A Goat Boy When You Need One

     Along the Jersey Shore, at Ocean City, New Jersey, is a family enjoying "A Day at the Beach." With Nancy and Timmy in tow, the coolers, blankets, toys, chairs, tents and more add comfort to the experience. As the sun sets, it's time to pack up and go home. Easier said than done.
    Thus, this young husband and wife team latched on to the Uber-inspired app idea and created a Beach Caddy service. For a fee (what would YOU pay?), a muscled, able-bodied teen will cart your beach essentials to your vehicle or house or condo. It can also work in the reverse: the whole kit-and-kaboodle caddied down to the shore. Astounding.
     Samantha skills and Jeanie head-bobs become obsolete.
     Some of my favorite memories of the beach were made perfect by Goat Boy...or is it Tote Boy?
A tent, several beach chairs, blankets, and a cooler were all set up in a perfect spot just down from the condo. The arrangement was completed by my friend's husband, affectionately named Goat Boy. We toted ourselves, our reading material, sunscreen, hat, and diet soft drink.
    He loves her a whole lot.
    When Goat Boy stayed at home and only The Beach Queens occupied the condo, we divided up the duties and made multiple trips down and up, up and down, down and up, wearing ourselves out from the back and forth. The set-up,though, was priority One on day One, and worth the effort. The condo we rented for the week was located on a friendly strip of beachfront where nobody bothered anybody or anything. We could leave the tent and beach chairs for the next day and the next.
     Every morning of our week in paradise we awoke to see our oasis awaiting. Coffee on the deck started the day. By mid-morning, we had on our suits and hats, we'd applied sunscreen, gathered our reading material, and readied ourselves to tote the cooler. At the end of the day, it was the reverse.
     The worst thing, though, was on the evening of day six; we had to take down the castle. The late evening sighs resonated as we boxed up the trappings, packed the suitcases, and hauled it all to the vehicle, readying it and ourselves for the gloomy morning of our departure.
     Beach Caddy should expand services to come more in line with the Beach Queens and their Goat Boy. Here's the business plan.
    The day before the Beach Queens' arrival, the new service, GB Enterprises, would provide set-up. Beach Queens would arrive and enjoy the week. Upon their departure, GB Enterprises would follow-up and remove the beach essentials, storing and readying them for the next royal adventurers.
     Now, that's a service I'd pay for.