Today I broke a promise to myself and rode to Point Lookout. It's not that I have anything against PL or the ride; i just figured traffic would be heavy on the way to the beach on a warm, sunny Father's Day.
Well, there was some traffic going over the bridges from Broad Channel to the Rockaways and Rockaway Beach to Atlantic Beach. But it wasn't as bad as I expected. I guess people had backyard barbeques (I saw a fair number of those) or celebrated in other ways.
It's interesting to see couples , usually middle-aged or older, who raised kids who've moved out. I guess once a parent, always a parent. I often see such couples on Mother's Day as well: On that day or Father's Day, it's common for one spouse to take the other out for lunch or dinner.
I wondered if one such couple was at Point Lookout when I got there:
For a moment, I didn't see anyone else, let alone a couple who might've worn those shoes. Could they have wandered out into the water only to for one of them to have a heart attack, or a memory lapse?
Fortunately, I saw them walking on a sandbar. No kid was anywhere in sight.
Well, there was some traffic going over the bridges from Broad Channel to the Rockaways and Rockaway Beach to Atlantic Beach. But it wasn't as bad as I expected. I guess people had backyard barbeques (I saw a fair number of those) or celebrated in other ways.
It's interesting to see couples , usually middle-aged or older, who raised kids who've moved out. I guess once a parent, always a parent. I often see such couples on Mother's Day as well: On that day or Father's Day, it's common for one spouse to take the other out for lunch or dinner.
I wondered if one such couple was at Point Lookout when I got there:
For a moment, I didn't see anyone else, let alone a couple who might've worn those shoes. Could they have wandered out into the water only to for one of them to have a heart attack, or a memory lapse?
Fortunately, I saw them walking on a sandbar. No kid was anywhere in sight.
