点评:We were staying on the west end of the island and wanted to do some exploring. We got on the main drag, and drove east past the seawall and kept driving east until we hit the sign for East Beach. The drive back to East Beach is a little dicey, lots of sand on the road which did freak me out a little bit as my car did fishtail a little. But if you keep driving, you'll finally end up at East Beach.
We only wanted to stay for a little while and do a walk so we chose to park in the free parking, which is right at the beginning of the parking lot. The free parking area isn't large, but when we were there, it was fairly empty. It was early on a Sunday morning, and the beach volleyball areas were packed, it looked like it was a league of some kind.
The beach itself was deserted, and we walked to the east towards the point of the island. It was the day after July 4, so there was a fair amount of trash on the beach, probably from all the celebrations the night before. But as we were leaving, we saw park workers that were picking up the trash.
At the eastern end of the beach, they don't permit swimming, but the beach itself was enjoyable to walk, and we found some nice shells. We also met some nice fishermen, who pulled in a small black tipped shark while we were there. They were fishing directly from the beach, so to be honest, the rest of the week we were a little nervous about being in the water, knowing that those sharks were swimming so close to shore.
On our way out of the East Beach area, there are some pull off areas where you could see fisherman. We did pull off in one area to take a photo of the large tankers out on the water, and almost got stuck in the deeper sand, so be careful about that. We were glad we explored this area of the island.
翻译:我们当时住在岛的西端,想去四处逛逛。我们沿着主干道向东行驶,穿过了防波堤,然后继续向东开,直到看到指向东海滩的指示牌。回程的道路有点棘手,路面上有很多沙子,这让我有些紧张——我的车甚至还出现了轻微的打滑现象。不过只要坚持开下去,最终就能抵达东海滩。
我们只打算待一小会儿然后散散步,所以选择了在免费的停车场停车。那个停车场就在入口处。免费停车区并不大,但我们去的时候基本上空无一人。那时是周日清晨,沙滩排球场却挤满了人,看起来好像正在举行某种联赛。
沙滩上则一个人也没有,我们向东走去,朝着岛的尖端方向。那天是7月4日过后一天,所以沙滩上有不少垃圾,应该是前一天晚上庆祝活动留下的吧。不过在我们离开时,我们看到公园工作人员正在清理垃圾。
海滩的东端不允许游泳,但沿着海滩散步还是很惬意的,我们还捡到了一些漂亮的贝壳。我们还遇到了几位友善的渔夫,我们在那里的时候他们捕到了一条尾部带黑的鲨鱼。他们是直接从海滩上垂钓的,所以说实话,那之后的几天里我们都有点不敢下水,毕竟知道那些鲨鱼就在离岸很近的地方游弋。当我们离开东海滩地区时,沿途有一些可以停车观景的地方,在那里能看到渔民。我们曾在其中一处停车,拍摄水上那些大型油轮的照片,结果车子差点陷进较深的沙地里,所以各位务必小心。我们很高兴能探索岛上的这一区域。