#skywatchfriday A day at the beach

Now that I live in the same zip code as Jones Beach, it's much easier to get down there for a few hours. I just get onto the Wantagh Parkway, head south, and ten minutes later...sun and sand.

So I headed that way Saturday.  Almost didn't make it.  There was a box turtle on the entrance ramp to the parkway.  Why would a box turtle want to crawl around on the highway anyhow?  Luckily I didn't hit the poor thing. Can you image the damage I would have done to my car if I'd hit it?  Not to mention, the damage to the turtle...

Anyhow, it was another glorious day at the beach.

I saw something interesting, a small  plane  carrying a banner.  I couldn't get my phone out fast enough to get him over the water, but when he circled back over the water tower, I was ready.

You can't really see what's written on the banner...it was a salute to the New York Islanders, our favorite hockey team... there was a playoff game that night.

As I was  walking back to my car I noticed two cars, parked side by side, each with diplomatic license plates.  I'm used to seeing such plates in NYC, of course, but at the beach?   I thought about taking pictures of the cars...but then, I thought that if the diplomats were Russian or Chinese or North Korean something like that, taking a photo might not be in my best interest ...

Anyhow, it was a delightful morning, the first of many that will happen this summer...

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