Jim, the beach is fascinating - every day it's a new world. In winter I have it mostly to myself with the seagulls, occasional seal, a dead dolphin or turtle or fish washed up, plus, there were 400 shipwrecks off the coast of Delaware and sometimes a storm will bring up wreckage from one of them, or sea glass from trash dumps more than 50 years old. In the summer there are a thousand vacationers with dogs, children, sand castles, balls, frisbees, giant inflatable floats, umbrellas flying in the wind - it's an agility course for a runner. On any day, the tide might make the beach 100 yards deep, or the waves might be coming right up to back yard fences. Peggy