As my dad had a pretty packed day of his own planned, we decided to catch up with him in the afternoon, in between his appointments. That meant we could be leisurely at home...woke up 7 ish, as the body clock does...I snuck out for my exercise walk while they were still sleeping (then got a call on my cell from Little Sir..."where are you?" in a slightly whimpery voice...he has been a little insecure since we got back, wanting both of his parents in the same place with him at all times.) We had breakfast and watched the last of the video footage I made while in Turkey...this way, DH is part of the trip, too, gets to see who and what we saw. We just lazed around, just being together, 'til mid-afternoon, picked up the last of the fresh items for the local food basket for Dad (homemade jams, a cool-looking local vinegar, lots of fresh stuff), and headed to his house.
After our visit, we decided to check out the beach, and ended up at Meschutt in Hampton Bays. I knew it had been pretty hot all day, but was surprised how warm it still was at 5pm. We weren't prepared for swimming, and I'd thought the water would still be too cold. Apparently, it wasn't. The parking lot was almost full and the water still had lots of swimmers. We rolled up Little Sir's pants, to dip in toes. He is usually a tentative beach bather, happy to play along the edges, collect crabs and shells and splash around. Well, he wanted to GO IN...all the way. As we couldn't do it with him, in jeans with no towels or anything, we stripped him down to shorts and hovered with just our feet in. With the live band playing in the background, up at the boardwalk cafe, it was delightful, making us want more...looking forward to summer!
We stayed until the gnats drove us off, and headed home for a summery dinner...corn on the cob from the farmstand, fresh salad with lots of greens, tomatoes and scallions, and fresh clams in my garlicky white sauce over rigati (tiny rigatoni). The corn was actually beautiful. As I was husking it, the white and yellow kernels shone with a luster like pearls, and it was sooo good. I love fresh corn. The salad was just right, and the clams were perfect...salty, sweet, not sandy at all. For dessert, we had strawberries and watermelon. Perfect.
I am now absolutely ready for summer.
2 comments:
The things I miss - the beach, the strawberries (we get ours from California but they just aren't the same),the fresh seafood.
Things I do NOT miss - gnats, bugs, ticks and humidity. I have been very spoiled here in AZ. We can sit out any time of the day and night and not have be concerned about bugs. It really is nice to eat dinner outside. When we were on LI we rarely did as that was exactly the time the bugs came out.
As for Meshutt - I recall camping there and enjoying the beach and music and food. Was soo relaxing! We hopefully will enjoy in August.
Janet
Yeah...it is lovely there, especially late in the afternoon, after the heat of the day.
Not only do we have gnats, mosquitoes and 2 diff. kinds of ticks, but we have a bumper crop of gypsy moth caterpillars...they are all over everything. Yuck! We keep sweeping the back deck, and it's covered again the neck day. Ugh!!!
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