After the Sandy Hook race (which was good, but WINDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), we went around Sandy Hook to see what we could see...
A different view of the New York skyline:
While Mommy and Daddy read all the information we could about the area, the kids took turns looking through this "spy glass"
And then they ran up and down and all over the ramps in the dunes.
Sandy Hook lighthouse in the distance:
The kids played in the sand, too.
And then we drove over to the lighthouse but the kids were sleeping so we just looked around the outside of the lighthouse.
Thom John grabbed a snap of this sign at Gunnison Beach - New Jersey's only legal nude beach :-)
The kids slept on... and they kept sleeping while Thom John toured the Nike Missile Radar Site.
The following Sunday, Thom John and I ran the LBI 18-miler, a race that starts at the Southern end of the island and finishes at the Northern end in the parking lot of Barnegat Lighthouse. The best part of the race is that it starts at 10:30 am, which gives a runner plenty of time to cuddle with her little alarm clock... Until this cuddle-bug heard her Pop Pop's voice downstairs and leapt out of bed so fast it made this runner's head spin :-)
Thom John and I registered for the race and then got on a shuttle bus to go down to the start at Holgate. We had a lot of time to get ready for the race and snap a few pictures:
And about 3 hours later, we arrived at the parking lot of Barnegat Lighthouse:
After enjoying post-race snacks - pretzels, orange slices, and copious amounts of birch beer - we boarded another shuttle bus to take us back to our car.
