Beachside, Lakeside

So growing up in California I've come to appreciate the beach. No wait i take that back I've come to adore/love/cherish the beach because it is so fun with the opportunities of surfing/boogie boarding/sandcastle building/catching sandcrabs (little crabs that are clear). However this last summer I was able to work at a camp that was right on the lake and I learned all about 'lake fun'. However which is better lakeside or beachside. Let the comparisons start.

Beachside
All you need to have fun are these things:
A towel
Sunscreen (we don't like skin cancer)

What you can do with these items:
play in the water
tan
Bodysurf
make sand castles
jump in the waves
run from the waves


Fun items for a price:
Boogie board ($19.99) Which I strongly encourage I love boogie boarding it is one of my passions in life. ONe of my goals is to be able to do an 'el rolo'
Surf board ($278.99) one for a cheaper price, but if you learn how to surf you will enjoy it. It takes a while to get a hang of, but when you do it is amazing.

Things taht make the beach great is you are subject to the waves. Once I was in Hawaii and I was bodysurfing in one of the amazing beaches and I got totally thrashed in one of the waves. It left a hugs sand rash on my side. Was it worth it though? Yes I can tell you it was, because now I have this great story that makes me so much cooler than you (okay not really, but if I had a scar from it definately).

The lake:
Beach
Sunsceen

What you can do with these items:
Splash in the water
tan.
swim. (but in gross water, you might as well go to a pool)

Fun items for a price:
Master Craft X2 ($60,288.00)
Hyperlite Wakeboard ($55.00)
Tow rope ($44.99)
Tube ($149.00)

Now I like to wakeboard and tube just as much as the next person, but dude the price tag for a boat well stop me from having any fun. how sad. To have fun at the lake is very expensive. no bueno para mi bolsa.

So which is better?
I'm going to go with the more inexpensive option. The beach!
woo hoo!