Vineyard Haven

Welcome to my Blog. It will be about ME describing my travels, my thoughts....my journey, over the next 8 months or so around North America. Follow along as I travel the back roads of the U.S. of A. I would have described the back roads of Canada, but ...

... at, then drives off. Great photo ops...through a bus window. I'm glad I biked it.        First town, Vineyard Haven. I park my bike and start walking. A lot of stores and restaurants are closed for the season. It's also time to ...

... not much for sight-seeing. Things to see: Oak Bluffs Park Square Interior of Island (just driving around) Road between Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs, especially the northern route that takes you through the lighthouse. Money saving tips: Try to ...

... . Kevin, Nate, and Karen join me for part of this trip. Some Background This travelogue began back on March 21, 2005 in Vineyard Haven, a small town on a small island off the east coast of the United States. Some would say it is a separate country. I ...

... at your routes and having to backtrack.  I was aiming to get to West Chop lighthouse, but somewhere after the Vineyard Haven tennis club I lost my way, as if the perfectly pressed white uniforms (and clientele) disoriented my sense of ...

... checked into renting a couple scooters and they wanted $85. Think I got the better deal. They stayed around Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven. Took a tour bus. They did find out some interesting tidbits about the Island. That John Belushi had a place here and ...

... of the island. The whole island is a series of very pretty villages, usually centres around lovely harbours and marinas. Vineyard Haven, while having a bit of 1960's/70's development on the outskirts, still retains a very attractive town centre - lovely ...

... the bikes along the inland bike trail to Vineyard Haven. We ate lunch in Vineyard Haven where Tina and I had lobster rolls. From Vineyard Haven we rode the bikes along the coast back to Oak Bluff where we returned the bikes. We walked around Oak Bluff ...

... have liked to see.  In Oak Bluffs and Edgartown, the shops were very touristy or were clothing related.  The ones in Vineyard Haven had a different flair, mainly because VH is more of a residential area. I had hopes of doing both the MV and ...

... ;So we visited the old tyme carousel and played a few games of roller air hockey and some arcade games before catching the bus to Vineyard Haven and getting on the ferry. The bus trip back to Boston was exhausting--not in a harrowing way, just that as you ...

... over me looking for them.   Another ride on the bus where the wheels go round and round took me to Vineyard Haven, a quiet town that seemed to exist on expensive souvenir shops and an extremely expensive clothing store selling a poncho for ...

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... terns and the other critters out there. I salute you all. The time has come to leave ye faire islande of Martha's Vineyard. She will be a part of me forever. The facts... Time on MV: 8 years Job: Islands Regional Ecologist, The Trustees ...