Remember the beach
before beach replenishment?
The 5th street pavilion in Beach Haven was way out to the
water. It was so hard to picture what beach replenishment
would look like. Now our beaches are huge. Climbing up
and over the mountainous dunes then walking down to the
beach is quite the workout. Dune grass grows as far as you
can see. Simply beautiful.
When I was a kid, a long, long time ago, the beaches were
very wide and the
jetty sat on top of the
beach. You would
have to climb on the
rocks to walk on the
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jetty and we would walk to the very end of the green
slime covered rocks. High tide waves would crash on
jetty rocks.
Back then, the lack of dunes made it possible to see the
ocean from the street. Times have changed and now the
ocean seems so far away.
I watched as the massive trucks
moved tons of sand. And now, it
is a new beach. A beautiful wide
gorgeous beach.
Lisa Ball
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