Silver Linings

Silver Linings

If the long, socially distant wait for summer has you craving sand and surf, this 2016 photo essay is like an X that marks the spot. Click here to see all 24 photos.

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All through Milfordโ€™s Silver Sands are silver strands: a long grayscale bridge over wet marsh; tall, reflective grasses; the crests of tiny waves hitting beach or sandbar; the sandbar itself, coming and going against the tide; the fine, silky plumes of at least one little egret; a snaking, light gray boardwalk; a leafless, limb-lopped, white-birch bird perch; and, sometimes, wispy threads of vapor embroidering rich evening skies.

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There might even be some actual silver. Legend has it that the parkโ€™s satellite, Charles Islandโ€”to which you can walk when the tide is low, though itโ€™s (a) a protected bird sanctuary and (b) reportedly filled with poison ivyโ€”is where the accused pirate William Kidd of Scotland, a.k.a. Captain Kidd, stashed some treasure circa 1699.

Though many have searched, it seems none have yet found Kiddโ€™s buried booty. You can only hope its seekers didnโ€™t miss the other treasures Silver Sandsโ€”and its neighbor, Walnut Beachโ€”more freely give.

Silver Sands State Park (& Walnut Beach)
Silver Sands Pkwy, Milford (map)
Online: Silver Sands | Walnut Beach

Written and photographed by Dan Mims. This story originally published on June 17, 2016.

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