A drive out to Montauk on long island is as far east as you can get yourself in new york state.

 

All set to go now ;)

 

beachy stunted scrub pine and dunes

 

scenic overlooks at hither hills state park off the montauk highway

 

 

 

the montauk oyster pond

 

 

srubby scrub

 

montauk point lighthouse

http://www.montauklighthouse.com/facts.htm

 

· Authorized by the Second congress in 1792, under President George Washington

· Construction began on June 7, 1796 and was completed on November 5, 1796

· Fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States

 

 

in beachy touristy montauk town

 

 

 

 

 

 

surprise! this one really stands out....and what an exciting roaring 20’s story behind it:

 

 

“Always restless, with boundless energy, Carl Fisher was no sooner finished with Miami Beach, than he started looking for his next great challenge. He found it here in Montauk. 3 times the size of his Miami Beach, almost entirely undeveloped, it was to be the culmination of his life's work. He bought all 10,000 acres in 1925, for the relatively modest sum of $ 2,500,000.00. He estimated it would take another $ 7,000,000.00 to build it. "Miami in the Winter, Montauk in the Summer", was Fisher's slogan. He would provide the elite who had flocked to his Miami Beach, with a comparably exclusive summer resort just hours from the social centers of New York, and Newport.

 

.....Fisher had planned for everything, everything that is, except the Great Depression.”

 

indiana’s carl fisher, what a character -- read all about him here:

http://www.montauklife.com/history/fisher.htm

 

 

up on the long island sound -- here is fisher’s star island marina across the former lake montauk

 

 

 

my last pics --  hither hills state park beach in winter

http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=48

 

 

 

 

 

 

*bonus -- some stuff we breezed by or missed:

 

the formation of the deep hollow ranch spelled the end for the montaukett Indians on montauk. deep hollow ranch is america’s oldest cattle ranch -- now a riding academy. ranching continued out here from 1658 until the 1950’s. http://www.deephollowranch.com/history.htm

 

 

second house museum – a 1746 herder’s farmhouse (first house is long gone)

http://www.montauklighthouse.com/second_house.htm

 

third house (1747, rebuilt 1803) -- also a herder's house

best noted as the camp teddy roosevelt & the rough riders recouperated in after the Spanish-american war

 

and lastly --- yeah, yeah i know it’s not saying much to west coast surfers --- but "ditch plains"

is known as the home of the best surfing on the eastern seaboard

 

much more travel/history info about montauk in this comprehensive nytimes article:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D61131F934A1575BC0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

 

*** a bunch 'o wintertime tours of the historic & chi-chi towns of “the hamptons” coming up next ***

 

Neat thread! There's something about Atlantic beaches in winter ...

reminds me of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Looks like a total bore but great shots.

What the hell where you doing out there?

^ we decided against quebec, rented a car for the wkend & still got the hell out of dodge that's what!  :laugh:

 

 

Looks like a total bore but great shots.

 

exactly. thank gawd i needed it. too much work.

 

summer out there gives me the agita.  :-P

 

edit -- per wiki and re the revolutionary war was something i saw that you & any daytonian will be very interested in:

 

"In 1775 the British first ventured toward Long Island at Fort Pond Bay at Montauk during the Siege of Boston. John Dayton ,who had limited troops at his disposal, feigned that he had more by walking them back and forth across a hill turning their coats inside out to make it look like there more of them (a tactic referred to as Dayton's Ruse). The British would not formally attack Long Island until 1776." the very john dayton who later founded dayton, ohio.

 

 

Long Island is sooooooo over rated.  All these people who run to the Hampton's or their "share" out on the island, in the summer never cease to bore me.

yeah i know, but the shares are for the humps. the real ritzy & historic hamptons are nothing about those seasonal bottom-feeders.

Long Island is sooooooo over rated.  All these people who run to the Hampton's or their "share" out on the island, in the summer never cease to bore me.

 

MTS.. shut your mouth.. I'm staying on LI right now.

Long Island is sooooooo over rated.  All these people who run to the Hampton's or their "share" out on the island, in the summer never cease to bore me.

 

MTS.. shut your mouth.. I'm staying on LI right now.

 

I rest my case!

I rest my case!

 

Wow.. someone has some sass for a Tuesday.

This photo thread reminded me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind so I watched it last night... soooo goood.  Thanks for inspiring me to watch the movie again NYC.