1.   Encrusted in barnicles and resting on top of a pile of ballast rocks, the anchor rose several feet off the sandy floor.

2.   Except that the ball rolled across the sandy floor.

3.   One of the beach outfitters later told us to shuffle our feet when we walk along the sandy floor of the cove.

4.   The sandy floor of Echo Cove is dotted with Joshua trees.

5.   Students once had to sit on flimsy wooden benches on the unpaved sandy floor.