Kind of a stupid question...

I doubt anyone would bother you - even if they see you.

What is the "no alcohol" rule? Is this just for topsail? :confused:

What is the "no alcohol" rule? Is this just for topsail? :confused:

Supposedly, there is no alcohol allowed in state parks or on state park beaches.

Supposedly, there is no alcohol allowed in state parks or on state park beaches.

Well, now, isn't that a dumb rule?! :shock: Just like the g'vment! :idontno:

You're not likely to see any rangers on the beach. One could drive by and if he did say something he's not going to arrest you or anything.

Just in case, bring an extra to share, or at least offer to share.

"Un - Officially" you should have no problem at all.

Thanks, folks. I guess I was probably as concerned about being on a state park beach without having paid a fee as I was about the beers.

Heck, all they can do is make me leave.

Or worse yet, take your beer!

One night on our 30a tour, we pulled into Topsail daily entrance. We'd never been there and heard it was beautiful. So we drive in, honestly pay our $2 fee and drive to a parking lot. We thought we were going to drive to the beach. It was about 6pm. We got out of the car and found out you had to take a tram to the beach. There wasn't a driver in site. we hung out for a while then left. I was bummed. :confused:

You might want to have the beer in a can instead of a bottle - many swear by the bottle as opposed to the can but they don't want the glass on the beach - actually that is against the law and they can write a ticket for it.

They can, and they do.

They can, and they do.

Yep, just ask my sister about that. She got busted at Seagrove last year, with a glass beer bottle. It was in a zippered huggy but the deputies still saw it!!!

You might want to have the beer in a can instead of a bottle - many swear by the bottle as opposed to the can but they don't want the glass on the beach - actually that is against the law and they can write a ticket for it.

I'm a can man anyway. Put it in a koozie and no one knows the difference. Of course, with the latest news, my own "personal beach" may not have any sand on it :(

They can, and they do.

We saw a few people get busted for bottles on the beach while we were down last week. I don't know if they got cited, but the sheriff made them take the glass bottles back up.
Honestly, though, wouldn't anyone realize that glass on a beach is probably a bad idea?

Honestly, though, wouldn't anyone realize that glass on a beach is probably a bad idea?

Accidents happen - plus those damn bottle caps that people seem to be careless with. :nono1: We use cans or mix rum drinks in a plastic jug.

We saw a few people get busted for bottles on the beach while we were down last week. I don't know if they got cited, but the sheriff made them take the glass bottles back up.
Honestly, though, wouldn't anyone realize that glass on a beach is probably a bad idea?

Same folks that walk on dunes and leave trash everywhere more than likely...or else they just don't know the rules!!

In the summer of 1986 I was at St. Andrews State Park in PCB for some very much needed R&R and had a few cans of beer with me in the cooler, and an open one sitting next to me, discreetly covered in the inevitable camo-patterned 'koozie'. In PCB they really have to monitor the teens and drunks or both, so I was a little bit scared, but not really surprised, when the notorious-for-being-a-hard@ss Chief Ranger stopped his blue-lighted ATV right in front of me, pointed and asked "Is that a beer?". I looked him right in the eye and replied "Yes, sir, it is!" "Is it cold?", he asked, perfectly stonefaced. "Yes, sir, it is!" I replied again, smiling widely, thinking how fitting it would be for the government to legislate only allowing hot beer on the beach. He then started up his ATV again and shouted as he rode away: "Well, you'd better drink it fast before it gets hot!" I still raise a discreetly covered can or two to his memory every time I have a beer on the beach.

Be discreet, be respectful, be honest and have a wonderful time.

In the summer of 1986 I was at St. Andrews State Park in PCB for some very much needed R&R and had a few cans of beer with me in the cooler, and an open one sitting next to me, discreetly covered in the inevitable camo-patterned 'koozie'. In PCB they really have to monitor the teens and drunks or both, so I was a little bit scared, but not really surprised, when the notorious-for-being-a-hard@ss Chief Ranger stopped his blue-lighted ATV right in front of me, pointed and asked "Is that a beer?". I looked him right in the eye and replied "Yes, sir, it is!" "Is it cold?", he asked, perfectly stonefaced. "Yes, sir, it is!" I replied again, smiling widely, thinking how fitting it would be for the government to legislate only allowing hot beer on the beach. He then started up his ATV again and shouted as he rode away: "Well, you'd better drink it fast before it gets hot!" I still raise a discreetly covered can or two to his memory every time I have a beer on the beach.

Be discreet, be respectful, be honest and have a wonderful time.

AAHH, for the good old days!!!!:cool: