My girlfriend and I went to the beach (Chatham Lighthouse) this morning. The original idea was to watch the sun rise, but it was very cloudy and something caught my eye as soon as I got there.
There were signs all over the beach.
It actually starts in the parking lot...
We were there for about two hours.
The signs on the beach irritated me. I've lived here for 19 years, and while I understand the need for preservation, I also know that everything they're asking takes the bloody fun out of going to the beach.
Hey, what's that hilited in the background?
That's right, exactly the same sign!
There are signs everywhere reminding us to take the stairs and not walk down the dunes. I'm assuming this is simply as a point of convenience, as the dunes are 30ft almost straight down in most places, and there is a very well-beaten footpath
directly underneath the sign. I took a picture of that, but my mom's camera kept thinking it was running out of batteries.
It's a Gateway.
Note: this sign is also duplicated in the rear-right of the picture of the green sign above. I took a picture of the taller one, as well, but did I mention I was using a Gateway?
This sign is here so tourists realize two things.
a) The absence of a lifeguard is, in fact, intentional. The town has to cover insurance for all of the beaches it guards, and this one isn't worth that kind of liability.
b) The surf and current are intense enough to kill children, the elderly, and the exceedingly unlucky.
Okay, I get the picture, guys. You're trying to save lives. I think I'd rather go swimming anyway.
*BAM*
Just in case I missed the first ten-foot-high, five-foot-wide white-on-brown, hyphen-inducing billboard, they erected a
second with a rather attractive traffic sign on it literally five feet down the beach.
Trying not to make the trip a total loss, I decided to get a picture of beautiful Chatham Harbor Inlet, which formed during storm conditions in 1987. An amazing sight and a beautiful, long walk at low tide.
But there was a sign in the way.
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