After checking out of our hotel, we had breakfast again at our fav diner, and Bob befriended two wonderful local gals, who didn't mind their picture taken for our blog! This is going to be a spectacular day!!!
Just prior to boarding the Ferry to travel to Martha's Vineyard, I asked permission to photograph these precious teens, anxious to spend the day cycling around the Island once we arrive!
On the bow of the ferry crossing over from Falmouth Harbor on the mainland of Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard, where we will be spending the entire day!
Closing in on the Harbor...
Entering the harbor at Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard...
We decided to forego the "Taxi Tour", and opted to rent an open Jeep to tour the various towns and countryside of Martha's Vineyard on our own. (This way I could stand above roof-level to take MORE PHOTOGRAPHS!)
These "Gingerbread Cottages" line the park you'll see below, and make up a large part of this area on the Island called "Oaks Bluff." After this town, Bob and I traveled to other towns, including West Tisbury, Edgartown (the most elegant, and the first colonial settlement, made up of stately white Greek Revival houses built by whaling captains. It is a seaport village preserved from the early 19th century), Chilmark (a town of rolling hills, unmatched coastline, and green fields dotted with sheep...and a main fishing village, Mememsha, is located in the heart of this village where seafood can be purchased directly off the boats. Also, tourists can recognize the picturesque harbor from the movie "JAWS"!), and Aquinnah (home of the famous Aquinnah Cliffs, seriously threatened today and protected/studied by scientists...here layers of and, gravel, and clays of various colors tell a hundred-million-year-old story of a land first covered with forests, then flooded and laid bare time and time again. Fossil bones of camels, wild horses, and ancient whales have been found in the Cliff's layers.) The Aquinnah Lighthouse which you will see on this blog was originally built in 1799 to warn sailors of the perilous rocky coastline. Back then, the lighthouse keeper and his wie had to stand all night and turn the light by hand, as it was one of the first revolving lighthouses ever built!
Today, the more than 300 Gingerbread Cottages look out toward this lush park, complete with gazebo, and leading toward a large, well-inhabited beach on the Atlantic. Oaks Bluff is the home of the Flying Horses Carousel, the oldest continuously operating carousel in the country!
These cozy summer homes in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard aren't TOO UNDERSTATED! Isn't this a BEAUTY???
Here is an unusually ornate railing on the wrap-around porch of this Victorian.
A "Pink Lady" Victorian sits grandly on the corner!
We have now entered the next town and are passing over a small bridge toward a heavily-populated beach, where the teenagers are having fun doing flips off the railings!!!
Honey admiring the vegetation...
This is taken by the Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard Harbor in front of a sculpturer's gallery...and NO! That is not a whale tail coming out of Grandma Header's bum!!! After Bob snaps this pic, he says, "Hey! Didn't you read the sign??? NO SITTING ON THE FENCE!"
On the way to Edgartown Lighthouse, Bob stops on the seashell path to "strike a pose."
The climb to the top...
A view from the top of Edgartown Lighthouse away from the tower, facing East toward the Atlantic.
A very relaxed "Bob," "Roberto," "Monk," "Dad," "Papa", "Rio"!
This is looking back toward the town from the tower and this picture does not begin to show the beauty of it all, particularly the sun shimmering on the water and the picturesque waterfront homes, vegetation, cool summer breezes, etc...you all get the pic!
This handsome guy is the lighthouse keeper's Labrador. He was typical of most Labs...sweet and loving, but later this day, Bob's finger itched (after petting him), and he believes "Beau" may have had fleas!
looking up toward the top of the lighthouse - pretty white on brilliant blue sky...
another view of the tower...
We're standing in front of the "Edgartown Lighthouse" which was originally built in 1828. Edgartown is the second town we drove through after leaving Vineyard Haven (where the ferry dropped us off and we rented our Jeep).
After checking out of our hotel, we had breakfast again at our fav diner, and Bob befriended two wonderful local gals, who didn't mind their picture taken for our blog! This is going to be a spectacular day!!!
Just prior to boarding the Ferry to travel to Martha's Vineyard, I asked permission to photograph these precious teens, anxious to spend the day cycling around the Island once we arrive!
On the bow of the ferry crossing over from Falmouth Harbor on the mainland of Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard, where we will be spending the entire day!
Closing in on the Harbor...
Entering the harbor at Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard...
We decided to forego the "Taxi Tour", and opted to rent an open Jeep to tour the various towns and countryside of Martha's Vineyard on our own. (This way I could stand above roof-level to take MORE PHOTOGRAPHS!)
These "Gingerbread Cottages" line the park you'll see below, and make up a large part of this area on the Island called "Oaks Bluff." After this town, Bob and I traveled to other towns, including West Tisbury, Edgartown (the most elegant, and the first colonial settlement, made up of stately white Greek Revival houses built by whaling captains. It is a seaport village preserved from the early 19th century), Chilmark (a town of rolling hills, unmatched coastline, and green fields dotted with sheep...and a main fishing village, Mememsha, is located in the heart of this village where seafood can be purchased directly off the boats. Also, tourists can recognize the picturesque harbor from the movie "JAWS"!), and Aquinnah (home of the famous Aquinnah Cliffs, seriously threatened today and protected/studied by scientists...here layers of and, gravel, and clays of various colors tell a hundred-million-year-old story of a land first covered with forests, then flooded and laid bare time and time again. Fossil bones of camels, wild horses, and ancient whales have been found in the Cliff's layers.) The Aquinnah Lighthouse which you will see on this blog was originally built in 1799 to warn sailors of the perilous rocky coastline. Back then, the lighthouse keeper and his wie had to stand all night and turn the light by hand, as it was one of the first revolving lighthouses ever built!
Today, the more than 300 Gingerbread Cottages look out toward this lush park, complete with gazebo, and leading toward a large, well-inhabited beach on the Atlantic. Oaks Bluff is the home of the Flying Horses Carousel, the oldest continuously operating carousel in the country!
These cozy summer homes in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard aren't TOO UNDERSTATED! Isn't this a BEAUTY???
Here is an unusually ornate railing on the wrap-around porch of this Victorian.
A "Pink Lady" Victorian sits grandly on the corner!
We have now entered the next town and are passing over a small bridge toward a heavily-populated beach, where the teenagers are having fun doing flips off the railings!!!
Honey admiring the vegetation...
This is taken by the Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard Harbor in front of a sculpturer's gallery...and NO! That is not a whale tail coming out of Grandma Header's bum!!! After Bob snaps this pic, he says, "Hey! Didn't you read the sign??? NO SITTING ON THE FENCE!"
On the way to Edgartown Lighthouse, Bob stops on the seashell path to "strike a pose."
The climb to the top...
A view from the top of Edgartown Lighthouse away from the tower, facing East toward the Atlantic.
A very relaxed "Bob," "Roberto," "Monk," "Dad," "Papa", "Rio"!
This is looking back toward the town from the tower and this picture does not begin to show the beauty of it all, particularly the sun shimmering on the water and the picturesque waterfront homes, vegetation, cool summer breezes, etc...you all get the pic!
This handsome guy is the lighthouse keeper's Labrador. He was typical of most Labs...sweet and loving, but later this day, Bob's finger itched (after petting him), and he believes "Beau" may have had fleas!
looking up toward the top of the lighthouse - pretty white on brilliant blue sky...
another view of the tower...
We're standing in front of the "Edgartown Lighthouse" which was originally built in 1828. Edgartown is the second town we drove through after leaving Vineyard Haven (where the ferry dropped us off and we rented our Jeep).
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Thanks for the bday wishes from so far away! I feel special to have my own homemade "poster" on vacation with you two! Love ya dearly! Wendi
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