From start to finish, our stay here was perfect! Ginger is an amazing host: timely and thoughtful communication from the moment I inquired about her property through check-out. She was so accommodating: letting us park at the house early on our arrival day and her check-out day policy makes for a stress-free departure.
The house is SO adorable, charmingly decorated and so well equipped: you seriously want for nothing. Beach chairs, a beach cart, towels, bedding, paper supplies, stocked kitchen. The list goes on and on. It made our stay so comfortable and we truly felt like it was our home away from home.
The backyard is huge and private: we brought our solo stove fire pit and enjoyed many evenings watching the moon rise and counting satellites. The lack of light pollution makes for wonderful star gazing. We had many meals outside on the picnic table in the sunshine! We kept our bikes and surfboards in the backyard for convenience too.
The cottage is in the perfect location: a 1 minute bike ride to Ditch Plains beach (to the surfers middle parking lot, the first lot is even closer!) made it so easy to check the surf and then ride our boards down to paddle out. The outside rinsing station was great for rinsing wetsuits and feet and the clothesline was perfect for hanging up our wet gear in the sun to dry. We rode our bikes over to the Shadmoor trails (a very short bike ride away) and you can also access that trail from the first Ditch Plains parking lot which is a 2 minute walk from the house! We rode our bikes all over, really: it was an easy ride over to sunset beach on my beach cruiser. The ride out to the lighthouse was challenging but worth it. We took beach walks along the hoodoo cliffs almost every day. The sunset from there is gorgeous! We saw SO MANY whales and seals from the beach and the bluffs (and the lineup)!
On cooler evenings we hunkered down in the living room on the comfy sectional couch. And I set up my travel office in the dining room while my husband used the nook in-between bedrooms. Phone reception is strangely wanting in Montauk, but the house Wifi was great!
We had absolutely everything we needed in the kitchen to make wonderful meals at home, when we had had our fill of local lobster and wanted to stay in.
We were SO sad to leave and can't wait to come back! Thank you for everything Ginger! Till next time!