Sand at BCV

[Kingzoo]

Does anyone know where the sand at the BCV SAB comes from?

 

[poj7]

I asked a lifeguard when we visited in Sept. '02, and She said she thought it came from Arizona.

 

[Cruelladeville]

That's not real sand, is it?? I live in sand dunes on Lake Michigan, and it's nothing like the stuff on the bottom of SAB. I think that stuff is, like plastic, perhaps, but Michigan sand, at least, is very fine. It comes thru the screens on a windy day, comes in thru any cracks and crevices, and is a general nuisance. The stuff in SAB is like small pieces of rock, more like a pumice stone. Isn't it silica???? Inquiring minds want to know the answer to this one!!

 

[ncligs]

Originally posted by Cruelladeville
That's not real sand, is it?? comes in thru any cracks and crevices, and is a general nuisance.

 

[KNWVIKING]

I've joked about Jersey sand on other threads, but I wouldn't be surprised if the sand at SAB did come from here. We have probably the best silica sand in the country,we export it everywhere.

 

[poj7]

We were told the sand is definitely real.

 

[ArnyVee]

Originally posted by Cruelladeville
sand....comes in thru any cracks and crevices, and is a general nuisance.

I've had sand in cracks and crevices and I would consider it MORE than just a nuisance....it could be darn right painful!

 

[jaysue]

Especially when my DS (3 1/2 yrs old) sits in the ocean tide and lets the waves come around him and deposit sand!!!



Thanks
Jason

 

[spiceycat]

Florida is mostly sand - take a walk in the woods area of FW or Epcot and push the dirt up - sand is under it.