Back in the '60s and '70s, parents would bring their kids out here, and they'd play on the dunes and have a picnic lunch. It was an inexpensive outing for the family. In 1980, the government had to stop that because of damage to the fragile ecosystem. They closed the area to all motor vehicles, except for dune-truck operators. |
She mentored many aspiring writers, including Norman Mailer, Eugene O'Neill and Jack Kerouac. |