Lifeguard towers

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Lifeguard towers

When I go for morning walks at the beach if there are life guard towers I seem not to be able to resist taking photos of them, perhaps because for one season I did some volunteer Life guard shifts, but lets first share a photo

This one is on For Tabor Beach here in New Bedford


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Its funny well to me anyway, how I got into being a Lifeguard, I used to often cycle to the beach, swim quite a distance to the beach and then do a 5 Mile run before cycling home each morning, I used to head there early and often I was the only one there, one morning, as I started my swim I saw a group swimming maybe 500 Meters in front of me, as Swam I caught up to them and swam out and around them, kept on my normal swim and run loop, as I got back to my bike one of the group approached me, he ran the Life Guards on the beach and they were on a training swim, and was impressed with my swimming both speed and distance and convinced me to join as a lifeguard for a season, had some basic training and was good to do shifts, I did quite a few shifts that season, had to assist a few swimmers who got caught in rip tides, but nothing dramatic or impressive.

actually for me it was kind of good being there incase something happened to be able to help, but the sitting or more for me standing by the tower for a few hours, drove me nuts back then well still now to a degree I was hyper and hated standing still, I liked to keep moving, so I only did the one season semi full time on weekends and evenings, but then gave it up other than if they were short on guards for duty and called me to cover.
OK enough about that back to the lifeguard towers/stands, this next shot is the same one as the first from a different angle


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Next up a silhouette of a Tower at Jones Beach in Dartmouth


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This next one is at Silvershell beach in Marion MA


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and back to Fort Tabor for this next shot


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and this is on East beach in New Bedford


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and another day at Silvershell beach


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And back to Jones beach on another day


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and to finish off the sun rising behind the guard stand at Jones Beach again


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Saving human life, are great jobs
Nice shots you got
You do so well like a photographer 😋😘

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Today it's all about lifeguard with the beautiful sky view. You captured the different colours moment. Lovely photography. Perfect moment. Keep it up.

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Beautiful shots! What an awesome story too! I failed swim class when I was a kid, so I would have probably been the worst lifeguard! I'm better now, but the whole triathalon thing is likely not in the cards for me!

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Thanks
My swimming form was terrible I must admit, but that said I was a good swimmer drove my swimming coach at school nuts as even though I did well in swim meets if I had good form I could have done even better LOL

MY first triathlon was a mess, even thought i had run, swam and cycled bigger distances often, I had never done them three in a row in that order, I did well in the swim, but the transitions ot other legs of the triathlon my body wasnt happy lOL

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I can only imagine. People who compete in those things are beasts in my opinion. Much respect to them! I con't think I can run more than two minutes at a time right now! That is interesting about your swimming style. Sounds like you held your own though!

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Ohh yeah just thinking about running now makes my body ache lol

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Lifeguard are really important in beaches as sometimes accident happened unexpectedly.
They save lifes.
Seeing this picturea reminds me I am going home and I'll be visiting beach to, soon😆

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The Silvershell beach is my favorite. Its maybe not the best of the sky colors but the silhouette of the chair on the stand is perfect. Cool story about your lifeguard experience. Maybe you should have stuck it out, I read a story about lifeguards in SoCal making $100k plus lol. California is just crazy.

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They are just cool, standing out… towering high above you. In the early mornings. The sun coming up just makes it more special.
Wow, what a story on how you became a lifeguard for a while. Thanks for sharing that with us. 😎
Have a wonderful day today @tattoodjay
Hope your numbness is less and you are resting 👋🏻😊

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Absolutely stunning photos you are very talented keep up the great work 👍🏾

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I really enjoy the way you capture the sunsets! Such a master! :D

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I like it when the photos are accompanied by a cool story. You definitely know how to tell stories through photography.

Applause!👋

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Thanks I must admit writing for posts something interesting to go with my photos I find challenging

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