May- I live in NE PA and we go to "the Shore" all the time. :)
We are inundated with all the NY and NJ folk who find living in PA and commuting to NJ to work is so much better.
I agree with the gas prices- guaranteed to spike in the summer.
We're staying home this year- 2 weddings and DD & family coming home for 2 weeks from Japan. As much as I love the beach, it has to wait a year for the savings account to recover.
You are so lucky to live there! I hope to retire a spinster (ok, so I was married, but I like the word) on the beach, writing poetry and my memoirs and quilting my last days on earth. Probably won't happen, but I can dream!