It's summertime, and that means the beach and other vacation spots beckon workers away from the office.

One minute we were crawling up steep, wooded hills, their tops shrouded in mist; the next, the sun was beating down and a pretty beach beckoned.

The sides were sheer and rocky but, here and there, sandy beaches beckoned.

Once there, if the weather suits, the beaches beckon.

But it was hammeringly hot, and the beach again beckoned.

The beach beckoned the girls again, while I had my eye on a nearby waterfront wine bar that I remembered from a previous trip.

If tennis courts, golf courses, beaches, boats and backyard barbecues beckon, it's O.K.

From November to April the water is very clear, the sun shines, soda-white beaches beckon.

Empty, golden beaches beckoned us, fleecy clouds drifting above them.

The empty beach beckoned like a highway in both directions.