As you will see from my screen name, I am from Dow Is. I am across from the Long Island Bridge.
Here is my story, that my sister and I still laugh at (although, I think she laughs harder!). First of all, I grew up on Dow, as my mom starting coming here at the age of 16. I am 44. As a kid, my sister and I would go out on the boat (me...maybe 10 and she about 15). She would purposely tease me when we got to THAT tip of Dow, by disconnecting the gas line so the boat would stall and then she would reconnect and do it again. I guess I thought we would float away and never get back. I tell her all the time now, that I am forever "scarred" by this. Although, thankfully we do have many laughs about it now.
I also remember being in my uncle's boat once and we hit a rock over there.
Now that I am older, I still will not venture around the island in a power boat by myself. (I honestly still get scared when I see rocks canoeing or kayaking!)
My brother, sister, husband and friends go thru there like it is no problem. I go with them and still hold my breath! We have friends that live right in that area on Dow and when we visit, especially at night, I cringe.
It is more of one of those things where you need to bite the bullet, learn the area and do it over and over. But at this age, I guess I am still a chicken! My mother still tells me to get in the boat and go around the island and I still make up excuses not to!!!
