Day 2 - Long Island, New York

Day 2 – Hers 6:15am and wide awake. That’s much better than the usual 4am jetlagged start to our annual week on Long Island; I guess spending 22 hours getting here was exhausting enough to cancel out two time zones. I pulled my shorts and trainers out of my pack and went for a walk on the beach. It was quite hot and sticky even so early. The sun was up and glistening on the bay and a few early rising seagulls soared overhead but there were no people out yet – no sailing classes or jet skis or noisy cigars throwing rooster tails as they rounded the point of the beach. They were all waiting for the afternoon. Coffee, a bagel with cream cheese and a few hours later – my mom and sister and I returned to the beach for a swim. Dad and Rob went into town to sort out bait and ice for fishing tomorrow. Later, Rob and I took the kayaks out. I was surprised that Rob hadn’t already started repairing the dock. He always takes on some sort of project when he’s here and this year it’s repairing the damage Hurricane Irene did to the dock. The stairs to it went west 100 yards and the pontoons went east....a bit of geographical realignment with a large hammer is required – just Rob’s thing. After dinner, Rob and I went to collect the kids from the train station. They had flown in late last night but had had a day in Manahattan before joining us. They descended from the little double-decker train at the very cute end-of-the line station looking as travel weary as I am sure I had the night before. We all watched a bit of the Olympics on telly and headed to bed. Everyone else arrives tomorrow – let’s hope the lovely weather holds for our annual barbecue on the beach tomorrow night.