Fire Island - Ocean Beach

I've heard of Fire Island for quite a while now and have been wanting to go there. We finally did. Fire Island is an island that you can only get to by boat, which is a lot of trouble because then you can't go there any time you want. And because we went on a great weather weekend, the place was crowded. Fire island has many points of destination. Since I've never been there before, I chose to go to Ocean Beach, the unofficial 'capital' of Fire Island according to www.fireisland.com web site. :)


The entire island is filled with these tiny streets that run across the island. Stores are on our side and the beach on the other. Homes are located on both sides of these streets. Kinda interesting.


We saw these two deers running around in people's backyard. Actually, they were running on the street. I think they were looking for food. I wonder how did they get to the island.


Playing hide and seek, eh? Our friends found this baby crab while playing with the sand. Disclaimer: The crab was not harmed. We released it back to the sea after only 3 minutes of looking at it.




Our friends constructing their sand empire.


Before.

And after. Joy's expression is just too funny. LOL.


This kid was trying to break the world record of the deepest hole dug on a beach.


Can you say "crowded"? This is the first time that I've gone to a beach with these many people.


Love the colors and the shadows.


The completed sand empire by our friends.


Had ice cream here shortly before the beach closed. You MUST look at these 3 people's all different face expressions, they are hilarious. It does show that they love the ice cream.


Only 16 stars on this flag which means 16 states. Wow, this flag must be really, really, really ancient, huh? :)


I like.

So I learned that Ocean Beach is more like a beach place (should have known that from the name). Next time, we definitely want to go to other points on Fire Island where there is more nature to be seen. The name "Sunken Forest" sounds good.