you get a chance to enjoy our beautiful NC beaches with your family and friends today...

Happy 4th of July!

Pamela

It is because of a few slobs that we need to have rules in place.  They are usually the sameone that complain a lot.

Tish... and your message is appropriate for beaches all over the country!  Happy 4th to you and your family.

You hit on one of my pet peeves with this one, BL.  It's not that hard to just pick up what you put down. 

Tish, It's a simple concept, clean up after yourself!  It's one of the things that irritates me everytime I see someone does a cigarette butt out of their car.  No ashtrays??

Tish ~ Another pet peeve of mine too ~ Keep it Clean ~ Pick up From Yourself ~ Keep our beaches beautiful ~

Tish, I think the North Carolina beaches are among the most beautiful in the world.  I love to come to Duck. 

The other night, we were watching an old movie, and the two main characters were sitting on a beach having a picnic.  And when they finished eating, they just left their trash and leftovers.  You'd never see that in a movie being made today!

It's amazing that some people really don't care that they're trashing public places like that. I think the only thing you should be leaving behind, besides footprints, are coins and little treasures for those weird people with metal detectors to find!

Tish,

I plan to make it to your beatiful area one of these days. And when I do, we'll make sure to leave it the way we found it.

Tish, and you I'm sure do a great job of covering up for those that leave more than just footprints.  Hope you got to enjoy the beach today.

Tish...excellent advice for beachgoers everywhere!  We got to spend some time at the beach over the past few days...hope you did too.  Happy 4th!

Tish, I hate finding bottle caps and cigarette butts.  Thanks for the great eco advice.  We all need to be aware of how much we enjoy these public spaces when they are clean.

Hi Tish. I hope you had a nice 4th of July. Whenever I am at the beach,I am going to remember this blog. Thanks for sharing. Great post.