I'm surprised at your comment about the current owners trying to limit outside usage of the beach in front of Mary's Boon. Back in the day, around '96 I'm thinking, when they were rebuilding their restaurant after the storm that destroyed it, the Clevelands themselves encouraged people to come and be 'Boonies for a day'. We used to do extra days there shortly before and after that event and it was never a problem. I have noticed over the past few years they do try to keep a good sized separate beach area reserved for their guests only but it would seem if they really wanted to restrict access to the beach, it wouldn't be that difficult given the limited parking and all, unless of course, the restaurant has the legal right to do this in their lease or ownership terms? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />