Sunday morning we rose early to leave our Christmas family in Bayside and head out to the North Fork. The weather folks warned us of a winter snow bearing up on us, as it was approaching from the south, and we thought it better to outrun the storm rather than get mired in it. There was almost no traffic on the roads due to the day, the hour and the warnings so the drive was very pleasant as we recalled the events and conversations of the day before, but it was dark and eerie. As we arrived a very fine snow began, then became suddenly thicker and the winds picked up and up gusting at 50 mph. sometimes higher. There didn't seem to be much risk of physical danger as long as one used his brains and stayed off the treacherous roads.
So we got in the jeep to see what we could see. Not much as it turned out. With such low visibility I doubted that any photos I took would be usable and the chance that a fast moving highway department snowplow could open up our vehicle like a can of sardines sent us back to the nest.
The snow ceased Monday morning around 11 am after accumulating to nearly a foot overall. It left many deep drifts closing roads. High tide stacked up by wind flooded many low land areas. But now we could see for some distance though the wind was still high and so decided to go out again. Our travels took us from the Peconic Bay in Cutchogue, to the Bay in New Suffolk, on to the Long Island Sound at the Mattituck Inlet and across farmland to the Village of Southold where we stopped at Founder's Tavern for soup and burgers next to a warming fire before heading home. These are some of the scenes we photographed.
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Peconic Bay at New Suffolk
Mattituck Airport
Green Bouy at the Mattituck Inlet
Wind Over Farmland and a Copse of Trees
Soil Eroded by Wind Mixed With Snow
on Potato Harvesting Trucks
Wind on Low Road
Drifts After the Winds Calmed
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