for the midwest your not crazy but 1. it rains like heck 2. it is hot 3. because of the rain there are like a million bugs but after the rain its beutiful bit of a breeze of the ocean oh and no matter what the weather is like the ocean is wonderful sometimes you see tiny fish in the sand underwater and you see packs of stingrays you just have too shuffle your feet so that they go away from your 1/