They were not dressed. Bathing suit with tongs could be considered official clothing. Without them, this could be considered unofficial. But what they wore was much more varied than a bottle of water in the trunk, which was actually too heavy to carry, and there was a “load”. This required both early check-in and payment of additional fees - if it was a departure, on which cargo could be transported at all.
Destination was serious around the world. In fact, I almost felt that I could reach out and touch her in the water. But he was removed and isolated in his own right — almost in another world.
Ship I, along with dozens of others, sat on a sandbox next to the Brookhaven City Park of Recreation on Brightwood Street in Patchog, was also smaller than a luxury liner. After the baptism of M / V Kiki for many years, if not decades ago, and managed by the shipping company Davis Park, it stretched 70.7 feet, supplanted 46.55 tons of tons, distributed two decks (the upper part was open) and accommodated a maximum of 277 passengers or four more if crew members were included.
The bathroom consists of a 20-minute "hold" during the duration of the journey from one island (Long) to another (Fire).
Passengers continued to filter through their hatch, as if they were feeding the boat's insatiable appetite: parents, children, grandparents, college students, dogs. If they had two or four legs, the goal was the same - to bridge the gap with the Fire Island. It was not a cool cruise. It was a necessity - the main transport - and the only planned public funds for the round trip.
“There” was a pleasure, escape and, paradoxically, home, at least for most of them in the summer season. What is most unnecessary is the escape home. It was different.
Davis Park Steam Company offered up to a dozen round trips on summer weekends to their destination. If you are not long islanders, you will be denied that you have not heard of this often served community.
Gradually separating from the docking station on crystal blue, 80-degree, at the end of August, amid a crushing protest from its engine, M / V Kiki made his way to the last few peaks of the canal, a comparative gemon next to tiny boats in the opposite direction.
Beaten in a drainage stream and dull in the deer blue of the Great Southern Bay with a bow, he was not opposed to many sailing boats that fanned the sails and small tracks, pointed more to the water ballet than to the baton.
On the horizon, on the ferry, a thin line was installed, as if painted with a dark green felt tip.
It seemed very exotic, but certainly evoked memories.
“Combining the excitement and drama of fire with serenity, isolation and the secret of the island, the term suggests three ancient elements: fire, earth and water,” according to Madeline C. Johnson in her book, Fire Island: 1650s-1980s (Shoreland Press, 1983, p. 1). "In two short, memorable words, he evokes powerful, often opposing sights, represented by a barrier beach."
The fiery island, created by currents carrying erosional glacial deposits, is in itself something static but wind, waves and weather continually mold and reconstruct this narrow ribbon of sand and scrub, as if it were a chain of clay. However, its fragility is more noticeable than air than water.
"View from the air," according to the National Park Service, "The island of fire looks fragile and isolated." Atlantic waves hit the white beach, dunes, opened inlets and threatened to destroy it. “This barrier is a steady island. The beaches are blurred by winter storms produced by the sand returning from the sea sandbanks.
Today's short journey was, to some extent, about two centuries in the making. Although at present it is primarily a place for summer holidays and a domicile with a skeleton population that clings to its shores during the remaining year, residents until the 1850s seriously changed the list of debutants. Indians, pirates and ghosts, creating temporary, and sometimes more permanent manifestations, were considered frightening or completely dangerous.
Tourists, of course, did not rush to book rooms there. Then, again, there was no one to book until David Samms bought 120 acres of pasture east of Light Station on Fire Island in 1855 and built a stretched Surf hotel complex with 1,500 rooms on it, aiming to set the barrier island as one of the Atlantic Coast, luxurious attractive resorts.
Of course, access to it was as mandatory as the sand and sea that characterized it, prompting the inclusion of the first ferry service to Great South Bay, operated by a steam boat, Bonita or “beautiful” in Spanish, it was - and the trolleybus line from the station Babylon to the pier, from which she departed. Sammis had to think about everything, and from the point of view of access to the air, the Wright brothers were half a century too late.
Enjoying the pinnacle of his success between the 1860s and the 1880s, he attracted the attention of people who began to gather small summer communities.
The island of fire is the most fundamental conflict man against nature or nature against man, depending on what is in the first place and which can be considered a more perfect criminal. This is contradictory. It extracts and pushes away - in the first case - a man, and the second - the sea.
It provides a balance between sea and sand. It protects and harms, in the latter case, if residents are present during the chase for the weather.
This balance of balance depends on the elements. While the Ocean Parkway trans-barrier island, proposed by Robert Moses in 1927, would improve access to him and through him, facilitating day-trip travel and returning to the mainland world on the same day, his very protective status would undoubtedly lead to his impulse, wind and hurricane, the route itself, representing the unbroken symbiosis of man and nature, would darken its aesthetics, destroying the isolated nature that defined it. For this reason, it is often called the “treasure”.
Under the influence of Moses, they tried to introduce pollution over the population and thus weakened its already inherent fragility, President Johnson signed the 1964 bill, creating a 32-mile National Coast of the Sea of Fire between Robert Moses State and Smith Point County Parks, located respectively west and east, with a federally protected zone between them in order to preserve its natural beauty and disrupt any degree of excess infrastructure.
The development of already existing communities that have already created guidelines and restrictions may continue on a limited basis. With the exception of the extreme borderline ladies, the ferry ride I took advantage of today was the only scheduled access.
It is unlikely that the young concern itself, the Parisian company "Davis Park" was founded in 1947 and has since been "forwarded".
Projecting white, avalanche-like ridges from the sides, M / V Kiki dullly bowed to the high other deep blue bay of the Great South Bay, at times, it seems, cracking the sun-sparkling crystal-like wave peaks, now parallel but ahead of aerodynamic boats.
Previously, speed is faster gaining a goal, but less than it gives more travels to enjoy until it happens, that is, a person can either come to Mourning, or to the coast, to contemplate. In any case, David Park was approaching, the easternmost of the 20 communities of fire islands and a mile and a half from the nearest neighbor, or maybe I was approaching it. Even here, in terms of revised perception.
June 8, 1945, when Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, and the first structure of the historic community landed on the beaches of Davis Park. Transplanting from Blue Point, Long Island, the restaurant was relocated by tug and barge across the Great South Bay, literally putting the city on the map of Fire Island and the building on its banks.
Having taken root near the harbor, the grocery store-sperm-snack was the first of its kind on this stretch of sand.
Civilization, if such a single object can be labeled in this way, concludes civilization, but not immediately. Despite its status as an outpost and a final victory in overcoming the shortage of electricity and drinking water, initially it was unable to overcome the shortage of customers. They were few and far apart, sporadically disembarking from comfortable sailing boats moored at a stretch of sand, until the city of Brookhaven built a docking machine with an open pile for a motorized variety on the ground donated by the Davis brothers from Patchog.
The fight against fiery island storms and winds can cause people to lose a pound or two, but they equally caused the original Casino Café, losing a deck or two in 1962. Enlarged, it was moved east.
Build it, and they will come, they say, and they did with the steam, each of which fed the other. Today I was part of this “food supply.”
Closing the gap after the 20-minute sprint, M / V Kiki witnessed the line marking the island expanding into civilization, short boat tracks ahead, serving as sister thresholds to the harbor-tracks, if you like, to follow.
Flows through the green buoys defining the landing canal, the ferry reduced speed, its bow and engine instantly fell, and the wind, wiping the upper deck, was reduced only to a stroke.
The line of mooring yachts and yachts, under the supervision of their dock towers, indicated that the ferry was almost sod-water, although it was a sea magnet that pulled him to the place of his appearance and gave him a sense of belonging, since now he is gently slipped in their families and relatives.
If he could speak, he would shout: “Ma, I'm at home!”
Speaking with rows of white, sun-shaded fiberglass hulls with ginger and rudder movements, he slowly turned 180 degrees, positioning him to return to Pathog and Long Island.
Mooring lines, such as outstretched hands, were thrown into the dock, and when they were caught and secured, they could declare: "I got you, and now send me exhausted."
And when the hatch was open, it was so. The island of fire may have been slim, but the land was. He supported life. And we were part of it.
The step on the dock, among the disembarkation crowd, was confirmed by my transport, short, although it was in another world, and my nose, not my eyes, confirmed this. Sweet suntan lotion filled the atmosphere, as if he had driven an invisible olfactory air waves. It was the sun, sand, sea and swimming, and the bathing suit, created by every size, shape and age, this time gave me eyes.
Davis Park is the collective name for a solid community trio.
Slowly digging people from the mainland in 1948, when he opened the trans-Great South Bay service, the ferry was transported by daytime tourists. In the 1950s and 1960s, when houses grew in the 1950s and 1960s, moving eastward, despite being a quick snail step, shifted the border from Davis Park in the west to the recently named Ocean Ridge's settlements in the east, Although he basically considered himself a separate companion, his communion with her sibling was useful for the stores and services she shared in the third section called Leja Beach.
As a self-sustaining collection of the community, she retained the original electricity shortage in Phie Island, becoming the last to soften modern utility, as she tried to create a sense of freedom and escape. Perhaps demonstrating the fact that what you lack, if you do not find inside, the spirit of this consideration, which separates the outpost from other clans of the Fiery Island, was expressed through social social interactions.
However, this spirit took some time to perfect.
"Davis Park has long been a prime example for young singles," Johnson wrote in Fire Island: 1650s-1980s (Shoreland Press, 1983, p. 138). "The resort is characterized by friendliness, permissiveness and chance, but this has changed."
From the early social interaction, called the “sixth”, in which the prisoners and the bottle gathered in different places, its composition, as predicted, changed and eventually succeeded in this.
"It seems that there are organizations around which a mature summer family colony can develop," Johnson continued. Fire Island: 1650s-1980s (Shoreland Press, 1983, p. 138). "Most likely, the public facilities provided by Brookhaven will continue to attract daytime tourists who will keep Davis Park ... forever young."
My own stay was proof of this prediction.
Although a person would be forgiven for attributing the “all dunes are similar” axiom in this tripartite community, they will soon realize that they have their own topographical differences. For example, Davis Park is a shrub with thick and abundant pine, while Ocean Bridge is flatter, and Leia Beach offers joint commercial aspects for both. Finally, a marina with electric hooks and slips on 250 boats can be considered fourth, water in nature, although it may be. However, these ships serve as permanent, albeit moving houses for many.
The docking station reached the Trustee walk, a cross boardwalk that stretched from the Great South Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, the local version of the Long Island highway for showers and soles — man and shoes.
If the ferry disembarking passengers disembarks with a reasonable amount of baggage and provisions - and how else could they get them here? -The number of wheels, as in the car, eases the burden, breaks down and keeps within close to the main walk, and the passengers themselves serve as drivers. "Staples" may be a more accurate term here.
And while major ground-based lubebers can count on their daily breaks in hours, as they negotiate construction and battle during rush hour, they can be measured in minutes on this side of the water.
The first structure I encountered, on the right, is the post office Davis Park, almost a version of a doll house. And again, his tiny size was in fact a representative of this tiny community, and his working period was also not too long - July and August - or, again, it was commensurate with his first summer occupation.
Opened in 1956 as a boxless box, it allowed the light to pass through luxurious luxury, while the seating area surrounding the flower, to its left, provides a pleasant place for a person to read his mail or even a book, as the building doubles as a library lending. In fact, a handwritten sign on a box of books outside of it says: "Help yourself." Reading here is hourly entertainment and education.
Another of the community realities was evident by the fire department through the post office. In addition, it was founded in 1956, and he understood about 40 well-trained and supposed members of all volunteers, explaining: “Our houses are close to each other, built of wood and not near hard-surface roads. .
“Fire is a great disaster for the communities of Fire Island,” wrote Johnson in “Fire Island: 1650s-1980s "(Shoreland Press, 1983, p. 114)." ... A fresh wind from the ocean blows almost constantly, making the Great South Bay a good sailing area, but at the same time difficult to cope with fire. "
In addition to sand and water, everything is flammable here, and since the United States is just a paved-off barrier island, there are no traditional artillery fire engines that can use the race for fires.
With its disadvantage, in this case there are also doctors and kindergartens, in the manor pier, in the summer season, in the basic medical center in the Ocean Ridge.
A short walk leads to a different, inhuman life of the community, a living dune.
“The sand dune is constantly growing and changing,” according to its sign. “A bundle of coastal grass captures windy sand. Pushed by gentle breezes or strong gusts of wind, sandy grass is built higher and higher until a hill or dune is formed. The growing dune creates a natural wind where the hardy plants knit a patchwork of roots and take place in this desert setting. ”
The streets, as in most cities, form intersections and lead to more than 500 houses with a headrest that protect them from storms and raging waves caused by flooding. But here, of course, they are all varieties of curbs and, in some cases, serve as dead ends in the sand.
Ограничения скорости определяются тем, как быстро человек может путешествовать по ним в кроссовках, щипцах или босиком. Тогда, опять же, какова будет причина спешки? Это самая антитеза сообщества.
Музыка, казалось бы, живая, внезапно заполнила воздух, и вращение моей головы было всем, что было необходимо, чтобы найти происхождение. По иронии судьбы, это было источником всего сообщества Дэвиса-парка - поддерживаемого с пологом казино «Казино», а также одного из очень мало ресторанов и баров с полным набором услуг.
«В» и «вне» место - с его наружной палубой - было семенами, которые посадили сообщество вскоре после Второй мировой войны, и в 2015 году он отпраздновал свое 70-летие, что стало важной вехой в месте, где ветер, шторм и наводнение обещают завтра никому.
В то время как в своем меню с наличными деньгами были предложены закуски, салаты, блюда, бокалы и десерты, его живая группа обеспечила удачный остров, который волнует этот хвост в конце августа, как-то поиграл в часы. Сезон начинал срываться, по крайней мере, для большей части его летних жителей, и скоро тротуары вскоре должны были быть заброшены. (Здесь, конечно, проходы).
По окончанию Попечителей Прогулка - это конец Лонг-Айленда, Огненного острова и самой земли, отмеченной пляжем Дэвис-Парк на три четверти мили. Здесь нет часа пик. Вместо этого, это - то, где каждый мчится, чтобы отдохнуть, купаться солнцем и морским брызгом и солью. Большинство населения сообщества, столь же разнообразные, как бесконечное множество разноцветных зонтов, были здесь сегодня. На Лонг-Айленде люди пошли на работу. На Первом острове люди отправились на пляж. На Лонг-Айленде знаки гласят: «Пожалуйста, держитесь подальше от травы. На Острове Огня они читают:« Пожалуйста, держитесь подальше от дюн. "
На восточном перекрестке, если бы этот проект мог сочтет это уместным, был очень соответствующим образом назван «Прогулка по центру», ведущий к домам с наклонным барьером и возможность избежать земного света и погреться в вечном в Римско-Католической церкви из самой драгоценной крови.
Ядерное казино Café даже сыграло важную роль в его создании. Первоначальное, хотя и по воскресеньям, место поклонения, оно было преобразовано с использованием небольшого импровизированного алтаря и удобной маскировки бутылок с лимоном с тканью из ткани и во главе с жертвоприношениями из Патчога в воскресенье.
Приход наполнился более постоянными и уместными корнями, когда нынешняя церковь, построенная Хобби Миллером и отражающая тему острова Огня с китообразным зданием и деревенским деревянным интерьером, открыла свои двери в 1962 году. Ее 31 импортный, выдутый рот, окрашенный стеклянные окна, заменяющие оригинальные оргстекла во время ремонта 1998 года, однако, являются церковными.
«Потому что прихожане из Церкви« Предыдущая кровь »окружены элементами творения, Бытие является естественной темой для этой среды», согласно церкви. «Семь дней творения символически представлены, а не как запланированное общее событие, а как тот, который продолжает действовать в этом мире, в наше время и во все времена, теперь через нас».
По словам отца Фрэнсиса Пиццарелли, администратора с 1997 года, когда период поклонения был расширен до периода май-октябрь: «Я был благословлен как священник, чтобы лично увидеть любовь Бога к людям. здесь, в парке Дэвиса (и) Океанского хребта. Я провел 16 сезонов в качестве местного пастуха этого сообщества ... Я стал свидетелем силы этого маленького сообщества веры, совершающего чудеса, - измените и трансформируйте народы. "
Несмотря на его незначительный размер, уникальные топографические особенности, проблемы с погодой и удаленное расположение, это было то, о чем было сообщество: души за каждым и физическая область, никогда не превышающая их Творца, если они достигнут внутри себя, чтобы воспитывать их и определить общность, которая сшила всех в сообществе вместе. Огненный остров, в конце концов, не был островом, когда его дух был связан с Богом.
Выскользнув из церкви, прохладный, темный, витражный интерьер окна и удалив себя из непрерывно воспроизводимой эфирной музыки, был почти актом нападения и немедленно восстановил мое физическое местоположение. Резкое солнце, тяжелое тепло и пропеллер с гидросамолета выше сразу переориентировало меня.
Очевидно, что, проводя одно из своих меж- или внутриостровных полетов, само самолет не имел недостатка в взлетно-посадочных полосах, на которых они могли приземляться, поскольку его поплавки использовали ту же водную поверхность, что и паромы. Бог создал и человек, новаторский, чтобы использовать его.
Но, несмотря на его преимущество в скорости над водными объектами, я мог только генерировать свой единственный предыдущий, но неопровержимый вопрос, поскольку я не мог отказаться от потока энергии, потребляемой людьми, в результате которой можно было дойти до времени: что такое спешка?
Повторив мои шаги по Доверенному ходу и снова приблизившись к пристани, я ткнул носом в магазин гавани, чтобы не покупать, а поглощать атмосферу. Напомнив о маленькой стране раннего века, торгующей меркантильностью, она предлагала все в меру - гастроном, мини-маркером, мороженым, пивом, майками, лопатами и игрушками - пункт предоставления местным жителям, который, как и казино Кафе и церковь способствовали определенной степени подключения. Его девиз мог быть следующим: «Если вы не можете найти его здесь, тогда вам придется его достать - через залив в Патчоге».
К вечеру солнце уже медленно приближалось к западу, чем привыкло. День ослабевал, и поэтому тоже был сезон. Рукописный знак в окне почтового отделения сообщил: «В пятницу, 2 сентября, последний день для исходящей почты». День труда и первый день обучения были ближе к моей досягаемости, чем паром в конце дока. Вода, окружающая марину, была сведена к одному листу стекла, и множество многомиллионных яхт, похоже, скрипит поверх нее.
«Жизнь на Острове Огня зимой ... трудна». Изоляция и мрачность пляжной жизни могут попробовать душу », - писал Джонсон в «Огненный остров: 1650-е-1980-е годы» (Shoreland Press, 1983, стр. 121).
И когда залив замерзает, нет никакого поверхностного пути внутрь или снаружи.
Но, поскольку эти отталкивающие зимние условия и многие привлекательные летом, здесь есть ничья. Меньше - больше. Чем больше у вас есть, тем больше вы хотите меньше. То, что у вас нет, вы заменяете то, что вы есть, а иногда - просто, может быть, вы заново открываете свою собственную сущность.
Когда паром выкатился из пристани для яхт Дэвис, где были багаж, принадлежности и около 200 душ, я знал, что они вернутся в следующем сезоне, и я тоже.
Recommendations:
Джонсон, Мадлен С. Огненный остров: 1650-1980-е годы , Mountainside, Нью-Джерси: Shoreland Press, 1983.
