A cloudy fall day in Western New York with dramatic dark clouds rolling in over Lake Erie all afternoon. It could rain and storm any moment But then there are the random brief gaps in the clouds when the sunshine makes it through and everything looks very different. As the day comes close to its end, the clouds thicken and the land darkens. Then, before night settles in, the sun finds a tiny gap on the horizon and hits the shoreline cliffs with rays of gold. And then it is over as quick as it happened and everything goes to sleep.

Hamburg Beach, a very nice sandy beach on the shore of Lake Erie in Hamburg Town Park, Hamburg, NY. The park also includes a boat launch and a year-round fitness center. And in winter, it becomes a launch pad for ice fishing expeditions - that is during solid winters when the lake freezes solid and turns into a frozen tundra. In 1914, Locksley Park Company donated this land to the Town of Hamburg for its citizens recreational use.

References: Hamburg Town Park