Sanctuary

Today I went to the Quogue Wildlife Sanctuary about 10 mins drive from the house. It was a beautiful day (not too hot) so was perfect for exploring a park. Christi-Marie had a day off work so she drove there. We saw some birds, such as eagles and falcons. Then we walked a beautiful wooded trail past lakes. It was very quiet in the park, which was nice.

While there, the earthquake in Virginia happened. My cousin noticed something but she didn't say anything and then she heard from someone about the quake. It was felt all the way up as far as Boston. I thought this was cool as I had never experienced an earthquake before but then I was a little disappointed because I didn't even notice.

Afterwards, we went to Westhampton Beach, a nice little touristy town. We had dinner in a Mexican restaurant. I has quesadillas, which were okay but a little bland. The waitresses were extremely friendly, it was unnatural. I also noticed that waitresses hardly do any work in many places. All they have to do is take the orders, bring the bill and chat to you every now and then. They have separate bussers to set up the table, bring out the food and clear up afterwards. And they hardly get any credit (or tips). I prefer the bussers because they don't chat to you. I feel pressured to be overly and falsely nice to the waitresses because they are so friendly to me and that is really not in my nature.

After the meal, we went to see a car that Christi-Marie was thinking of buying. The car had a lot of strange noises coming from it that she thought it was better if she didn't get it. Then we went for ice-cream, where the junior size was the equivilant of a large gelato in Italy. I got a medium, which was massive. It was pretty nice. Then we finished off the night with a few beers from the America's oldest brewery called Yuengling. Guinness still predates it by about 70 years.