I have been coming to the beach for over 55 years. My family has owned a cottage on the back road looking out at Clarks Island for this amount of time and now I have my family and grandkids enjoying our place. My grandfather was an original landowner who owned for over 75 years and I have many aunts and uncles that also had cottages. As a child, I learned to swim, clam, fish and party at the beach and want to pass some of these things on to my family. I am a retired software systems engineer and professional  swim coach.