The Roanoke I used to title the pics refers to what we call the beach at the end of Roanoke Ave ( Roanoke Point ).. This is on eastern Long Island, township of Riverhead.
We can drive on that beach year round at anytime of the day or night ( with the proper permit ) You can drive approx 2-3 miles and then you can't get around the large massive rocks that lie on the east end of Long Island sound beaches.. The very next township going east is Southold Township and that goes all the way to the end of the north fork of Long Island which is Orient Point...But beach driving is not allowed at all in Southold township. The only other beaches I can drive on besides the sound beaches here in Riverhead are the ocean beaches on the south fork of eastern Long Island...Southampton township and the county ocean beaches where driving on the beach is allowed ( Smiths Point for example... )
The first pic I posted ( where you can see the house on the bluff ) is called Reeves Beach....and that is the very next beach just 1/2 mile away.....We also can drive on that beach year round but between May 15 - Sept 15 we can only go onto the beach with our 4x4's after 6 PM and must be off the beach by 9 AM the next morning.
Final photo and an interesting story about it...I took this photo just the other day...it is looking west from Roanoke Point Beach to the other beach which is called Reeves Beach which we can also drive on but have to go out to the highway to get to it as right where I am standing but you can't see in the photo are huge boulders that extend out into the water so can't be driven around.
Now see that house on the beach? It is the only house directly on the beach....all other houses built years ago are on the bluffs and other houses that were also built directly on the beach are long gone due to past hurricanes and nor'easters. Why this one house has remained is a mystery but many people with very deep pockets who have seen this house sitting right smack on the beach want to buy it as it is private and directly on the beach....
Now, the guy who bought that house and currently lives there with his wife is a guy I know and he is extremely private...as is his wife...they have lived there for many years and nobody and I mean nobody bothers them or visits or even walks over to the house....
He is a businessman and a great person...leaves his place of business everyday no later than 1 PM to go home and you will not see or hear from him the rest of the day....just very private...I won't say his name but he is the owner of a body shop business that does work for all the motion major pictures when they film in New York.....Most any major motion pictures that include police cars were cars done by him and his crew......for example, they tell him how many Crown Vic Police Interceptors they need and how they want them to look and he buys them and does them up exactly per the producers specifications...big big bucks involved there..
The kicker is I have a one of a kind mint 2004 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor that I am thinking about renting out for movies through him....But the car is so mint that I am very concerned it might get wrecked by mistake or by an accident while filming.....I have been assured that if that did happen I would be paid twice what the NADA retail value is but to date I have not put my Police Interceptor in the movies.....
Anyway thought his house on the beach here and the story of who owns it and what he does was interesting enough to post here.
I just came across this thread today and after seeing all the beautiful scenic photos posted by so many here from different areas of the country as well as from those in other countries I must say we have all been blessed to be so fortunate to live on such a beautiful planet....
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