As the tempurature warms, more people head out to the boardwalk to catch the fresh sea breeze. This scene from Spring Lake shows one of the boardwalk gazebos.
To access the beach in a typical Jersey Shore town, during the summer months you will need to find a place to purchase a beach badge. This is one of the beach badget huts in Spring Lake after hours with a ghostly figure in front.
At ten minutes into the Spring Lake Five runners were only just begining to round the bend at mile two. At this clip, they were well on their way to the finish line...
The evening before The Spring Lake Five, the kids race is held. Distances vary based on age group and small groups are set on their way to avoid crowding.
This is twenty minutes and seventeen seconds into the Spring Lake Five at the two mile marker. Runners have a chance to catch water at every mile...
This is a view of the boardwalk in Spring Lake prior to the summer crowds' arrival.
With 9,000 plus runners in the Spring Lake Five, the traffic keeps heavy and packed through the first few miles..
Even when it's cold, the Jersey Shore can be a beautiful place to just sit and watch the waves come in...
This was another view from my room at the Mohonk Mountain House at sunrise.
A view of the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York overlooking Lake Mohonk.