After reading Andrée's comments, I realized that I maybe need to flesh out my picture of the Pines a bit...

First off, the whole thing is only 2 blocks wide. This is a picture of the harbour/downtown area, coming towards it from the Bay side, looking out towards the ocean (North is at the bottom). The house I'm living and working in is on the Bay side, right on the water, just off a bit to the right of this picture.

This is a Google Earth picture/map of the Pines, (North at the top, like a normal map). Gives you a better idea of the scale of the whole thing, I think. The green line is the boundary between the Fire Island National Seashore's zones - there is absolutely no building of anything on the other side of that line.

I've indicated the Beach House and Bay House locations. (NOTE: If you click on any of these pictures, you'll get a much bigger version that's easier on the eyes.)

A closer view. The blue line is the ferry channel. Incidentally, this is the only route within 4000 feet from shore that you're allowed to drive a jetski - and then only at 6mph. Jon is pretty dissapointed, as he wanted to install a little boatlift/crane on our seawall, and get a jetski. I'm dissapointed because, without the little crane to borrow/use, I can only get a tiny sailboat (light enough to put in & take out by hand). Oh, well.

More, later.