Sand & Sun

SAND & SUN

A trip to the north shore the first weekend in June followed shortly by a trip to coney island begged the question “Why don’t we do this more often?”

Photos by Madeline Vega

WHERE WE STARTED A birthday party at Sunken Meadow state park followed by a play date at Coney Island before the Mermaid Parade

BARRIER ISLAND These pictures are from Jacob Riis state park in the Rockaways, Jones Beach, Robert Moses state park, and maybe Long Beach. They all had big waves and nice sand, so the pictures are pretty interchangeable.

SURF'S UP I tried to go early to avoid the sun and people. That didn’t always work. The sun was always intense and sometimes people camped out by us anyway. That is a picture of Kal near the surf from a day when he had decided to go neck-deep in rough waves. The picure was supposed to be a reminder to help me illustrate the memory later.

(There is a panoramic view of Sunken Meadow's beach in the real layout. Visit the desktop version.)

THE QUIET PLACE The waves at Sunken Meadow don’t really count as waves. Picture a lake. The edge of the water moves gently. There were schools of tiny fish and so many rocks. Kal would walk like a hundred yards out into the water because it was so shallow and calm. Betty thought she should do the same, but we kept her close (especially at the rougher beaches).