After strolling along a lovely stretch of Atlantic Ocean beach that fronts Cape May, New Jersey, my wife, Fyllis, and I decided to check out some of the town’s other attractions. We dropped by the towering lighthouse, which has beamed warnings to ships since 1859.
The Cape May Lighthouse in Cape May, New Jersey, has been sending out beacons to ships since 1859. (Photo courtesy of Sylvana Rega/Dreamstime.com)
We visited a World War II lookout tower that was built to help aim coastal artillery at German submarines that ventured too close to shore.
We strolled through Cape May Point State Park, an area of dunes, marsh, and forest that is a resting place for sea and shore birds during their annual migration….