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May 30 boat ride photos June 10, 2022

Posted by Mike C. in Aviation, Boating, Personal, Photography, Travel.
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For those that aren’t connected with me on Facebook, I went on a long sightseeing ride on my dad Bill’s boat on Memorial Day afternoon.

My family and I took boat rides often when I was in my teens and early 20s, but I didn’t go on as often in subsequent years and hadn’t gone at all since my mid 20s. It’s been so long that the boat was docked at Al Grovers High & Dry Marina on South Main Street in Freeport rather than behind what was then Ehrhart’s and Ehrhart’s Clam House on Woodcleft Avenue.

Either way, the passengers aboard the boat were me, Bill, my mom Lisa, sister Lauren, aunt Robin, and Robin’s husband Allen. They were visiting from South Florida for a couple of days.

We arrived at Al Grovers just after 4:00 and left the dock within a few minutes.

Before I get to the main boat ride photos, here are all the planespotting ones:

  • CV4357 (Cargolux) from HKG (Hong Kong International Airport) to ANC (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) with stopover at JFK, B74N (LX-VCD), Landed at JFK 4:48 PM, Departed for ANC 11:09 PM, Landed at ANC 4:48 AM (10:48 AM ET)
  • AZ3301 (ITA Airways, Operated by Delta Air Lines 667) to SLC (Salt Lake City International Airport), B73J (N876DN), Took off from JFK 4:48 PM, Landed at SLC 7:06 PM (9:06 PM ET)
  • LY8734 (El Al, Operated by Operated by JetBlue Airways 669) to SJC (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport), A320 (N658JB), Departed JFK 4:51 PM, Landed at SJC 8:26 PM (11:26 PM ET)
  • DL182 (Delta Air Lines) to FCO (Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome), B76W (N176DZ), Took off from JFK 5:04 PM, Landed at FCO 6:59 AM (12:59 AM ET)
  • DE2017 (Condor) to FRA (Frankfurt Airport), B76W (D-ABUD), Took off from JFK 5:06 PM, Landed at FRA 6:07 AM (12:07 AM ET)
  • AF23 (Air France) to CDG (Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris), B77W (F-GSQL), Took off from JFK 5:04 PM, Landed at CDG 5:50 AM (11:50 PM ET)
  • Here, the Air France plane was low enough to see the tail number.
  • B689 (JetBlue Airways) to SAN (San Diego International Airport), A32B (N989JT), Took off from JFK 5:14 PM, Landed at SAN 7:47 PM (10:47 PM ET)
  • IB6250 (Iberia) to MAD (Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport), A333 (EC-MAA), Took off from JFK 5:21 PM, Landed at MAD 6:16 AM (12:16 AM ET)
  • AA66 (American Airlines) to BCN (Barcelona-El Prat Airport), B772 (N785AN), Took off from JFK 5:26 PM, Landed at BCN 6:29 AM (12:29 AM ET)
  • DL202 (Delta Air Lines) to ATH (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Athens), A333 (N809NW), Took off from JFK 5:46 PM, Landed at ATH 9:55 AM (2:55 AM ET)
  • MU588 (China Eastern Airlines) to FOC (Changle International Airport, Fuzhou), B77W (B-2005), Took off from JFK 5:56 PM, Landed at FOC 9:16 PM (9:16 AM ET)
  • MS986 (EgyptAir) to CAI (Cairo International Airport), B77W (SU-GDO), Took off from JFK 5:57 PM, Landed at CAI 9:52 AM (3:52 AM ET)
  • I attempted to identify all the commercial aircraft for this post (and Facebook) on last Thursday evening, but gave up before I could identify these last four. You try matching take off time with the time of the photo. If only flight tracking websites considered take off time as departure time rather than the time a plane leaves the gate.
  • I didn’t bother at all with the helicopters.

Now, the main event. This first photo was taken just as Dad started the engines:

  • Meadowbrook State Parkway
  • Cow Meadow Park
  • I took many photos from this perspective.
  • A closer look at Cow Meadow. This is the spot where I stood 11 years ago during a walk. It was one of the days I stayed at a family friend’s house following Tropical Storm Irene which knocked out power at my house in Wantagh. You can read about that experience here.
  • The Freeport water tower
  • The plane was too far away to identify. Besides that, I racked my brain trying to figure out where this was. With the help of Google Maps, I finally determined that it’s the corner of Hudson Avenue and Howard Avenue with The Anchorage on the left end.
  • The other Freeport water tower
  • The WGBB transmitter
  • The southern tip of Woodcleft Avenue
  • I’d get a better view of the Jones Beach water tower on the way back.
  • I’d get a better view of this Loop Parkway bridge on the way back, as well, but here, you can make out Jones Beach Theater.
  • Oceanside landfill
  • Another plane approaching JFK runway 22L; One World Trade Center is visible on the left
  • Bertha Drive in Baldwin Harbor
  • The Golf Club at Middle Bay
  • Huge waves! Thankfully, the wake from the passing boat didn’t affect my phone or camera. They were only slightly sprayed. Good thing I had lens wipes and a paper towel sheet.
  • A closer look at the landfill
  • Oceanside Park
  • The north end of Long Beach…
  • Looking north at Island Park Barnum Island
  • Long Beach Bridge
  • An LIRR train heading north on the Reynolds Channel Bascule Bridge
  • Going under…
  • No cars drove over heading this way.
  • A closer look at the train bridge
  • Pop’s Seafood Shack & Grill in Island Park
  • The last car…
  • One last look at the train bridge as we turn back for Al Grovers
  • Back under the Long Beach Bridge…
  • A car!
  • Looking back, I saw the train bridge was up.
  • Long Beach High School
  • Lido Golf Club in Lido Beach
  • Another look at the golf club
  • A glimpse of Lido Boulevard
  • Nassau University Medical Center (also visible in some photos before this one)
  • The bridge before Loop Parkway’s western terminus
  • Point Lookout…
  • Fisherman’s Catch
  • The eastern tip of Point Lookout
  • Loop Parkway’s eastern terminus
  • Another look at Point Lookout’s eastern tip
  • Jones Bay Bridge on Meadowbrook Parkway
  • Coast Guard station
  • A clear view of the Jones Beach water tower
  • Crossing Loop Parkway…
  • Cars!
  • Fundy Channel bridge
  • A clear shot (cropped like the planespotting) of Meadowbrook Exit M9E (the M10 photo was also cropped)
  • Cow Meadow Park again
  • Another clear shot of a Meadowbrook sign
  • Closer and clearer…
  • And M9W!
  • Freeport Industrial Park
  • Almost there…
  • Back at Al Grovers!

Left at 4:04, returned at 6:57. That’s nearly a three-hour tour, but with better results than the SS Minnow.

I hope you enjoyed experiencing my boat ride through photos. Tomorrow, I go into the WCWP Hall of Fame. A photo and video recap will be up next Friday.