This weekend has had all three. Normally, I wouldn't cycle to a beach area on such a weekend--especially on a Saturday. However, there was so much of the first two H's that I went because I figured, correctly, that it would be a bit cooler by the water.
Also, Arielle wanted to sunbathe:
I never would have expected that of her. But it makes sense: Being a Mercian, she's finished with some good, old-fashioned English stove enamel. Besides, Brits like to spend time in the sun and by the surf as much as anyone else does!
So, apparently, do dogs:
Yes, people actually walked those dogs into the water. The tide was so far out at Point Lookout that, it seemed, people could have walked across the bay.
Actually, those canines are patrol dogs and the folks walking them are trainers. Someone told me they're trained to rescue swimmers on Jones Beach, just across the inlet from Point Lookout, and that those dogs can actually swim from PL to JB.
As swimmers and sunbathers don't normally go to Point Lookout, it wasn't crowded. However, Atlantic, Long and Rockaway Beaches, all of which lost most or all of their boardwalks during Superstorm Sandy, were full of beachgoers. Still, except for a stretch of Long Beach, there wasn't as much traffic as I expected.
I'm glad that people are going to those beaches again. I just don't want too many of them to go when I want to ride my bike to them!
