a trip out east

greg and i picked korrina up from work at 4 pm on sunday and drove out to long island with her. we took the manhattan bridge to the BQE to the long island expressway.

 

we had a family zoom meeting while in the car. morgana and jenny came up with the questions for our trivia game. chanda won, and we hope she'll think of a few questions for our next round.

the paper with my answers; greg and i played as a team this time.

we made good time and were able to pick up several fisherman's platters at gosman's for dinner. korrina and i were even able to look in a few shops while waiting for the food. it was so nice to have the shops open again, and it felt like old times.

after dinner they both set up their computers for work. korrina wanted to check her work emails and later on she needed to order items for the week for the restaurant she works at.

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the next morning, monday, greg was in his spot when i came out to have tea and work on my moving forward shawl.

korrina and i decided to visit the lighthouse, as we hadn't been in awhile. the museum and gift shop were open, but not the light itself.

goldenrod was in bloom everywhere . . 

looking for seashells . . 

the waves were very strong and i found out later that tropical storm paulette was out in the atlantic, shaking things up for us.

climbing the rocks to walk around the light . . 

 
 

the waves came so high that we were getting wet  . .

reaching the cove south of the light . .

where you find the fishermen and surfers . .

we made it to the other side and then walked back along the sidewalk and visited the gift shop where korrina found a sweatshirt she liked that i bought to put away for her birthday.

and then it was time for a swim at gin . . the water was cool but not biting cold . . just wonderfully refreshing.

we had oysters and fish tacos for lunch at a local cafe called hooked . . the food was delicious and the prices were reasonable.

back at the house we both had an outdoor shower and then korrina cooked dinner for us . . we ate well these past few days!

everything went on the grill: corn, zucchini and steaks. my nephew adam was also in for a visit, and he fixed up the lamp with an extension cord so korrina could see how everything was doing.

 we kept to proper physical distancing since we were in different social bubbles . .

 greg preferred eating in the dining room. we were fortunate for a breeze which kept the mosquitoes away (though i discovered five hiding in the bathroom at midnight when i was getting ready for bed).

 oysters! everything was delicious.

 we even had locally homemade ice cream . . coffee, chocolate, and the all time favorite: chocolate raspberry truffle.

 greg had promised korrina that he would play a few rounds of may i . .

 they each went out once, so both were happy. i'm usually satisfied just to go down for each round . . with a minimum of 15 points. going out means you use up all your cards and have zero points.

i stayed up for a last dish of rum raisin ice cream and decaf green tea, while swatching for my shawl.

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tuesday morning we went on a hike with my nephew, along the bluffs over the beach.

coming out to the shoreline . . 

watching the surfers catch a few waves . . 

little yellow aster flowers . . there were so many along the path . . 

arrowwood . . 

bayberry . . 

korrina found a tiny scallop at the bay where we went swimming . . 

they're both drinking local brew, one is from montauk and the other from greenport.

 the water was calm at this bay, and we had a very peaceful swim . . afterwards, we returned to the house to pack and clean and get ready to leave. korrina has work early in the morning at 7 am.

heading towards home and a hazy setting sun (from the western fires).

here we're in queens (k's neighborhood) and you can see the empire state building in the distance . .

after dropping korrina at her apartment, we crossed the kosciusko bridge . . in the video below you can see it changing color  . . 

and then crossing the brooklyn bridge . .