Hi, I'm back!
We've been off on the North Fork of Long Island on our first vacation for just the two of us in a couple of years. We stayed close to home, heading out to the lovely Sunset Motel in Greenport (totally unsolicited plug, we were just really happy with our stay there). The Sunset was discovered by a couple of Sebago clubmates back when we used to have an annual weekend out there - most of us would tent camp at the Long Island Kampground but not everyone was into that, and a couple of them found this hotel and were quite happy with the place, even inviting the campers over for sunset drinks (the place is appropriately named, and every room has a sun porch that looks out on the sound - spectacular!)
TQ and I booked their Sunday - Thursday special and late Sunday morning, we loaded up our boats and headed out. It ended up being a drizzly day and I have to admit that although I do enjoy camping and have great memories of staying at the Kampground, I didn't have any major regrets that we weren't turning in there as we drove past on our way back to the hotel after a quick dinner in Greenport.
Our first full day out there was gorgeous, but we were both just recovering from colds and we woke up feeling incredibly unambitious and decided to just roll with that. We'd brought some leftovers along that we had for breakfast; TQ went to get a haircut, I hung out on the sun porch with a cup of tea and read until he got back. Our main activity for the day was a walk on the beach, and when we found the barbecue area at the bottom of the first set of steps that you descend to get to the water, we instantly decided to grill instead of going out for dinner. We had our walk (nice) and then we were off to the IGA supermarket for provisions (including sandwich fixings for the next few days) and then a delicious meal followed by a perfect sunset.
The boats may not have been happy with not getting off the car, but I think we both felt a lot better with the rest and quiet.
TQ and I booked their Sunday - Thursday special and late Sunday morning, we loaded up our boats and headed out. It ended up being a drizzly day and I have to admit that although I do enjoy camping and have great memories of staying at the Kampground, I didn't have any major regrets that we weren't turning in there as we drove past on our way back to the hotel after a quick dinner in Greenport.
Our first full day out there was gorgeous, but we were both just recovering from colds and we woke up feeling incredibly unambitious and decided to just roll with that. We'd brought some leftovers along that we had for breakfast; TQ went to get a haircut, I hung out on the sun porch with a cup of tea and read until he got back. Our main activity for the day was a walk on the beach, and when we found the barbecue area at the bottom of the first set of steps that you descend to get to the water, we instantly decided to grill instead of going out for dinner. We had our walk (nice) and then we were off to the IGA supermarket for provisions (including sandwich fixings for the next few days) and then a delicious meal followed by a perfect sunset.
The boats may not have been happy with not getting off the car, but I think we both felt a lot better with the rest and quiet.
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I haven’t been out to the North Fork in ages. Looks like you had a great first day of vacation
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