Last weekend, Ethan and I went to New Jersey and Long Island. Ethan's supervisor had the annual squad picnic at his house in Westfield, NJ. We bummed a ride from Ethan's coworker Seamus and his wife, otherwise we would have taken the train and had someone pick us up at the train station. Times like that it would be nice to have a car here, but usually we get around pretty well without. I got to meet some of Ethan's squadmates and their families. Definately not the same comeraderie as the Seattle squad, but they were nice (except for the guy who bugged me about hating the Yankees). :) The war is on between the Mariners and the Yankees trying to win the Wild Card....
On Sunday, we headed out to Jones Beach State Park. It was a bit of a trek. We walked 3/4 of a mile to the 1 train, went 2 stops to the Long Island Railroad (LIRR), got on the train, went 3 stops to the Jamiaca Station, transferred to the train to Freeport, got on a bus in Freeport that took us to Jones Beach. It took about an hour and a half to get there, but it was worth it.
Jones Beach was packed --- I had never seen so many people swimming in the water. We rented a beach umbrella and trekked down the beach to find a not too crowded spot. The photo below is what Jones Beach would look like on a "slow" day. We were there on a very busy day, apparently, the parking lots can hold up to 23,500 cars!
I didn't bring my camera because sand, a camera and leaving it unattended aren't a good combination. So I got this photo from the Internet. We spent the day reading and cooling off in the water. The Atlantic Ocean was a little chilly but not too bad once you get hot enough on the sand. We survived our first trip to a NY beach without a sunburn.
This week, Danica arrives for another NYC gift show. She'll be in town for a week. Looking forward to hanging out with her.
This weekend we head to Richmond to visit Matt, Courtney, Peyton and our new niece, Alison.
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