Grayton beach behaving badly

stl_wrightstl_wrightBeach Crab1 postJoined May 10, '10View profile MessageBeach Crab

Jul 23, '12 · 11:12 AM5,349

My family meets here each and every summer. My parents are now retired here. WE LOVE GRAYTON. However, Sunday at the beach is out of control. The beach is packed with vehicles. There is no space for a chair and umbrella. This sunday we observed an all time low... A local decided to make the "potty place" next to their vehicle and actually held up a towel while others urinated next to the truck. REALLY? :confused:... I am greatly saddend by the disregard for this beautiful beach. We have always loved Grayton as it is laid back and "funky". But - urinating on the beach is just a different kind of funky!!!

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Kurt

KurtAdminSoWal2,470 postsJoined Oct 15, '04View profile MessageAdmin

Jul 23, '12 · 11:47 AM#2

lol - I'll tell them to put a port-a-potty out.

MightyernMightyernBeach Lover118 postsJoined May 9, '07View profile MessageBeach Lover

Jul 23, '12 · 12:36 PM#3

I don't think I've ever been to Grayton WITHOUT seeing someone hiding between vehicles to potty. It's kinda like going camping for a day. Ha!

chansterchansterBanned187 postsJoined Dec 7, '08View profile MessageBanned

Jul 23, '12 · 5:40 PM#4

i've always wondered why doesn't grayton have porible potties?. it inane as there thousands of people on the beach and the red bar nor anyone else wants the whole beach to use there businesses, Has this every been discussed by the county?

TreyDTreyDBeach Comber10 postsJoined Apr 25, '12View profile MessageBeach Comber

Jul 23, '12 · 8:07 PM#5

Honestly id rather pee in the gulf or sand than have to look and smell port o potties

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seagrovegirlBeach FanaticHistoric Old Point Washington3,828 postsJoined Feb 9, '08View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 23, '12 · 10:48 PM#6

Shocking!!!!!!!:drink2: :whitetrash:

bluecatbluecatBeach Fanatickentucky399 postsJoined Dec 30, '07View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 24, '12 · 9:41 AM#7

Suppose since they were by a vehicle they were local-- way to show those tourons.

Arkiehawg

ArkiehawgBeach FanaticSoWal1,880 postsJoined Jul 14, '07View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 24, '12 · 9:55 AM#8

I wasn't at Grayton on Sunday, so don't blame the Redneck Hillbilly....:wave:

zrettig82zrettig82Beach Crab4 postsJoined Feb 7, '11View profile MessageBeach Crab

Jul 24, '12 · 11:23 AM#9

Stay home then, or the hillbillies will get ya!

Allifunn

AllifunnFunnChef - AlisonCooks.comSt Petersburg13,635 postsJoined Jan 11, '06View profile MessageFunnChef - AlisonCooks.com

Jul 24, '12 · 12:36 PM#10

Shocking!!!!!!!:drink2: :whitetrash:

:wave:

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ZebraspotsBeach FanaticSanta Rosa Beach840 postsJoined May 15, '08View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 24, '12 · 12:40 PM#11

It wasn't me - I peed in the Gulf sunday!

UofL

UofLBeach FanaticLouisville KY755 postsJoined Jan 21, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 24, '12 · 2:10 PM#12

Don't want to think about it🙂. I think with the vehicles on the beach (and now the peeing) the locals are letting the tourists know we can take our tents and go somewhere else. Actually, we gave up on the tent, since the locals were so against those. We're saving it for tailgating🙂. Ellen

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ZebraspotsBeach FanaticSanta Rosa Beach840 postsJoined May 15, '08View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 25, '12 · 11:29 AM#13

People have been peeing on the beach for decades. It has nothing to do with chasing tourists away, and everything to do with a full bladder.

Edited Jul 25, '12 · 11:30 AM

Franny

FrannyBeach FanaticPt. Washington4,026 postsJoined Mar 27, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 25, '12 · 2:42 PM#14

Not everyone with an automobile on Grayton Beach is a local....just saying!!

Teresa

TeresaSoWal GuideSouth Walton, FL30,970 postsJoined Nov 15, '04View profile MessageSoWal Guide

Jul 25, '12 · 2:56 PM#15

I thought it was the oldest tradition in Grayton!

I would just be thankful a towel was being used.

lenzoe

lenzoeBeach FanaticAtlanta/Seagrove595 postsJoined Nov 15, '04View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 25, '12 · 3:23 PM#16

Many territorial mammals use scent-marking to signal the boundaries of their territories; the marks may be deposited by urination, by defecation, or by rubbing parts of the bodies that bear specialised scent glands against the substrate.

(Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_(animal))

Maybe she/he was just trying to mark the SUV.

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CastlesOfSandBeach Fanatic2,486 postsJoined Jul 11, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 25, '12 · 10:34 PM#17

This is making me laugh......sorry!

joho

johoBeach Fanatic1,133 postsJoined Aug 5, '05View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 25, '12 · 11:06 PM#18

My family meets here each and every summer. My parents are now retired here. WE LOVE GRAYTON. However, Sunday at the beach is out of control. The beach is packed with vehicles. There is no space for a chair and umbrella. This sunday we observed an all time low... A local decided to make the "potty place" next to their vehicle and actually held up a towel while others urinated next to the truck. REALLY? :confused:... I am greatly saddend by the disregard for this beautiful beach. We have always loved Grayton as it is laid back and "funky". But - urinating on the beach is just a different kind of funky!!!

If you were really offended by this maybe you should try a different beach. I personally don't go to Grayton beach very often because it is overly crowded and you can imagine all the pee in the lake! :blush:

tsutcli

tsutcliBeach FanaticSeacrest914 postsJoined Jan 14, '08View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Jul 27, '12 · 2:51 PM#19

How do they justify allowing vehicles on the beach? Where are the environmentalists? Not to mention the oil leaking onto the sand from some of the beach buggies that supposedly pass for cars.