Beautiful Islands- Beaches To Visit

 Shelter Island  Beach , New York

Ferry to Greenport and explore Long Island's emerging wine region.  Most wineries respect the vernacular and  architecture , renovating  old potato  barns. Several also reflect their owner's other passions from world-class  art collections to botanical gradens.

                                                Catalina  Island, off California's

Coast

 Catalina, only 22 miles from Los Angeles , has been the back-drop for countless films and TVshows . The 1924  filming of the 'Vanishing American' is loved by millions.

                                                Saint Simons Island , Georgia

The 104-foot St. Simon Lighthouse ( a working navigational beacon operational since 1872) and it's brick victorian light-keeper residence  were renovated in 2010.

                                                    Orcas Island. Washington

Local artists demonstrate their creative process throwing their pottery or painting and sculpting in working studios in Orcas Island Artworks, a popular cafe/gallery in  a former strawberry - barreling plant.

                                               Ocracoke Island ,North Carolina

 Isolated Orcacoke developed it's own distrinct dialect, a 'brogue' which you can still distinguish among older residents.

                                                        Mustang Island , Maine

Mark 'Sand Man' Landium acts as Port A's official "Sand Castle Dream Builder," offering lessons in engeering elaborate moats and machicolated battlements.

                                                     Mt. Desert Island , Maine

Cadillac Mountain, the North Atlantic coast's highest point, a wonderful panorama and during certain times of the year is the first spot in the United States to witness the sunrise.

 

                                                         Mackinac Island, Michigan

 'Somewhere in  Time,'  director Jeannot Szware recieved a rare exemption to banned motorcars so that Christopher Reeves could drive up to the 1887 Grand Hotel for the movie's opening.

                                                             Key West , Flordia

One  of the Key West's many attractions is the iconic concrete "buoy" claiming  the Southern most point in Continental U.S.A.

  Block Island , Rhobe Island

 Infamous bucceener Captain Kidd frequented Block Island ...local legend swears it's small caves hold buried treasure.

Our country has many beautiful places to visit and appreciate. An unforgettable experience.