When the temperatures soared well above 100 °F (37.77 °C) in Northern California last week, The Idiot fled to the beaches, ferries, lighthouses, walks and breezy outdoor social life around East Hampton, New York.
The Beaches.
Beaches: Admiring an unpopulated stretch of beach from the top of the Montauk Point Lighthouse on the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island.
Beaches: Reuniting with Tom Moore and Harry Stein, former colleagues on “The Paris Metro” magazine in France (1976-79), at Main Beach in East Hampton, NY.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Beaches: Telling WASP jokes to Harry Stein on Main Beach in East Hampton, NY. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
Beaches: Barefeet contessas Kerry Cook Moore and Liz Chapin on Main Beach in East Hampton, NY.
Kerry and Tom Moore from Sydney, Australia, look for a ramshackle getaway beach house in East Hampton, NY.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
The Ferries.
Ferries: Enjoying a refreshing boat ride from Bridgeport, CT, to Port Jefferson, NY.
Ferries: Holding onto a chain during the windy ferry crossing from Connecticut to New York’s Long Island.
Ferries: Idiot-ic pose on a ferry from Sag Harbor to Shelter Island.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Ferries: Leaving Long Island to return to the beaches of Masschusetts.
Ferries: Napping on a ferry from Orient, NY, to New London, CT.
The Lighthouses.
Lighthouses: Posed and poised to enter the Montauk Point Lighthouse on the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island.
Lighthouses: Interviewing The Idiot before entering the Montauk Point Lighthouse.
Lighthouses: Climbing the Montauk Point Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in New York State that was constructed in 1796 and commissioned by President George Washington.
Lighthouses: Bad hair day due to wind atop the Montauk Point Lighthouse.
(Photo: Kerry Cook Moore)
Lighthouses: Interviewing the lighthouse keeper at Montauk Point.
Lighthouses: Ferrying past the New London (CT) Ledge Lighthouse, The Idiot’s favorite in-the-ocean lighthouse.
The Walks.
Walks: An urban hike in East Hampton, New York.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Walks: Strolling to the Montauk Point Lighthouse.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Walks: Visiting a Farmers Market in Est Hampton, New York. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
Walks: Taking a meditative mid-morning stroll on a Long Island beach.
The Breezy Outdoor Social Life.
Breezy Outdoor Social Life: The Idiot tells his pals about hiking with an armed escort in Egypt.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Outdoor Social Life: Discussing issues of the day with The Men At The Bench in East Hampton, NY. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
Breezy Outdoor Social Life: Lunch at a restaurant on Sag Harbor.
(Photo: Liz Chapin)
Outdoor Social Life: House hunting in Sag Harbor, New York. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
Breezy Outdoor Social Life: Drinking and dining after a brisk walk to Nick and Toni’s celebrity-rich restaurant in East Hampton, NY.
Breezy Outdoor Social Life: The Australians catch the Hampton Jitney to Manhattan.
According to my Redding friend John Williams, it was 116 °F in Redding on Saturday, June 24.
East Hampton, here we come again.
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