Zandvoort, 27 September, Beach Day Index = 9+. It's Saturday the day before the last day when the Dutch Beach Clubs close for the winter season. What a way to end the season. It's a gorgeous day. No wind, very clear sky, great temperature around 20 degrees and sunny. The sun is not that powerful, but I got some color. The Dutch realize this is it, so it was busier than normal. Highlight of the day was spotting a seadog now that far from the beach, the bad news was that animals this close to the coast are probably in problems. We walked out to the far South end of the beach that once was a thriving gay rea with several beach clubs catering to a very busy, very cool crowd. These days -I know it is September, but I doubt its much different during the rest of season- it is rather sad and I think the beach club owners are having a far from successful seasons. Looking at their beach equipment they don't have money to invest in better material and I would not recommend sushi here, since the turn around of food must be slow. What happened? Don't people like the beach anymore? My theory is that people don't really flirt anymore. Because let's face it, this was one big flirting area. These days it's a lot of trouble to walk miles to a beach to flirt a little and there isn't much to flirt with. Did the internet ruin this once happening gay scene? Do the gays now just connect to the internet, load up some flattering old photo's, lie a profile together and that's it? Certainly less trouble, but is it as much fun? I used to hate the walk, but I wouldn't miss a sunny day here about 15 years ago. We had a whole group hanging out together, competing with other groups in looks, fun, arrogance and our level of playing volleyball. What is it? Why?
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