I love learning about NJ from your dispatches. The northern Shore has indeed been quite dirty lately. Not sure what affordable accommodations you're finding in CM. WW is more my budget, I thought, yet all I found was a million sad motels (called 'hotels'), at inflated prices. So instead I splurged on an ocean view room in a nice hotel in Long Beach (NY) right on the boardwalk and that was worth it.
Sorry about the Shore but honestly you managed to totally sell me on The Arlington. (Also completely agree with you re: climate change & the coast, though also with a lot of sadness for the destruction ahead. There’s so much we should’ve done — seawalls, building & maintaining marshes, etc. It’s heartbreaking.)
I grew up on LBI back in the day. My parents had a small house on a lagoon where we spent summers and weekends in the winter from time to time. My sister and I used to catch blue claw crabs off our dock. It was sad to see one species of fish after another disappear as time went on. It used to be my favorite place- so much so, that at the end of every Summer I would fill glass bottles with sand from the beach to carry the place home with me as I returned to go to school. I loved your sunrise picture. LBI was where I developed my love for the sea and where I learned to body surf. I still get such great enjoyment out of that. We moved from NJ almost 30 years ago. I miss the place the way it used to be and think it would probably make me sad to see it now.
I love learning about NJ from your dispatches. The northern Shore has indeed been quite dirty lately. Not sure what affordable accommodations you're finding in CM. WW is more my budget, I thought, yet all I found was a million sad motels (called 'hotels'), at inflated prices. So instead I splurged on an ocean view room in a nice hotel in Long Beach (NY) right on the boardwalk and that was worth it.
I really like how the Bahamas keep the waves down here at a minimum most of the time. And it's warm. Bathwater warm this time of year.
I love the drama of cold water beaches myself but I'm not opposed to snorkeling around in warm ocean either.
Earlier this week I took a plunge in Lake Superior just a tad north of Duluth. It was ... chilly.
You live, you learn. (Alanis M.) Ireland sounds amazing! Have not been there.
Sorry about the Shore but honestly you managed to totally sell me on The Arlington. (Also completely agree with you re: climate change & the coast, though also with a lot of sadness for the destruction ahead. There’s so much we should’ve done — seawalls, building & maintaining marshes, etc. It’s heartbreaking.)
I grew up on LBI back in the day. My parents had a small house on a lagoon where we spent summers and weekends in the winter from time to time. My sister and I used to catch blue claw crabs off our dock. It was sad to see one species of fish after another disappear as time went on. It used to be my favorite place- so much so, that at the end of every Summer I would fill glass bottles with sand from the beach to carry the place home with me as I returned to go to school. I loved your sunrise picture. LBI was where I developed my love for the sea and where I learned to body surf. I still get such great enjoyment out of that. We moved from NJ almost 30 years ago. I miss the place the way it used to be and think it would probably make me sad to see it now.
Love the shore