Our family and 2 dogs stayed at Emily's house. it is walking distance to the beaches. We went to two to dog beaches Mitchell and Sea Bright. Sea Bright is nice but dogs need to be on leash, where they can be off leash at Mitchell. We walked to both Mitchell and The Boardwalk but drove to Sea Bright. We also went to the Mystrey Spot and Mt Hermon Adventures. If you are fairly active you should try the Sequoia Aerial Adventures. At night we enjoyed using the hot tub and making some mo