Life is a beach

Sometimes a beach is dark
Other times a beach is snowy and cold.
Tonight it was all three combined.
The other night driving home I saw a light here.
I could see it from the highway as I passed.
It looked shadowy and glowed in the fog.
I thought to myself I must go by there.
I must see what it looks like in snow.
Unfortunately the light was down the road.
What I had seen driving was a quick peek.
The third dimension deceived me.
The lamp was not misty or close, but the beach was.