We’ve mentioned before how rocky Compo Beach was — for nearly all its existence.
Not until a major public works project in the late 1950s/early ’60s did Compo become the sandy “beach” we know and love today.
But how rocky was it?
Check out this (undated) photo. And wear your flip flops.
Or army boots.
(Photo courtesy of Karen Verrelley)
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The south beach still looks like that today!
Is this picture from Burying Hill beach?
Note the modest homes in the background.
That actually could be Burying Hill beach, now that you mentioned it.
If we go back 60 years, Burying Hill beach had so many rocks that if I had 5 dollars for every rock, I’d have more money than Elon Musk and Bill Gates combined. But now I’m spoiled. I wouldn’t go to any beach on the east coast of the United States unless it was below Exit 63 in Florida. – not Virginia Beach, not Myrtle Beach and not even Jacksonville Beach . It’s the Gulf Stream that delivers turquoise blue water that makes the ocean below Exit 63 seem like the Caribbean water. I’m sure the ocean is 85 degrees today and it will definitely hit 90 degrees. Last year the ocean in Miami hit 102 degrees.