NYC Trip Continued

(a coal fired power plant, unfamiliar to Seattleites!)

Monday morning we awoke to a beautiful (non muggy) day. We decided to take the 1.5 hour ferry ride out to Long Island for some wine tasting! We spent a wonderful day exploring, drinking wine, and had a nice lunch out on the very tip of Long Island. Really, we ran out of road! It was a nice one-eighty from the dirt and heat of Manhattan. If you're ever out, be sure to visit Bhorgese Vineyards - they're one of the oldest vineyards on Long Island, and they make some great wines, especially an East Coast Pinot Noir! We bought some bottles to leave with Jim and Judy for when we return.

(Mom and Dad at Bidell Vineyards)

We also discovered the one thing that I think the Washington State Ferry system needs to pick up on - there was a bar on the ferry, and it was open during our return trip. Who cares if they know you're going to be driving afterwards? The other great thing about the ferry was that in typical Graves men tradition - we were behind schedule and running out of gas getting back to the ferry! Finally with the computer indicating that we only had about 20 miles left on the tank, and with about 15 minutes till the scheduled departure of the boat, I stopped for a couple of gallons of fuel...would we still make it? As we left the gas station, we ran into a back up of cars waiting to turn left. This was a good excuse to cut across the parking lot of a local business as we needed to make a right turn. Was I worried we weren't going to make it? No, but I wanted to give hope to the ladies...

(Beer? On the ferry? Awesome!)

After a few more risky turns and some heavy right foot, we made it down to the dock. And they weren't even boarding yet! Oh well, you can only push your luck so far.


We finished the day with a wonderful sunset and a beach barbeque with Jim and Judy. It was a nice relaxing day!