Once you get around to it, I mean finding out more about where you live, where you grew up and realizing how much you could be missing out on and just how much there is to see and experience right in your own little ecosystem... Long Island is like that. The sense of discovery is as sobering as it is encouraging. There is so much history here. SO many hidden gems.

I am all for travel, I love to just get away. The whole event; airport, flight, hotel check-in and adventures that follow. But the exploration and discovery available in my own backyard still amazes me. Historic homes and sites not to mention mansions and castles. And panoramic vistas of farmland, ocean bluffs and woodland trails. And water everywhere - the ocean, the sound, bays and countless inland lakes and waterways.