Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Wed 20 Jul 2011 17:19
40:52.75N
73:30.65W
Wednesday 20th
July
Distance run: 19
nmiles
Having stayed on the
free town mooring buoy for several days more than strictly permitted, we slipped
the mooring around lunchtime and headed out of the bay and north-east along
the north shore of Long Island to Oyster Bay. There was very little wind
and so we motored all the way, but it was good to get out and make some wind, as
the weather was oppressively hot. Record temperatures for this time of
year -why are we not surprised?
Oyster Bay is where
Theodore Roosevelt had his home, and we went to visit the house,which has been
kept just as it was when the family lived there.
Teddy
Roosevelt's house at Sagamore
Hill.
Relaxing on Teddy Roosevelt's porch.
We also
visited some other historical sites in Oyster Bay, one of which had a
British red jacket from the War of
Independence.
A British red
jacket.
The north shore of
Long Island is where all the moneyed people live, and the houses we passed were
enormous. Apparently Billy Joel and Rupert Murdoch have houses here in
Oyster Bay, though Murdoch wouldn't have been at home as he was busy answering
questions back in the UK! Oyster Bay is a quaint little town, very smart
and well-kept. Billy Joel apparently owns the classic motorbike shop here,
but although we looked longingly through the window, the staff were not about to
open upand let us in. Apparently famous people can keep their own
hours. When we mentioned it to the taxi driver, she was not very
complimentary about him! The local deli owner told us there is little
to do there and you really need a car to get out of town if you want to do
anything,or even just go to a supermarket. We enjoyed a relaxing couple of days
here after the hustle and bustle of the big city.