There's more to it

For years, when people asked about the island I almost always said at some point that where we are in Barnegat Light there is a main street that runs down the center of the island and from there "one block to the bay and one block to the ocean".

Well, standing up on the turn-around of the nature trail really brought it home to me that the situation has changed drastically - at least here at 12th St. The "new" South Jetty has provided us with more area from the end of the street to the ocean than is encompassed in those two habitated blocks. (In this view the ocean is out there under the haze at the end of the dune grasses.)

It's a beautiful, natural area filling up with native, and new, vegetation and supporting a healthy bird population. There are plaques describing the red fox and garter snakes which also are native to the area ( the fox eats the snakes, by the way). I am content to say that I have run into neither of these residents on my walks.

As peaceful and quiet as the streets of Barnegat Light can be there is always another world just a block away which gives you a different perspective on the island and reminds you that there is definitely more to it than two blocks of homes.