Slow the pace down. This far down the spit, you are likely to see no one, until you get within a mile or so of the parking lot. An occasional four wheel drive vehicle may drive by, and fishing boats may be spotted out on the ocean. The ubiquitous gulls will be present, and usually sandpipers. The enclosed area with stern warning signs are for the protection of piping plovers during their nesting season in late spring and early summer.
Plovers nest right on the beach, and their chicks run around like crazy after hatching.
By late summer, you can walk anywhere. Walk up and visit the driftwood sculpture in honor of Timmy Eldridge, if it has survived. Past access road number three, the beach narrows and is more difficult to walk. Along the way, if a storm kicks up, or the wind blows hard, or the beach otherwise becomes unpleasant to walk on, head in to the dune road via one of the access roads. Cross over the dunes only in an emergency.