Last weekend was as ideal as LBI and nature can offer. To greet the weatherly wonderfulness, I opted to travel to the mysterious north, speaking of Barnegat Light – beyond which one falls off the edge of the Earth.

My sojourn focused on the state park, knowing it would be very telling on both the fishing and piping plover fronts.

Going there on my motorized bike, I was surprised to find things in the park were far from hopping, even on the visitorship side of things.

Oh, there was still a goodly presence of day hoppers, which includes everyone since the park is closed at night – and…