Our last family beach outing of Summer 2003. It was a fitting end to an amazing summer: Mom, Dad, Sam, Grandpa, Grandma, Tom (Mary's brother), Kate (Tom's daughter), and our friend Ben (got all of that??), spent the day on the beach at a place in New Jersey called Sandy Hook.
To get there required an hour ferry ride, which required some preparation. Mostly finding the right pair of glasses.
That done, we left NYC harbor, past the Statue of Liberty (you gotta squint, but that's ok because Sam and his mom are much better looking anyway!).
While at the beach itself we were frankly too busy to think about our cameras, but we do have on to prove we were there, and that Sam liked it.
On the way back Grandpa took a photo of the underside of the Verazano Narrows Bridge because that's where he and 30,000 other folks will be starting the NYC Marathon in just a few short weeks.
And again, the family poses with the green lady.
As Sam ends his first summer, it's clear to his dad that this is only the beginning, and that the summers of the future will be grand.
