Saturday, September 15, 2012

A Day in the Hamptons

Last Saturday Don and I took off for the Hamptons - about a 2-1/2 hour drive from here IF traffic is good. Fortunately, traffic was good and the rainy weather we left in disappeared as we headed east. First stop was Southampton where we had a nice lunch and strolled around town.

There was a Long Island fire fighters field day going on in the park where local depts were competing in all kinds of events, like tug-of-war, shooting water out of the hoses, rowing in the little bay, etc. It was oppressively humid so not sure how they managed. We also toured a local museum (god, we're getting old - now touring the sleepy museums!). It was actually interesting!


Despite the humidity the beaches were mostly deserted. Such beautiful white sand!

After leaving Southampton we headed east to check out a winery but it was closed for an event. There are few wineries on the south fork; most are on the north fork. We then drove north to Sag Harbor, which is such a cute little marina town. 
Don at the Sag Harbor marina - very nice yachts!
Looking along the beach & Little Peconic Bay at North Sea
Along the drive home we drove through the town of North Sea and took a little detour north to the bay between the two Long Island forks. Wish we had the kayaks with us.

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