Last weekend we made an effort to go to Long Island and visit the ocean, which we miss so very much. In the summer, we feel the longing most of all, even though wintertime walks are also greatly appreciated. The day was hot and sunny but an ocean breeze cooled us off. As we drove to Jones Beach, we discussed our childhood memories of coming to the big beaches and what a special treat it was in comparison to our hometown beaches, among others, West Neck for me and Short Beach for Steve.
The air was salty and the beaches still not full when we pulled in at ten a.m. to Beach 2 and walked a ways down to set up camp. We walked and saw a few horseshoe crabs, which we felt bad for as their prehistoric numbers have been dwindling unnoticed, because they are, to most, ugly Eeyore types of creatures lumbering about on the sea floor. Actually, they are quite poetic in their own way, but that's an entirely different story. We saw some cut up chum fish and felt bad for the fish. But, we stayed lighthearted and slathered on sunblock which really DOES work!! (As we discovered the little bits that we missed turn bright pink back home.) Steve did the brave thing and went in the surf for one wave. It was terribly cold, this being June and all.
Later on, we realized the Nautical Mile was having its yearly festival replete with seafood snacks, fair food, rides and all the other sundry oddities that these kinds of events bring. We rode bikes to the fair which was so much fun, felt like a kid tooling around past all the stupid people in cars standing in traffic. Got a pineapple ice and ate free samples of shrimp salad, crab salad, fried this and that.
On Saturday night we went to the Helm, which is an old-school bar with incredible style: every kind of hat nailed to the ceiling with the wearer's name marked in black, chianti bottles, also with name and date, lined the ceiling's perimeter. A scruffy band played, and we sat at the bar soaking in the atmosphere. Steve felt compelled to do a shot of Jack Daniels before we rode our bikes home in the softly humid night.
11 comments:
Thanks. Im Inspired again.
For us when we visit some blog site our main objective is to ensure that we will be entertained with this blog.
This blog could be more exciting if you can create another topic that everyone can relate on.
It could give you more facts.
Interesting topics could give you more visitors to your site. So Keep up the good work.
Concentrate to the things that could give information to the people.
Gomen kudasai.
Baw, kasagad-sagad sa iya ubra blog!
This topic have a tendency to become boring but with your creativeness its great.
Thank you, my lottery friends. I will try to give more information to be less dull.
I think your content makes for much factual entertainism (what's with your lotto friends, anyway?). I wish I knew you were down, I would have come and made Steve do many more shots.
Post a Comment