ME: 8/5/07 Robert Moses park and Jones Beach

Soon after we arrived, we loaded up two cars and headed to the beach. Marty had never seen a lighthouse and though we knew it would be closed to tours, it was worth it to get near the beach with a lighthouse on it. We ran into a traffic snafu. There's just a two-lane bridge at one point on the way to the island. For a long time, they closed the lane intended for traffic heading to the island and used both lanes to allow people to get off the island. We had to sit and wait for our turn. But it was worth the wait. We got some great visiting and chatting while watching the boys play in the water and in the sand. Because it was so late, most people had already left, so it wasn't overly crowded. There were still lifeguards on duty, but we had arrived late enough that we didn't have to pay. What a deal!