take me to the beach- jones beach

I've been in the city since January and had yet to leave the 5 boroughs until this past weekend. With the warm weather here I have been itching for some open space and water. On Saturday DPM and I sat out to find just that- some wide open stretches of sand and some cool Atlantic water to splash around in.

Well we found a beach. Just not exactly what we were expecting. By recommendation we headed out of the city on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) bound for Freeport. Once in Freeport we boarded a city bus for Jones Beach. The entire trip was about 1 1/2 hours.

The beach was huge, packed, and well packed. The beach seemed really really big but maybe my estimation was off because all I could really see were people and umbrellas. We did finally make it to the water after fighting our way through the crowds.

There seemed to be a extra large crowd at the beach on Sunday because of an air show being put on by the army and blue angels. Once the show was over most of the people left and we were able to sit, read, and enjoy the nice warm sand.

jones beach
the air show
enjoying some peace and quiet