The summer heart of Long Island was pumped up by the beach, the bay and the boat, and while I was cruising on the Great South Bay I was able to take that pulse.
As can be seen from the fact that the parking lot of Bay Shore Marina overflows on Saturday Saturday in hot Christmas in late June, the area activity was rooted in both land and ocean. The family drew the cooler from his car into the sand. The occasional wave of a colorful beach towel sewed together red, white and blue threads and suggested July 4 blessed soon. The sweet scent of sunscreen lotion got on radio waves like olfactive path.
The silver silhouette of Robert Moses Causeway straddled the Great South Bay at its characteristic camel hill bridge and held the tether from Long Island to Jones beach. A symbolic white awakening like a powerful fountain came from a myriad of motors and fishing boats riding the summer "highway".
By 16:30, a refreshing wind flowing across the parking lot from dark blue and sea gray water to the marina boat swept the temperature of 91 ° C with whipped wind blew through.
Bayshore itself was created and defined by the water that provided the name. Early colonists who harvested fish, oysters and salt hay set their livelihoods by using their treasures, and until 1776 the craftsmen were usually reputed with small boat manufacturing technology. The accomplishments of their labor played their own role in the revolutionary war with Britain.
However, there is a connection to putting the town on the map, and there are both aquatic life and land in connection with other areas. In the former case, the planned service to Fire Island, the narrow ribbon of most summer communities completed in 1862, and the link of the Long Island Railroad with Manhattan, have bloomed extinct at this seaside resort for nearly 20 years After cultivating tourists who have the potential to be afraid they took the shape as a business: people lined up in the gas light city, stayed in hotels and summer lands, and took a sailboat in the water. The community soon got a reputation as "the garden of Long Island".
After the Second World War, permanent resident superseded temporary tourists to take off Manhattan and form a suburb of the seaside.
Located in the largest part of the Great South Bay, Bayshore today preserves both architecture and marine heritage.
It is a torpedo dedicated to the memory of those who paid the highest sacrifice in the US Marine Corps service during the Second World War.
Among other ubiquitous fiberglass expressions of slip tack boat's smooth, motor-driven speed, it appeared outside the scene (and in the era) also became a 65-foot dual deck, the wooden riverboat at the end of the century that became the end of the century I installed a wind pressure type paddle wheel on the stern and designed "Lauren Christie". On this ship I could feel the rhythm of the summer beat of Long Island. And by the crowd we are gathering, I will not be alone in my quest.
There is a check next to my name on the reservation list attached to the clipboard, South Bay Paddle Wheel Cruises & # 39. At the mobile office, for my passengers with a very polished paddle wheel bar and magnet boat on the deck on my assigned "starboard 2" table for a 3 hour cruise, get over my steps , The mood of the party was on the boat as fast as I entered the seat.
Although the music that DJ provided was doing soft beat pumping throughout the deck, the octopus's tentacle had dozens of items surrounding bars such as raw vegetables, dips, cheese, pepper noni, crackers in front of the engine It was pumped with fuel that was growing from. The pool of alcohol had a refreshing wind in and out of the narrow outside deck.
Liberated from mooring restraint at 18:00 and waking up from the dock, "Lauren Kristy" displaying a three-story wheel house, dual stack, surrounding lattice window frame is seamlessly integrated into the departure of the marina It is like an aircraft converging on one runway at JFK during that evening's peak peak.
When I reached Fire Island Ferry on a gray wavy Great South Bay, it was swaying sideways as the cool wind of the Open Water dominated the music's audible waves.
"Lauren Kristy" keeping southwest facing under the dirty white and metallic gray quilts in the evening, where orange muddiness penetrated the horizon on the west side, headed for Robert Moses Causeway.
Sandwiched between Long Island's South Shore and Fire Island National Sea Shore, the Great South Bay itself is 26 miles long, 3 miles wide and 151 square miles in area. It is the largest shallow salt water bay in New York State. Injected 5,231 gallons of water per second it has an average of 4.3 - but up to 20 feet deep and provides 85 species of fish habitat.
When it becomes an important area for Bay Island in Long Island, it functions as a major shipping artery of fishing, entertainment, excursion and ferry boat.
When sliding down the green metal Robert Moses Causeway bridge at 18:45, the river emerged again in the rough sea, joined in the scattering of the sailing boat flying at the moment of explosion in a fierce wind, It looked like.
After traveling over 8.10 miles between West Islip and Captree Island, we go to the Jones Beach Island and the western end of Fire Island via the state boat channel bridge. The original north and south sections completed in 1951 doubled when two adjacent arteries were formed.
The paddle of the wheel attached to the stern of "Lauren Christie" which was pushed mainly by the hand of the wind, can skim the water surface, each dip providing propulsion, not temporary.
An essential wind on both the sea and the airborne ships jumped off the sky from the Republic airport of Farmingdale and gave lift to the regular private aircraft.
Dinner is announced in the form of the main deck escape aroma, tickle passengers. Ping · Pinging's stomach pain accompanied creamy Italian and Russian dressing and mixed green salad. Dinner roll; beef, chicken franken, seafood Newberg, rice pilaf, broccoli carved prime rib. Chocolate Padge cake and Apple tartret; coffee.
Paddle Wheeler who corrected its west wind towards the current southeast direction entered the boat channel of Captree Island, and the green Egerglas, the dock provisioned house, the Captree State Park, the spirit of his relatives "Delta Lady", the paddle wheel ship And fleet of fishing boats.
Established in 1954, Captains State Park, 298 acres of Captree State Park itself located at the eastern end of Jones Beach Island is itself in the center of the fishing ground, and in autumn and fall, sea breaming and flounder crops are made by sea bass and black fish Complemented. To promote this sport there are two fishing piers, a boat launch lamp with a parking lot for 64 boat trailers, a charter, scuba diving, excursion and a basin for sightseeing vessels. Other birds related to islands and water include white pelicans, zells, gulls, commons, black skimmers, ducks, and so on.
By 19:50, the Fire Island Lighthouse was lined far.
Ships of many Long Island entrances caused an accident that did not "just let them get in" to block the hole that crashed - once the sentinel of overly grown concrete wanders a warning lantern, once naturally from barren land Rose. The first building of Montauk Point was built in 1796, but Fire Island was built in 1825 in 29 years. The cost of the construction project was only 35 cents for the $ 10,000 budget.
The 74-foot-high octagonal pyramid covered with the blue split stone of the Connecticut river symbolizes both European immigrants who arrived at the freedom and opportunity landings, guiding both the Atlantic transit vessels that entered New York Harbor. I served as a landmark.
But its height quickly proved its own obstacle, leaving a slowing growth to go against its intended purpose, in 1857 the Congress approached about 100 feet tall structure of 82 acres of land We allocated $ 40,000 for. Like Phoenix, it stretched out from the terrace made of the first version of stone.
The red brick tower that first lighted on November 1, the first time painted a creamy yellow, rose 168 feet using the first order Fresnel lens, hired it in 1938, and handed the torch to the present and the electricity after the employment in 1938 Intermittent fuel success such as whale, lard and mineral oil.
However, its intended plug fell in 35 years when it was abolished on the last day of 1973, in exchange for flash tube optics located at the top of the water tower in Robert Moses State Park. But its limited, the direction of the sea lighting failed to promote the safety of the bay.
After $ 1.3 million was raised by the "Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society" formed in 1982, it returned to the form of electric introduction incorporating the monochrome band introduced before 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 1986 and became official aid for navigation.The two counterclockwise rotating balls of 1000 watts flicker every 7.5 seconds and 20 You can see it more than miles away.
"Lawrence Christie" went southeast and fogged the fire island community of Kizzmet who was under the landing ferry. At the westernmost point there are also Lighthouse Shores and Sea Bay Beach, which owned 250 beach houses. Most of it was owned, but there are residents of Islip and Bay Shore, 2 restaurant bars, 3 guest houses, grocery store and 30 slip basin. Throughout the year the number of inhabitants was about two dozen.
The sun before dusk was crossing the sea. In this case, you can see the sky above. Orange which emits orange shine put tangerine, Swarovski crystal on the surface of the bay and injected the horizon with cold plasma. The wind was blowing, but the dance floor of the upper deck of Lauren Kristy was vibrating with collective feet imitating the beat and volume of the music.
Heading north, Paddle Hiller Thread between Septon and West Fire Island closed down the 3-mile gap to the origin of Bay Shore. The violent sea air confirmed the underwater foundation of the dance floor. But above all, I responded to the beating of the summer heart of Long Island, breathing life into the surrounding water and putting it in the "island" state.
Cylindrical sun floating on the Western horizon like a Rotary-less helicopter, red bullet of blood usually means that a violent riot on one day rarely weakened the pulse propagating across the Great South Bay I have proved. Island ferry - part of the voyage equivalent of the "rush hour", passed the river at the bottom of the river.
The impatience would have been overtaken normally Me I was anxious to go to several destinations. But here in Summer of Long Island, it was here that I, and apparently more and more countless people went out.
The big hand of my watch has reached the mark of "30" like "20: 30". This indicates that there are only 30 minutes left to close the coast and finish temporary land stop. On the dance floor, the dance floor has a dance floor dance floor lining up, as it is in the era of sun, sea, music and fun making time.
The last day of the last day of June, when the edge of the sun settled in the sea, created a purple sparkle on the horizon behind the Captree Bridge.
Closing the last half-mile to Bay and Shore, "Laurence Christie" is an oily matter like the one caught in the ocean and sky void punctured by the pinpoint of sunny light on the approaching coast I swallowed a mass of black water. Interactive flashes of 7.5 seconds emitted by Fire Island Lighthouse.
When leaving the summer time dimension of Long Island, I headed to the channel of Bay Shore Marina, returned to the dock at 21:00 and plugged in the heart of summer time in Long Island.
