It was super cool to be snowboarding in the Andes in August . We felt pretty cool ! : ) The school also organized another trip about a month ago to the " beach " . I put it in parentheses because when we got there , it turned out to be a big grassy field , rather than a beach .

Give answer the following question using evidence from the above passage: Why is the word " beach " in quotations ?
The beach had a lot of grassy areas and was n't as sandy as I hoped .