Sandy Hook Beach

Sandy Hook Light. Per Wikipedia: The light was built in 1764 to aid mariners entering the southern end of the New York Harbor. It was originally called New York Lighthouse because it was funded through a New York Assembly lottery and a tax on all ships entering the Port of New York. The lighthouse has endured an attempt to destroy it as an aid to British navigation by Benjamin Tupper,^[5] and a subsequent occupancy of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. 

 Dan and I drove down with Skippy and her two friends.

I instigated a beach cleanup--person who collected the most trash would win $10.

We wore disposable gloves and each had a garbage bag.

It was fun, although Skip just now said she hated it. I watched her and her friend running off, competing for the prize. It was a tie and they each got $10.

We saw:

• horseshoe crab shell with barnacles on it
• seahorse!!!!!! small, and dead, but storybook strange
• sea robin fish (dead)
• live fiddler crab
• mermaid’s purse (2)--black cases that protect skate eggs
• oldest continuosly running lighthouse in U.S. (Sandy Hook Light)

And trash (Dan helped):

• Big pair of black fisherman’s Gortex gloves.
• Broken beach umbrella.
• Car seat cover.
• Piece of yellow rope.
• Many plastic bottle caps.
• Plastic tampon applicator.
• Cigar/Cigarillo? tips.
• Half a ball.
• Balloon remnants with ribbon string.
• Candy wrappers.
• Water bottles.
• Part of a tire tread.
• Socks.
• Plastic straws.
• Starbucks plastic cup.

We brought it all home to our trash can. Good night.