The Things I'll Miss

As much as I want a change of scenery, I know for sure that there are a couple things that I will miss about what lays before me now.
I will miss the wind coming off the ocean right before a storm.
I will miss the smell of low tide.
I will miss summer afternoons when seagulls are everywhere in the sky.
I will miss the foggy mornings that I hate driving in but I like the challenge of not seeing 20 ft in front of my face.
I will miss the luxury of having the beach so close to me.
I will miss the aroma of late spring when you can just feel summer coming. 
I will miss the lack of snow when it is most convenient.
I will miss the fact Ocean County closes their school when it only snows a couple of inches.
I will miss laying outside and thinking that I've been in this town since I was born and there are still new things I have yet to see.
I will miss lighthouses.
I will miss the smell of the rain because I know it's different anywhere else.
I will miss the "ugly" pitch pines that line the parkway and are virtually everywhere I look. 
I will miss Wawas (oh SO much)
I will miss how flat the ground is and how much harder it is to longboard here than anywhere else I know of.
I will miss things I didn't think I'd miss probably. 
Lacey Township (specifically Forked River) had been my home for almost 18 years now. I never realized how much of it all I took for granted until now. As much as I loathe the saying,  it stands true for just about everything. "You don't know what you got till it's gone"