Surfs Up in Budget Travel

As a kid I spent summers in Amagansett at the end of Long Island, long before movie folks and millionaires took it over. Two steps and I was on the beach. Years later I got to visit Max’s family compound on Martha’s Vineyard several times and it was a fantastic place. Recently I have been hitting the Maine Coast with ferocity, let’s face it I’m a mountain guy with a hankering for the sea. With that in mind I went over Budget Travel’s Surf Cities carefully with thoughts of a snowy winter coming. I loved their picks like Troncones in Mexico and Haleiwa, Hawaii. One of my favorite surf cities is Byron Bay Australia; I was there a couple of years back. I took this picture of a Mom and her kid heading into the breaks. After a few months of salting the driveway I will be ready to scream, surfs up!