Harborside Inn Edgartown

... chairs. The breakfast buffet is a bountiful affair of berries, fruit, granola, and other things healthy, bought fresh daily at local markets..." Boston Globe, July 2008

Century House,
http://www.centuryhouse.com
twit ter: http://www.twitter.com/chnantucket

225.7 Miles From Brooklyn

The 40th Annual Bourne Scallop Festival
http://www.bournescallopfes t.com/

Photo's from The Road Less Traveled http://www.artistrising.com/galleries/J oseph_Gillette

... we even left the nantucket harbor due to a slight mishap involving excess wind, a wooden pylon, and the dingy motor attached to the stern rail. the new motor has lots of power and got us from our moored boat to land for a lovely dinner, in time for the tennis match.

it all began so innocently. . . sure, let's go for a week long sail with your family up to the maine coast--how wonderful! spend some quality father-son time, see the northeastern seaboard . . . but quickly the weather became 30 knot winds, 8-12 foot swells, and rain. this lasted for 3 days and resulted in a very seasick ...

... A Grateful Dead cover band which was awesome! The rest of the time that I spent there was relaxing. We went to the beach and hung out. It was just what I needed before my journey across the Atlantic. The East Coast is a beautiful place. The night before I left I spent in Marblehead. Chris' parents took me out to dinner at the yacht club that they belong too. It was wonderful!! A great way to kick of my great adventure.

Nantucket is pretty much exactly how I imagined it. Lots of little shops ranging from tshirts to high priced art galleries. We rented scooters for the day and slowly made our way around the island stopping at the local brewery and a lighthouse. All in all a very nice and calm day. No wifi at the house on the Cape, so updating pictures won't be easy.

... going to Martha's Vineyard.

We picked up some bikes by the dock and set off from Oaks Bluff to Edgartown along the coast line. We stopped by a bridge where all the children were jumping from and settled down to a bit of sun and rest. We then overheard that Jaws had been filmed here and sure enough the bridge the kids were jumping off led to the lake where Roy Sheiders's son was paddling with his mates about to be attacked ...

The challenge with the cape is that the days blur together....wake up, have breakfast with Grandpa and Granny Win, play on the lower lawn, visit the Macguires, go for a boat ride, have some ice cream, you get the picture.

So when someone visits, it is a big deal. Today, Liz and her kids came over for a visit ...

... The Jeep's fuel gauge is at about 1/8. Have to put $10 worth in. First stop...Edgartown. Park the Jeep and walk around a bit. Take a few pictures. Stop in a few stores. Most are closed. Talk to one shop owner and she says it's difficult to hire anyone after the high season so the owners have to work all the hours or close down. The Island turns into a ghost town by December. There are about 11,000 permanent residents. I mostly see workmen around town. Some tourists ...

... times so far on this trip, my parents who visited me in Yunnan, Wendy who helped me via the electronic superhighway with a WWF project and has been supportive ...