We
took the ferry from Woods Hole early in the evening and watched the
sun go down over the water.
Our
bikes shared the tail of the car deck with a group of Harley riders from
Long Island and a couple of other motorcycles.
We
landed at Vineyard Haven after dark, but this was what it looked like
the next morning.
We
spent a few hours shopping and revisiting Jan and Melissa's old haunts.
They both used to work at this pizza place.
The
window in the upper left corner was where Jan lived over the bagle shop.
The restaurant on the right was were we ended up for dinner. We were
a little shocked that they didn't have margaritas until we tried the
sangria...
-
I was checking out the foul weather gear in one of the shops, but decided that there was no possible way to keep the hat on while biking.
Mel's
parents were kind enough to let us use the house for the weekend in
exchange for mowing the lawn. I always knew there was more of a future
in landscape maintenance than science.
Jan
spent part of Saturday watching college football by the wood stove.
The
house and furnishings were beautifull
It
was hard to believe that it was October already.
And,
the outdoor shower was really great.
Sue
and I took a bike ride that essentially bisected the island twice and
went around most of the perimeter. We didn't set out to go that far but
sometimes plans change.
The
field gallery had this really cool sculpture garden. I don't know who
the artist is but there was no doubt they were stongly influenced by
Picasso.
-
One of the spots we stopped on our bikes was the cliffs at Gay Head. Mel told us it's theonly place in the eastern US that you can watch the sunset into the ocean.
We
had to take her word for it though because we had a 20 mile ride back
and didn't want to be doing it after dark.
This
flock of wild turkeys was in the bushes alongside the road.
The
roads were in really good shape and there wasn't oo much traffic. Apparently
in midsummer it's bumper to bumper nearly from one end of the island
to the other.
We
ate here at the "Black Dog" tavern a couple of times. Dinner the night
we arrived and breakfast the morning we left. It has a great view of
the docks and bay and it turns out that it's sort of famous. We just
stumbled across it.
Vineyard
Haven in the background as the ferry pulls out
