Last weekend I went up to New York again. This time, I went to the Fire Island National Seashore with my friend Chris. Fire Island is a barrier island, approximately 31 miles (49.5 km) long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile (0.16 km) to 0.25 mile (0.4 km) wide. Fire Island passes through southern Suffolk County, New York, and is southeast of Long Island separated from the main land by the Great South Bay in the U.S. state of New York, running approximately SW to NE. There is no bridge connecting Long Island to Fire Island. To get to Fire Island, we had to take a 15 min ferry ride. It was a perfect summer day with the temperature in the upper 80s. Upon arrival, we had lunch there. I had the crab salad sandwich. The portion was small but it was delicious. After lunch we went to the beach. Unlike most beaches, the beach here is clean and the sand is fine, making swimming and walking on the beach easier and fun. Most people particularly New Yorkers, prefer to rent the beach houses for the weekend. Fire Island is actually a small party beach. As we walked on the boardwalk that leads to beach houses, we saw private parties everywhere. Damn, how I wish I was being invited to one of those. At around 6 pm, we took the ferry back to the Long Island. We managed to take a glimpse of the beautiful sunset. It was a fun day. The fun didn’t stop there. We had dinner in Flushing, NY. It was delicious. The oyster pot was yummy. Since Chris didn’t like oysters, I basically had it all for myself. I overate though which was a bit unpleasant afterwards. Haha. After dinner, we went to West NY to see NYC night skyline. It was gorgeous. It makes me want to move to NYC even more.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Trip to Sandy Hook, New Jersey
I went up to NY to visit my friend Chris over the weekend. It was a hot weekend. What could be possibly better than hitting the beach on a hot summer day? On Sat, we drove to Sandy Hook, New Jersey. It is approximately 1 hr south of NYC. Sandy Hook is a barrier beach peninsula at the northern tip of the New Jersey Shore. It is also a part of the Gateway National Recreational Area that covers the area of Gateway at Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn. I was pretty excited to have another stamp on my National Park Passport. Also, I read that prickly pear cactus is a native plant at the shore. Isn’t that cool!!!
During the summer time, visitors enjoy swimming and strolling the beach. It is also the place where America’s oldest operating lighthouse is situated. I was lucky enough to join the guided tour to go up Sandy Hook Lighthouse. That was pretty cool although the temperature inside the lighthouse was 96F. To my surprise, Sandy Hook is almost famous among nude beach goers. That was new for me … haha.. I have never seen so many naked people before. I must admit that it was pretty interesting. Nobody seemed to care what type of body you have. Just take them off and have a nice time. Besides naked people, there is also an awesome view of Brooklyn and Manhattan (barely) from the beach. We got there at around 4 pm. The weather at the beach was not so hot. The ocean water was pretty warm. It was just a perfect little summer dayJ.
During the summer time, visitors enjoy swimming and strolling the beach. It is also the place where America’s oldest operating lighthouse is situated. I was lucky enough to join the guided tour to go up Sandy Hook Lighthouse. That was pretty cool although the temperature inside the lighthouse was 96F. To my surprise, Sandy Hook is almost famous among nude beach goers. That was new for me … haha.. I have never seen so many naked people before. I must admit that it was pretty interesting. Nobody seemed to care what type of body you have. Just take them off and have a nice time. Besides naked people, there is also an awesome view of Brooklyn and Manhattan (barely) from the beach. We got there at around 4 pm. The weather at the beach was not so hot. The ocean water was pretty warm. It was just a perfect little summer dayJ.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts
After 6 weeks of living hell with classes on Mon, Tue, Wed, and Thu; summer classes finally ended. My friend Phil rented a beach house at Provincetown for July 4th weekend. He asked me to join him. So I went. I took a bus from DC to NY. Then they drove from NY to Cape Cod. I was a good 6 hr drive. As usual, I don’t have to drive ;-b
The drive at Cape Cod (towards Provincetown) was supposedly very scenic but it was too dark to see anything since we only started driving from NYC at 4 pm. Not to mention the traffic was horrible. Anyway, we arrived there around midnight. It was pretty chilly. There were already 5 ppl at the house. Some of them arrived a day earlier. My first impression of P-town was a quite and nice little beach town. Maybe it was a bit late when we arrived. I walked out the beach (it was only 1 block away) to take a look. It was a perfect night for star gazing. It was so clear that I could literally see the Milky Way. It kind of reminded of the time when I was with a good friend somewhere in Maryland on the way back from the Solomon Islands star gazing
The next day (July 3), we went to the beach. The beach is actually a part of the National Seashore Area. To get to the beach, we had to walk 30 min in shallow ponds. I never had been to a place like this. It was awesome. The beach was rather rocky than sandy. And the waves were pretty rough, but it was fun. Fortunately the water was not that cold. After the beach, went had dinner at this restaurant called Victor’s. my gosh, the oysters were so fresh and cheap. 1 for $1. We had shrimp, oyster, and wine. Later we went out to this seafood place for dinner. Food wasn’t that good and the wait was long. But we had a great time there talking and laughing even though I got some mosquito bites. I must have drunk too much that day. I had a bad headache after dinner. My friends went out to clubs but I stayed home that night.
The next day, another person (Chris) flew in to join us. It was funny because Phil and James went to the airport to pick him up at the same time. Anyway, we went kayaking around noon. It costs around 30 and was really fun. We kayaked almost 40 min to the end of the tip (Cape Cod) to see the long point lighthouse. It was definitely worth going. After kayaking, went to this T Dance party. It was cool. At night we had dinner at Victor’s again. The food was god and we all had a great time talking and laughing there. We got so caught up laughing, at one point everyone was staring at us. So embarrassing.. haha. I missed the fireworks. But I guess this is more fun than seeing the fireworks. After dinner, we went back to the house to take a rest. Phil was making fun of me and C hris for something stupid. But I guess it did later on turn out to be a good thing. Later we went out partying. I haven’t had so much fun in a long time. What can I say, Happy Independence Day J. Also, after sleeping in the couch for 2 days, I finally got to sleep on the bed.
We woke up to a lazy Saturday the next day. We didn’t do anything but ate all day long, Unfortunately Ray’s dog had a seizure. That kind of put all of us in a bad mood. But we managed to calm the situation down. We had oysters again at Victor’s. Later we drove out to Truro to buy lobsters for dinner. I shared a 5 lb lobster with Chris. That was pretty damn good. At night we went out party again.
The last day we went to the beach one more time. The water there was calm and warm since it’s within the bay. Had lunch and then left P-town around 3. Vincent and Ricky gave me a ride back to Phil’s apt. I took a bus back to DC on Mon morn. This trip was unexpectedly fun. I know I will go back to Cape Cod again since I did not get my passport stamp this time. Overall, I had a great time.
The drive at Cape Cod (towards Provincetown) was supposedly very scenic but it was too dark to see anything since we only started driving from NYC at 4 pm. Not to mention the traffic was horrible. Anyway, we arrived there around midnight. It was pretty chilly. There were already 5 ppl at the house. Some of them arrived a day earlier. My first impression of P-town was a quite and nice little beach town. Maybe it was a bit late when we arrived. I walked out the beach (it was only 1 block away) to take a look. It was a perfect night for star gazing. It was so clear that I could literally see the Milky Way. It kind of reminded of the time when I was with a good friend somewhere in Maryland on the way back from the Solomon Islands star gazing
The next day (July 3), we went to the beach. The beach is actually a part of the National Seashore Area. To get to the beach, we had to walk 30 min in shallow ponds. I never had been to a place like this. It was awesome. The beach was rather rocky than sandy. And the waves were pretty rough, but it was fun. Fortunately the water was not that cold. After the beach, went had dinner at this restaurant called Victor’s. my gosh, the oysters were so fresh and cheap. 1 for $1. We had shrimp, oyster, and wine. Later we went out to this seafood place for dinner. Food wasn’t that good and the wait was long. But we had a great time there talking and laughing even though I got some mosquito bites. I must have drunk too much that day. I had a bad headache after dinner. My friends went out to clubs but I stayed home that night.
The next day, another person (Chris) flew in to join us. It was funny because Phil and James went to the airport to pick him up at the same time. Anyway, we went kayaking around noon. It costs around 30 and was really fun. We kayaked almost 40 min to the end of the tip (Cape Cod) to see the long point lighthouse. It was definitely worth going. After kayaking, went to this T Dance party. It was cool. At night we had dinner at Victor’s again. The food was god and we all had a great time talking and laughing there. We got so caught up laughing, at one point everyone was staring at us. So embarrassing.. haha. I missed the fireworks. But I guess this is more fun than seeing the fireworks. After dinner, we went back to the house to take a rest. Phil was making fun of me and C hris for something stupid. But I guess it did later on turn out to be a good thing. Later we went out partying. I haven’t had so much fun in a long time. What can I say, Happy Independence Day J. Also, after sleeping in the couch for 2 days, I finally got to sleep on the bed.
We woke up to a lazy Saturday the next day. We didn’t do anything but ate all day long, Unfortunately Ray’s dog had a seizure. That kind of put all of us in a bad mood. But we managed to calm the situation down. We had oysters again at Victor’s. Later we drove out to Truro to buy lobsters for dinner. I shared a 5 lb lobster with Chris. That was pretty damn good. At night we went out party again.
The last day we went to the beach one more time. The water there was calm and warm since it’s within the bay. Had lunch and then left P-town around 3. Vincent and Ricky gave me a ride back to Phil’s apt. I took a bus back to DC on Mon morn. This trip was unexpectedly fun. I know I will go back to Cape Cod again since I did not get my passport stamp this time. Overall, I had a great time.
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