Long Island Sights - A through L
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I am a Long Island native, and there is plenty to do here. In this context, by Long Island I am referring not to the geographical fish-shaped
island of Long Isand, but rather Nassau and Suffolk Counties, i.e. not Brooklyn and Queens (New York City).
Jump alphabetically:
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D E F
G H I
J K L
M N O
P Q R
S T U
V W X Y Z
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American Airpower Museum (Farmingdale)
8/25/2006
The museum sign
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Republic F-105 Thunderchief
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Me in a war scene
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North American P51 Mustang
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Curtiss P40 Warhawk ...
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... with classic nose
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Great wartime diorama ...
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... with monster me
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Kim and Mom check out a display
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Me hanging in an aircraft ...
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... while Mom looks out
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Arthur Kunz County Park (Smithtown)
8/28/2022
The park sign
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Me where we parked ...
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... with Mom at the trail
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Me and Mom on the Greenbelt
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Almost at our destination ...
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... the Nissequogue
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Nice panorama of the River
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Looking downstream ...
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... and upstream
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Small crab, huge claw
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Snack time on a handy bench
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Bailey Arboretum (Locust Valley)
9/11/2021
The site sign ...
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... and trail map
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Cool looking trunks ...
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... and branches
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This trail has an issue
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Pretty green-covered pond
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Me on the dam
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Info about Turtle Island
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Us on the island ...
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... and Mom relaxing
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Can you see the turtle?
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There it is
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A rescue bird
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Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park (Great River)
Bethpage State Park
Blydenburgh County Park (Smithtown)
6/10/2022
The park sign
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1860 Farm Cottage
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title
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1802 Miller House
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New Mill Pond
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1798 Mill
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Our location on a phone map
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... over the dam ...
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From New Mill Pond ...
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... to the Nissequogue River
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Us on the Greenbelt
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Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton)
8/5/1990
Me and a new buddy
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Mom and Maureen research
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Creating human power
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Trying for infinite tunnel
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C (top)
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Caumsett State Park
Clark Botanic Gardens (Albertson)
8/26/1995
Me on a little bridge ...
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... while Maureen enjoys a snack
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One little visitor
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Cold Spring Harbor State Park
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium
8/20/1995
Fish feeding time
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This log is getting crowded
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Connetquot River State Park
Cordwood Park (St. James)
7/31/2022
The park sign ...
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... and info
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Nice panorama at the shore
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Me and Mom
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Lots of stuff on the beach ..
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... including snails
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A lonely egret
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Nice little area to hang out ...
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... for Mom and me ...
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... to have a snack
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Cradle of Aviation Museum (Garden City)
6/9/1990
Model airplane show ...
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... at the Museum
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Stuff from our past
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Maureen and me by LEM
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Model rockets outside
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8/22/2009 Drove to Cradle of Aviation Museum at Mitchell Field. Very nice exhibits on old days, Grumman and other LI companies,
etc. Saw good IMAX film “Under the Sea” and had sandwich lunch in the cafe.
Nice panorama of the entrance, with Mom and Kim
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100 years!
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Old hangers
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1958 aerial view
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Me flying the Wright Flyer
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Mom learning about guns
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Nice skeleton presentation
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Same hanger during the war
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Spirit of St. Louis
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Grumman F-11A Tiger
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TWA cabin - Mom and Kim ...
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... and me
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Grumman Moon Lander
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Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve (Riverhead)
6/27/2021
The preserve sign
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Sweezy Pond ...
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... looking a little boggish
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Me and Mom
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A convenient little bridge
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A longer boardwalk/bridge ...
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... with Mom
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The river ...
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... with water lillies
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An old road for bog access
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Cutchogue Village Green (Cutchogue)
10/23/2010 ... drove with the family to Cutchogue and the Old House NHL on
the Cutchogue Village Green. We checked out the 1649 house, known as one of the most distinguished surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America.
After photoing that and the other historic houses on the green ...
The site sign
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The 1649 Old House NHL ...
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... and us
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1840 Schoolhouse
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1700s Wickham Farmhouse
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1865 Red Barn
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D (top)
David Weld Sanctuary (Nissequogue)
7/10/2022
The park sign
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Mom's heading down the trail
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Lots of info
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Easy path and a fellow hiker
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Heading back the other way
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Interesting-looking water ...
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... with Mom and me
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App says we've arrived ...
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... at the viewpoint near the Sound
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Me ...
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... Mom ...
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... and both at the viewpoint
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Looking east ...
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... and west
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Mom stays at the viewpoint ...
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... while I check out the beach
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Again looking east ...
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... and west
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Me on the beach
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Downs Farm Preserve (Cutchogue)
7/31/2013 Stopped at Downs Farm Preserve in Cutchogue. This area protects woodland and wetland habitat and also provides education on the
Corchaug Indians as it encompasses Fort Corchaug Archeological Site NHL. This is an archaeological site showing evidence of 17th century contact between Native
Americans and Europeans, the Fort itself being a log fort built by Native Americans. We had a quick picnic snack, then walked around the main loop trail through
the woods. There wasn’t all that much to see, although it was pleasant. We could see Down’s Creek and into the lake beyond. We did come across the skeleton of a
tee-pee used for education talks, and passed along one of the area vineyards.
The site sign
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Me at the NHL plaque
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Pretty woods trail ...
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... and a look near the water
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Mom hanging out ...
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... and me by the tee-pee
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Local flora and fauna
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F (top)
Fire Fighter National Historic Landmark (Greenport)
4/27/2013 Drove through the north fork villages and vineyards out to Greenport and parked near the docks. A short walk brought us
to the Fire Fighter NHL, recently moved from Staten Island and previously listed by us as “can’t visit”. Fire Fighter is a fireboat serving the FDNY;
the most powerful diesel-electric fireboat when built in 1938 she has fought more than 50 fires, including pumping water from the Hudson River into
Ground Zero on 9/11. We were pleasantly surprised on how much access we had, being able to wander all over the boat from down in the impressive engine
room to up on the top deck with all the pumps and sprayers.
Nice shot of the NHL
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The family at the dock
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We photo Kim ...
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... and she us
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Fire fighting equipment
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Ken at the helm ...
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And me on comms
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Big engine
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More fire fighting stuff
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Fire Island National Seashore
First Presbyterian Church National Historic Landmark (Sag Harbor)
8/16/2012 Traffic not bad early in the day, and we first stopped at the First Presbyterian Church NHL in Sag Harbor.
Also known as Old Whaler's Church, this is an historic and architecturally notable Presbyterian church built in 1844 in the Egyptian Revival
style, although original steeple was destroyed by the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. We got a little lucky here in that the church
was open and we met a guy who was working there, who gave us a little tour and told stories about the church. He told us about repairs on
the steeple that resulted in it not being secured to the church (other than by sheer weight), perhaps contributing to the loss.
A view from the front ...
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... and with the graveyard
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Nice view down the aisle
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See me in the mirror?
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What the steeple looked like
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Mom down below
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Fort Massapeag Archeological Site National Historic Landmark (Massapequa)
8/2/2013 Headed a few minutes southwest to Fort Massapeag Archaeological Site NHL in Massapequa. This is the location of a mid-1600s
fort used during the period when the Massapeag Indians first encountered the Europeans. Today nothing is left but a slightly rolling roughly quarter acre
square lot with a commemorative sign. We took a few photos, Googled the site to learn the little we could, and that was it.
Ken and me onsite at the NHL ...
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... and some info on the sign
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Garvies Point Museum and Preserve (Glen Cove)
5/14/2021
The site sign ...
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... and our trail sign
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A look from the trail to the beach
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Mom hanging on the stairs
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A nice panorama ...
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... and a little closer
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Details of the north shore beach
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Me on the stairs
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H (top)
Hallock State Park Preserve
Hallockville Museum Farm (Riverhead)
7/23/2021 Took some time on a beautiful Friday for an outing. Mom came over at 8:30 and we headed past Riverhead to Northville
to the Hallockville Museum Farm. We parked and had a morning snack in the car, then did our tour. The place (free for outside touring) is set up really well.
Their story- “Hallockville Museum Farm was created to preserve and interpret the history of farming on the North Fork of Long Island. The Museum got
its start with the preservation of the Hallock Homestead. The original portion of the homestead was built in 1765 by Ruben Brown. Ezra Hallock bought
the farm and lived in the house sometime after the Revolution. In 1801, Ezra sold the sixty-acre farm and buildings to his brother Captain Zachariah
Hallock (1749-1820) for his son Zachariah Hallock 2nd (1776-1854). Zachariah 2nd was married in 1800 and he and his descendants lived in the homestead
until 1979 when his great-granddaughter Ella Hallock moved out at age 95 to a nursing home in Riverhead where she died at the age of 100 in 1985.”
We walked around the old buildings (dwellings, barns, etc.) on a path defined by a series of panels. On each panel, there was a context photo from
the period of the farm, some text, and a bar code for the phone. These linked to web pages that had an audio presentation by actors playing the roles
of family and others from the farm. We were very impressed and learned a lot.
The site sign ...
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... and NYS sign
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Hudson-Sydlowski House ...
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... 1840, and as it is today
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Pasture area ...
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... but likely not the cow in the photo
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1765 Hallock Homestead
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A view of the front ...
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... the inside ...
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... and Mom on the porch
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The kitchen end then ...
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... and now
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The house again, with garden
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Nice barn details
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Another Hallock house then ...
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... and now
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Me in the farmyard area
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Heckscher State Park
Hither Hills State Park
J (top)
Jackson Pollock House National Historic Landmark (East Hampton)
8/16/2012 On the road again back to the north part of East Hampton and the Jackson Pollock House NHL. The artist and
his wife Lee Krasner moved to the wood-frame house in 1945, and he started using the nearby barn as his studio in 1946. We first toured the
house, which served as the original studio for Pollock and then Krasner, and had many artworks throughout to enjoy. We then went over to the
barn, where we put on little foam slippers and were able to walk around the large interior on the original paint-covered plan floors covered
in paint from Pollock’s unusual style of painting.
Me in front of the house
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Krasner's materials
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Pollack painting away ...
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... on this floor
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My own little JP
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Jones Beach State Park
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Lakeland County Park (Islandia)
5/30/2022
The park sign
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Mom on the nice boardwalk
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Interesting-looking water
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On the boardwalk with Greenbelt blaze
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Headwaters of the Connetquot River
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Many flowers here
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One moe on the boardwalk
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Honeysuckle Pond ...
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... with Geese
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Us and the geese ...
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... and snapping turtle
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A view from the other platform
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Long Island Aquarium (Riverhead)
7/1/2004 [visited as Atlantis Marine World]
The attraction sign ...
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... and fun entrance
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Nice outside nature walk
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Some land guys
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Mammal ...
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... and fishes ...
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... on the reef
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Long Island Maritime Museum (West Sayville)
4/29/2012 What would a birthday celebration for Ken be without NHLs? The family met at my house and we immediately headed out
to the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville on a really beautiful, cool spring afternoon. In the museum building we got a longer-than-desired
history talk by the museum guy, then looked at the exhibits on boat-building, sea rescues and other things of local interest. We then headed outside
for the real destination – NHLs. First was the Rudolph Oyster House. This small, simple building is typical of the many oyster culling houses which
once lined the Great South Bay waterfront, providing work for hundreds of predominantly Dutch immigrant local residents. We checked out the nice
exhibits inside, seeing piles of oyster shells and the tools of the trade. Back outside at dockside we found the recently restored Priscilla NHL.
From 1888 to 1963, the classic oyster dredging sloop Priscilla was owned and operated by several oystermen from Connecticut and New York, successful
because she could dredge well in both light and heavy winds. After a few photos we walked over to a very large building which housed numerous small
and midsized boats of all types, power and sail. One interesting boat was a very small (two man) but fully functional square-rigged boat, used for
training and having a gazillion sheets. Not something for Ken and Bill in the Nissequogue! Our last quest was for the Modesty NHL. Modesty is a
gaff-rigged oyster sloop built in 1923, modeled after a catboat believed to be the last sailing scallop dredger built on Long Island. We knew she
was out of the water, undergoing restoration. We found her crowded into the building next to the Oyster House. As the building was not open, we
peered into the windows around all the mess inside, and took the best photos possible.
The site sign ...
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... and museum building
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Nice rescue display
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Fun with displays - Ken, ...
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... Mom, ...
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... me, ...
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... and Terry
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Rudolph Oyster House NHL
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Ken photos the NHL plaque
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The Oyster House in the day
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Info on Pricilla NHL ...
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... and the dredging sloop
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The family at the docks
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Where we found ...
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... Modesty NHL
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Long Island Museum (Stony Brook)
7/15/2022
The museum sign
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One outdoor sculpture ...
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... and another ...
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... and another
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Someone's watching ...
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The famous ...
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crocheted trees
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1867 Wells Fargo Coach
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1871 Coupe Rockaway
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1875-1885 Chariot D’Orsay ...
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... with beautiful detail
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Grace Darling 1860s-1904 livery service
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1885-1895 Bronson Outing Wagon
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1870-1880 Parade Hose Carriage
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Looking over one of the main areas
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Waiting at Stony Brook Station
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1873 Steam Pumper
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1866 Concord Coach
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The gardens and grounds
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Nassakeag Schoolhouse outside ...
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... and inside
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Carriage Museum and Blacksmith Shop
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Mom at the fountain/horse trough
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Me inside ...
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... the blacksmith shop
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1867 Smith Carriage Shed
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1794 Ploch-Williamson Barn
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A few views ...
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... of the barn inside
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Confirming the date!
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1796 Smith-Rudyard Burial Ground
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Art Museum
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The main gallery
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Nina Mount - Mount House From Road ...
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1947 Lee Krasner "Shattered Color"
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1998 Pat Ralph "Heading West"
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Brookhaven Nat'l Labs exhibit
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1952-1966 Cosmotron slice
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Big footprint
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Early medical scanner
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A view today
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Some LI/BNL humor
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Coronavirus 3-D model
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