The family is packed into the car with devices and the family dog. There area cargo box, a stand-up-paddleboard and soft-top surfboard on the roof with a bicycle mount on the back. They sit in moderate traffic going east on Route 72. Mom and Dad tell the kids about the famed shack that used to greet them when they touched down off the big bridge. The kids are too young to remember.

But they do put the iPads down to look out the window. Shack or not, they’re coming over Barnegat Bay and reaching a…