https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:12:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2545094 Tue, 10 May 2016 09:32:36 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2545094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: River Monsters! Yes! Such a good show....but has ruined water for me haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2545093 Tue, 10 May 2016 09:32:08 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2545093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the weirdest/worst anxiety about swimming where I can't see the bottom. So, I chose ocean, because if I'm not really swimming, at least I'll have a beautiful view. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2545060 Tue, 10 May 2016 08:46:02 +0000 Chillybear 2545060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>pools, then oceans.... forget lakes - all the ones i've been in are either cedar lakes that stain everything or are so slimy i skeeve touching anything. I know a lot of people that go tubing in the Delaware river or do triathlons in the<br /> Schuylkill River in Philly but i feel like you'd come out like Blinky the fish from the Simpsons with 3 eyes</p> <p>Plus at this point I've seen way too many episodes of River Monsters </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544918 Mon, 09 May 2016 23:22:42 +0000 lamariniere 2544918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: he he, here people (me included) swim in the Danube. But it's really clean and the part we swim in is completely closed to motor boats. There are also some city beaches along the banks. </p> <p>Oceans are my first choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544896 Mon, 09 May 2016 21:42:21 +0000 Caly 2544896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lake is my preference...probably because I grew up spending summers at the lake house and now as an adult also spend summers at our lake house. I also love the ocean since it's so close to us. </p> <p>I'm really surprised so many people are freaked out by lakes! Never in a million years would I have expected people to hate them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544834 Mon, 09 May 2016 20:08:36 +0000 hellobeeboston 2544834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>100 % ocean!!! We live near the ocean and both grew up at the ocean, I couldn't imagine not living near it. </p> <p>Most lakes are kinda gross to me (lake winnepesauke, huge lake is the exception) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544833 Mon, 09 May 2016 20:02:41 +0000 FaithFertility 2544833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ocean!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544832 Mon, 09 May 2016 20:00:39 +0000 MoonMoon 2544832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think of lakes as filled with creepy and slimy things. I don't think of rivers as good for swimming or relaxing. So ocean wins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544816 Mon, 09 May 2016 19:08:35 +0000 skipra 2544816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ocean, no question! And I don't think the ocean is too cold in new England at all. In the late summer it is actually really warm! I'll do rivers too but not lakes. The leeches freak me out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544788 Mon, 09 May 2016 18:23:08 +0000 Synchronicity 2544788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lake! Cottage life by the lake at our cottage is my heaven. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544754 Mon, 09 May 2016 17:24:31 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2544754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lakes. Ocean is too cold, and the only river around here is a complete party spot and totally gross. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544747 Mon, 09 May 2016 16:48:52 +0000 simplyfelicity 2544747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ocean, no contest </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544709 Mon, 09 May 2016 15:34:43 +0000 Madison43 2544709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: haha same! The idea of swimming in a river makes me want to put a hazmat suit on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544703 Mon, 09 May 2016 15:29:46 +0000 Truth Bombs 2544703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: @Maysprout: @looch: Geez I guess I need to become more familiar with rivers! I grew up in Boston where our river inspired the song "Love that Dirty Water" :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544695 Mon, 09 May 2016 15:21:05 +0000 looch 2544695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: you need to get to Switzerland! There is a whole weekend culture around tubing in rivers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544686 Mon, 09 May 2016 15:06:33 +0000 Maysprout 2544686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: you haven't done a real lazy river float? Find a bend in the river so you don't have to walk far back to your car. Everyone has a tube, including the dogs, beer and snacks. And relax on down the river. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544681 Mon, 09 May 2016 15:00:45 +0000 LuLu Mom 2544681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay I love me the ocean, but lets be honest I'm in Nebraska, so it doesn't happen. So for local I prefer river than lake. (Our river is sand bottom and so clear, I love it. We float down it and it's just relaxing!) The lakes are a little more murky but if you have a boat it's not bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544680 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:59:02 +0000 travellingbee 2544680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: I grew up in upstate NY along the Hudson river and there were beaches along the river! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544666 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:41:06 +0000 bushelandapeck 2544666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I agree! I'll take a lake any day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544664 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:37:50 +0000 sleepybear 2544664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the rivers and lakes I've been to have been murky and dirty, so I prefer the ocean. Plus, I get anxious about snakes in rivers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544663 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:37:22 +0000 Truth Bombs 2544663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OCEAN!</p> <p>Add me to the list of people who find lakes scary. And I've just never even heard of people swimming in/sitting by a river. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544661 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:35:29 +0000 josina 2544661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted river because I live next to a small one and LOVE canoeing and tubing every summer.<br /> If I'm going on vaca though... it'd be ocean, can't get over that view. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544655 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:30:21 +0000 tinyperson 2544655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great Lake, not small lake, ocean, then river. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544654 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:29:00 +0000 hb3233 2544654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved them all :silly: Ocean for sitting by/walking along the shore, lake for swimming, and river for rowing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544653 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:28:50 +0000 youboots 2544653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the ocean but in the PNW it's too cold for swimming. We spend time out on the river boating as much as we can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544652 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:26:59 +0000 BananaPancakes 2544652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The ocean! Though the spring-fed, crystal-clear rivers of Florida are a close second. I used to adore lakes, but they get so disgusting and hot in the summer here, that by the middle of summer, most of us won't go in them anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544651 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:25:17 +0000 DesertDreams88 2544651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How about pool, haha? </p> <p>Not a big fan of swimming unless the water is warm and clear-ish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544650 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:24:00 +0000 Adira 2544650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Madison43: hahaha, I didn't really watch horror movies until I was an adult and I grew up swimming in lakes, so maybe that's why they don't bother me. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544645 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:20:47 +0000 Madison43 2544645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: everything! Dark, still water and a childhood full of horror movies I imagine :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-prefer-lakes-rivers-oceans#post-2544636 Mon, 09 May 2016 14:12:38 +0000 Alba4 2544636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 100% a beach/ocean girl. I could never move far away from a coast. I love swimming in waves, relaxing on the beach, boating in bays, etc. </p>