Kure Beach on Saturday

The beach was not as crowded as I expected but it was still full of layers of sound. Again it was continuous sound with no silence. There was the constant noise of waves rolling and crashing and the wind blowing. I could hear three different groups of people talking, the sound overlapped and faded in and out with the wind, making some of the conversation clear, but it was mostly muffled. There was the intermittent noise of children playing and yelling, and of seagulls laughing and other birds chirping. I could hear the flip-flopped footsteps of a few people, but bare feet were silenced by the sand. There were a few singular sounds like a man sneezing, a dog chain rattling and a plastic bag crinkling in the wind. As one group left, you could hear the sounds of beach chairs and umbrellas snapping shut and children asking to stay.