Overall pretty poor experience today. The beach ru...

Overall pretty poor experience today. The beach rules are beyond ridiculous. Went to set up our small tent to immediately be yelled at by beach patrol(Yes yelled at) that it is against the law to have a small tent. I looked it up quickly online to find it is not against the law but it is a NEW beach rule. Went to rent an umbrella and chairs since we were inconvenienced and the rude staff there said cash o ly before we even asked for a rental. Unfortunately parking is a disaster and the car was 20 minutes away to make other arrangements. Park patrol called over the beach police because we didn't have our tent down withing ten minutes. OMG it was an absolute nightmare. Mind you we went to rent an umbrella and chairs that we had to wait in line to be told cash only and return to the police telling us why haven't we ripped down the tent and wrote us a citation for $25. This was a last visit for us. The ocean water was filthy today anyway and everyone was cramped up on each other on the beach. We live in Northern Virginia so talk about a disappointing trip over.
The local mayor and the governor will be contacted regarding the poor experience today along with the poor behavior from the beach patrol and police poor misconduct. Next time we'll take our tent and money to Virginia Beach