Fire Island here we come!

Hello all!

We are very excited for upcoming trip to Fire Island. Fire Island is a barrier island off of Long Island, New York - You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Island,_New_York

We are sharing a house with my cousin Will (his grandfather was my grandmother's uncle), his wife Bala and their one-and-a-half year old son, Victor. Fire Island is a very narrow island, with the Bay on one side and the ocean on the other. The house we are renting is 5 houses from the ocean. There are no cars on Fire Island, but there are deer. Rumor has it that the deer got on the island by walking across the frozen bay during a storm in the 1920's. There are some full-year residents, but the vast majority are summer vacationers.

In other news, we are awaiting word from our agent regarding the status of our co-op application. Assuming we are approved, we will be official Bronx residents! We are both excited about our new neighborhood, and sad about leaving our current neighborhood. (We are also excited that moving to Riverdale will cut an hour off of our drives to New Hampshire!)

That's just about all the news right now. YAY BOWLES BLOG!

-lauren