PO Box 33 Greenport, NY 11944 877-883-9333 [email protected]	A fish shaped mass of sediment, sand, and rock gouged from the shores of present day Connecticut, pushed to lofty bluffs on its northern side and tapering gently to soft beaches on the Atlantic front, Long Island or Paumonock as its first residents called it, is today a thriving length of commerce and recreation to over three million people. Originating at the sluiceway of vicious currents separating it from Manhattan it ends in two narrow tail fins of sand at Orient and Montauk Points. The Islandís diverse mixture of climate and culture offer visitors a truly spectacular environment. While the Atlantic fronting south fork supports the glitz and glitter, the north fork remains pastoral and pristine. From their juncture in Riverhead and the slow flowing, brackish, cranberry bogged Peconic River; the north fork is trapped between the gentle waters of the Peconic Bays and the rock strewn shores of Long Island Sound. The hamlets from Jamesport to Orient Point offer gently rolling landscapes which are now the beneficiaries of numerous vineyards, fine restaurants, quaint bed and breakfasts, unique antique shops, and a spattering of deep sea fishing craft. The pace of life begins to slow as you drive past Love Lane, Mattituckís first shopping area. Then Cutchogue, Peconic, and Southold, the original settling place of the areas European founders, boasts uncluttered beaches, vistas of wine growing fields, and attractive churches set closely to the tree lined by-ways. Further east lays Greenport, East Marion, and Orient all maintaining their close ties with their shipping, fishing and oystering pasts. Upon reaching Orient Point the land ends and the sea dominates again, except for the Cross Sound Ferry which takes you back to where it all began in Connecticut and New England.
select photographs appear courtesy of: bob mcinnis and ralph pugliese