Return to MV

We are making reservations now for our summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard. We were there in 2006 and 2007; last summer we strayed to Ogunquit Maine. This year we return to MV.

Today the car said it was 8 degrees (F) on the way to work. Planning a summer vacation at the beach now has got me ready to go. I feel like I am going next week and it will be sunny and 80 degrees.

We decided to invite the parents (grandparents?) along this year and both sets were enthusiastic. Joni put together a list of potential rental locations big enough for 8 adults and 2 kids. We then decided to go to the island and see some of them first hand. Why not? Its only a couple hours from us and would be kind of fun to be there in the off season.

We drove through the start of a raging snow storm early Sunday morning. As we got closer to Woods Hole, the snow changed to rain. We had a pleasant crossing on the "Island Home" ferry (photo above taken from the ferry salon). After arriving, we had a late breakfast at the Black Dog Tavern.


View from our table at the Black Dog

We stayed a the Mansion House in Vineyard Haven. In season it would have been too pricey for my spend-thrift ways, but off season it is a bargain.

After cruising Oak Bluffs, we set our sights on Katama, the residential area near South Beach. Here is a video of the house we picked. It is close to the Katama airfield (a grass strip frequented by a biplane that gives rides), a tenth of a mile from the closest bus stop and bike lane, and less than a mile from the beach.

Fortunately we had some time to bum around, visiting places we had been in Edgartown and the shops in Vineyard Haven.


The Woman of South Beach

Can't wait to go!


Boats moored in the harbor at Vineyard Haven