On the advice of our friend
@runwaychef, we borrowed bikes from our hotel and rode out to the Montauket for dinner and sunset. Along the way there were gorgeous views out to the ocean and the sweeping bluffs that we saw from afar ended up being the hills we had to ride to the top of, so we could coast down the other side and eventually get to our destination. Unlike most of the other relatively flat places we'd been on our rides before, this short route was characterized by a huge hill that seemed to never end, so I needed a rest at one point and then I saw this spot just about at the point where I couldn't ride anymore.
@dante.vincent kindly captured the moment where I was catching my breath and enjoying the view. Later we found out Montauket wasn't serving dinner on the day we visited, so we made the best of it and settled in with a few local beers and a sunset that wanted to be brilliant but could never quite make it through the haze. It didn't matter! We had each other and we'd had...