You aren't about to read a re-cap of our trip to MV this past summer...
No .......we actually went back to the scene of the crime or shall I say
The Scene of the Ticks....
This time it was just us four guys.....The Boss...the Daughter....Miss B and Me...
SIL had to stay home and hold down the fort....
actually he had to work...
Not getting off to a great start.....see the ferry boat sorta listing port to starboard...
it was a bumpy.......water splashing up onto the deck ride over to the Island...
Daughter turned green about 3 minutes after the boat left the dock...
She soon recovered when she saw the beautiful accommodations that the
Winnetu Resort provided for us after the "said tick incident" from our last stay....
And let me fairly add that we did stay in a private home in May that the Winnetu represents.
The hotel was Tick Free!
We stayed in a beautiful 2 bedroom suite with a kitchenette on the 3rd. floor.....
And this was our view.....
Pretty Nice Yes??
That blue in the background is indeed the Atlantic......
After getting settled and unpacked we set out for Edgartown for dinner on the Pier....
After eating we walked out to find these men on the dock.....
Being Nosey.......we went over to see what they were doing.....
Well, it seems it was a "Fishing Derby"......
Daughter was highly impressed with Mom when I said....
"Oh sure...a fishing derby".....like I actually had any idea what a fishing derby was....
I haven't a clue....
Sure enough these are fish......
Before heading back to the hotel we made the short ride over to
Oak Bluffs to the best donut shop short of Krispy Kreme...
"Back Door Donuts"....
where some genius figured they were inside all night baking for the morning anyway...
They might as well open up the backdoor and sell donuts...
Opening up at 9:00p.m. I believe they keep the door open until 1:00a.m.
Okay...so my pictures are a bit out of order.....
This was taken right before we left the hotel....
As was this....
The next morning......
A tiny little place to eat called Among the Flowers.......
But with big flavors......
Miss B loves their waffles and their sandwiches are delicious....
we did Lot's of shopping....Every shop had 50% off sales....
we went crazy.....
The best part of the trip was getting some alone time with "B"
We walked to the beach where she serenaded me with
Three Blind Mice.....at full volume
We discovered large patches of Bittersweet.....Grandma was very happy.....
The guys weren't so thrilled when they realized I had picked some and insisted I carry it all the way back to Atlanta....
Hey, Bittersweet sells at a premium down here......if you can even find it.
we saw our favorite deep sea diver......He was in the same spot this summer....
Have no idea what they are doing....
But a huge generator truck was involved.
I taught Miss B the art of taking one's own picture....
Yikes......Closeups are not my friend!!!
We made seahorses in the sand.....
Acted silly with a statue....
And she made her grandmother smile.....
The following day while running back into town for lunch I spied this along
the side of the road....
Thank Goodness there is no Chick-fil-A on the island or these birds would be history
The weather was beautiful so we spent some time out by the
Edgartown Lighthouse....
That yellow dot would be the Boss.....
Hey...... he looks thin from far away!
That would be Chappaquiddick Island just beyond that boat.....where you see
those cute little beach tents....
I never knew that it is just a hop skip and a jump across the water from the island....
spending some quality time with "the grandpa" before leaving for home....
The day was beautiful for a Ferry ride.....
Daughter was happy....
And Calm Seas can only mean one thing to Italians......
We eat!!
the Boss wasn't on the Ferry 2 minutes when he was down at the snack bar
buying Chowder....
I cringed at the thought that he bought chowder on a Ferry boat....
But come on...it's New England....and it was fabulous....
Before we even took off I spotted this Seagull propped high above the boat....Like he was the
Captain....
He then took off as we left the dock......
And followed the Ferry almost the entire way back to Woods Hole....
The one thing I didn't see on the island or on the ferry was my
Blog Friend Joan from Jersey....
Joan has two wonderful blogs.
All about Martha's Vineyard
And
Her beautiful photography.....
If you have never visited Joan you should stop by.....her photographs are
Candy to the Eye....
Well it seems
Joan was also on Martha's the same time we were there and neither one of us
knew the other would be there...How fun would that have been for two bloggers to cross paths on vacation....
Maybe next time Joan!
Back on dry land and ready for our drive back to Jersey......we spotted this
well.......Skiff.
We are not water people....so I was not offended when the Boss made the comment
"That is the closest you will ever get to me taking you on a cruise"......
Okay By Me.
In 2009 she Wowed you in the
She's back with her 2010 Sophie Calendar.......
