As Labor Day brings the close of an unusually quiet tourism season, beaches across the United States are drawing in major crowds, mostly unhindered by threats of the coronavirus pandemic and heat waves in some parts of the country.
kicked off with sunny skies, not a cloud in sight, temperatures in the low 90s and lines of lifted trucks waiting to drive on what's billed as the World’s Most Famous Beach.
“It doesn’t seem to be as busy this year,” Bendayan said. “I definitely am seeing less trucks than last year.” “Very busy conditions. The beaches are packed wall to wall,” Orange County Lifeguards Capt. Brad Herzog said. “Holiday weekends are very busy at our beaches. But we’re probably a notch or two busier because of the heat wave."
The weather service predicted “brutally hot” temperatures through Monday as a high pressure system perches over the Western United States.Though Labor Day usually marks the end of summer, beach fees and lifeguards at the Jersey Shore will remain in place longer than usual this year and restaurants have only just begun to serve diners indoors again.
Bend resident Rob Hardie, who has ventured to the coast for the holiday weekend for the past eight years, said he noticed a slight drop in visitors this year. Others observed the summer weekend crowd sizes in Pacific City have mostly returned to what you'd see on a typical summer day.
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