Today the Bay threw in a little bit of everything, starting out this morning with white caps and a cold wind, but by 3:30 p.m. as low tide showed up the water had calmed significantly. I went for the mile hike from my beach to 'the big rock" located somewhere between Crane Neck and Old Field lighthouse. I don't know if the rock has an official name but it's known as the Big Rock at my house. It looks its best bathed in the low light of a sunset and it's orange and gold hues sparkle. It's like a giant crystal left behind by a glacier (before my time) and it can be seen from miles away. I read that way back an Irish resident of Old Field had painted a giant Shamrock on it, but that has since been covered up with paint. I would send that guy out there with a toothbrush and some paint remover if it were up to me. On the walk there the beach changes into something resembling Montauk Point more than the North Shore with lots of large boulders. This is where the seals hang out in the winter months and I have been lucky enough to see them several times. On the return trip the setting sun and the almost-full moon shared the sky for a while, the moon in the east and sun in the west (that's left of the LIPA plant, isn't that poetic?)
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