Martha's Vineyard outing

Hola!

Hmmm.  This week.  It seems to have flown by, but that's not new or different.  Dentist appointments, inviting kids' friends over, bike-riding, swimming.

Did I tell you we took our bikes to Martha's Vinyard a week ago?  You can drive to Oaks Bluff in Cape Cod, park your car and then take the ferry across to Martha's Vinyard.  Somehow the day we chose was just beautiful.

Frank also found a way to fit 4 bicycles in the back of that minivan!  Who knew there was so much space.  David was not with us because he was at a Leadership Camp in Rhode Island.  Similar but very different from the one he went to in Phoenix last summer.

But with only 4 bikes (actually we only HAVE 4), we could remove the back seats and still fit 4 passengers.  I only didn't feel bad about David missing it, because last summer the church youth group did this same trip!  So David, Teresa and Frank had done it a year ago.

JUMPING OFF THE BRIDGE.  There is a bridge along the way, that we biked to.  A 12-foot bridge over a waterway, that feeds into the ocean.  People walk onto it, just to jump off of it!  Right by the sign that says "No Jumping Off Bridge."  Crowds of people walk up, stand on the railing and jump.  Even I did it--I couldn't be the only one who didn't, right??  (I'm in the dark blue suit w/white stripes: yes, holding my nose...)

SHORT FERRY RIDE.  Yes, only about 100 feet across to the next mini-island, Chappaquiddick, part of Edgartown.  Ok, so I only found out this weekend about the details of the scandal with Ted Kennedy driving his car into the water in 1969.  The car sank and the girl in the car died.  That all happened on this little bitty island off of Martha's Vineyard.

Besides that, it was a really beautiful place!  Mostly flat, we rode our bikes the full length of that little bitty island, which ends in a wildlife sanctuary and a beach.  The water was not even too cold!  We all got in the water and I got to walk along the beach some.  I love doing that.

We had to "hurry" back, having miscalculated the time a little.  "Last ferry leaves at 6:45!"  We went pretty fast on our bikes, and the girls kept up with Frank really well.  We made the last ferry back, with 10 minutes to spare.

It was a lovely outing.  The ferry ride was even peaceful for me--I can't get enough of the ocean, and boat rides.

(Teresa also found some "Moon Jellyfish," along the edge of the water.  No tentacles, just these blobby clear things.  Here is a photo of her holding one.)

Dinnertime.  Have a great week!  Kari