I had reason to be at Cedar Point Park early this morning as the sun was coming up over the horizon, and what a sight it was. I stood on the calm water's edge gazing out over the glass-like surface across to the lighthouse, the light filtering through the low lying clouds and lending a pink hue to the lower sky. Breathtaking.
The early light is always especially beautiful - it is almost etherial in the way it bathes everything in it's special glow. And when it is filtered through trees or clouds, sending great shafts of morning brightness to the ground - well - it is really something to savor. Moments in time.
There are so many places around town that I rarely see and this morning made me realize how hidden some of the most spectacular views are. Not that they are necessarily private (although some of them are) but just that they are not part of our everyday point of view and therefore we don't get to expience them the way we should. Everyone who lives in East Hampton should see some things at least once in their lives.
This brings to mind a new book that's out now titled "1000 Places to See Before You Die". I am going to begin compiling my own list called "100 Sites to See on the East End Before You Die" and one is going to be the Cedar Point Lighthouse at sunrise. Another will be sunset at the Montauk Lighthouse. I think the full moon rising over the ocean in September will make the list along with the view from the top of the Montauk Lighthouse on any beautiful clear day. So far that's four.
So, readers, do you have any suggestions? I will gladly add them to the list. Send me your thoughts please! I sense a future book in the making...and I would love to discover some other places I have not yet thought of!
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#61. I especially love watching the flies at the EH Town recycling center. If you go at the right time on a brisk morning in November, they are particularly energized. It floods me with memories of a simpler time when EH was not so crowded, and I could sit as a child and watch nature unfold for hours on end.
Very funny Elizabeth!
i was pressured by mark...
I would never do that.
The last time I was at the top of the Montauk lighthouse, you could only step outside to overlook the parking lot. Are people allowed to step outside and see the ocean now from the walkway?
Connie Walcott Tyler
You cannot go out on to the walkway but you can go into the glassed area and see 360 degrees - on a clear day Block Island, Connecticut, Plum - it's lovely!
Well, a 1000 is alot for the East End, but here are some, mostly free from a cheapskate:
1. A ride as a foot passanger on the Shelter Island Ferry.
2. A visit to the East Hampton Airport. Fun to watch the jets and helicopters land on a Friday night in the summer.
3. Befriend a important person and talk them into a round of golf as their guest at the Maidstone Club.
4. Visit the East Hampton Library. Cool place to hang out on a hot summer afternoon.
5. Feed the ducks at the Nature Trail on David's Lane. Warning: This may or may not be legal anymore. Check with authorities. You don't want the feeding the ducks squad after you!
6. Hike the walking dunes on the stretch.
7. Have a BBQ on a ocean beach some summer night.
8. Fly a kite on the beach. I did it as a kid, but it is still fun 40 years later. I was going to say. ride a bike, but it is just to dangerous on the roads nowadays. Get a mountain bike if you just have to ride and stick to the trails.
9. Try you hand at surfcasting when the stripe bass are running. Or pick up a free town shellfish license and go to your secret spot to get crabs, dig clams etc.
10. Last but not least: Just get in your car and take a ride in the the off-season around the east end, and take in the sights.
All great suggestions! I have not been to the airport to watch the planes since I was a kid. I think it's time to take the grandkids....
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