the rix mix

Sunset Beach at the end of Sunset Boulevard. Entertaining tourist trap five minutes from the lighthouse. I always stop by. View of what remains of the concrete ship. See Delaware on a clear day. Tee shirts, snack bar, typical Jersey shore nicknack gift shop crammed with all sorts of peculiar stuff. This place tries to sell you pricey "Cape May Diamonds," polished quartz. People actually comb the beaches for them. But it's pretty good for the same shell jewelry & lighthouse souvenirs that cost more in Cape May City. The sunsets can be spectacular here.

It's a likable roadside attraction. But if the family that owns it ever decides to sell, the state ought to pay whatever it takes to buy it, tear it down, & hand the beach back to the birds & horseshoe crabs. Otherwise, condos would block the sunsets.