Montauk in the Hamptons, New York, USA. It’s a coastal resort at the Eastern end of Long Island near New York City.
We first went to the wrong car park at Camp Hero in Montauk, but we didn’t know it. In front of us was a bluff with a warning to keep back 25 feet as it was undermined. To our east was the Montauk Point Lighthouse and to the west at the top of the hill […]
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Where the glaciers once stopped are ocean bluffs in a place called Shadmoor. Near Montauk. A nature preserve named after the Shadbush. In 1898 over 21,000 soldiers were brought to Camp Wikoff – which was part of this land – to prevent the spread of yellow fever and tropical diseases at the end of the Spanish-American War. Now there’s a running
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In the summer beach towels and lifeguards are spread along the Atlantic beaches in the Hamptons. Swimmers and sunbathers arrive due to the allure of wide beaches with pristine sands. It’s the high season. But from mid-May to mid-September you can go for a walk along these shores and find you’re the only person on the beach
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Imagine sand like a slow motion tsunami covering whole forests and wetlands. Instead of protecting land, dunes moving inland at about 3 1/2 feet a year. At places reaching 80 feet high. Welcome to The Walking Dunes in Hither Hills State Park in Montauk, NY. Northwest winds for over 100 years or more have been blowing sand from
The arrival of winter meant we could take our children to the seal haul out site in Montauk. When my daughter asked if she could pet them and my son said he’d bring a ball for a seal to play on its nose, I knew it was time for them to observe seals in their natural
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So this is the story of a pony ride that never happened. Although it ended in a bump. It was meant to be a special treat for my daughter. A gesture of horror – or was it disdain? – greeted me when I suggested to her twin brother that he could come along for a
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