MAD MARTHA'S VINEYARD

      I MADE IT.  I SAILED AWAY FROM FALMOUTH TO THE ISLAND.  I TOOK BUSES FROM VINEYARD HAVEN TO OAK BLUFFS TO EDEGARTOWN TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THEN BACK.  I ARRIVED AT 2  AND LEFT AT 7:15.  THE AIRPLANE HOUSE AND NOBSKA LIGHT WERE VISIBLE AS WE SAILED ON THE ISLAND HOME FERRY OUT OF WOODS HOLE.  WE PASSED SAILBOATS AND FERRIES AS WE HEADED FOR VINEYARD HAVEN.  MORE LIGHTHOUSES WERE TO BE SEEN ON MV'S COAST. 
      BUMS WALKED AROUND OAK BLUFFS MUMBLING TO THEMSELVES.  FOREIGNERS SPOKE ON CELLPHONES IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGES IN EDGARTOWN.  TEENAGERS TOOK THE PUBLIC BUS HOME FROM THE SKATEBOARD PARK.   DAYTRIPPERS STUDIED VINEYARD TRANSIT BUS MAPS TO DETERMINE WHERE TO CONNECT TO THE NEXT BUS TO THE NEXT TOWN.  THEIR NOSES WERE HIDDEN IN GUIDEBOOKS DETERMINED TO SEE THE ISLAND SIGHTS.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES ABOUNDED IN OAK BLUFFS.  GLIMMERING WHITE WHALING CHURCHES AND CAPTAINS HOMES SHONE IN EDGARTOWN.  VINEYARD HAVEN LOOKED SPIFFY WITH BOOKSTORES,FRENCH RESTAURANTS AND ART GALLERIES.

THE BEST WAS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE IN FALMOUTH.  THE OCEAN BEACH STRETCHED FOREVER.  IN LATE AFTERNOON ONE WEEK BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF FALL.THE BEACH WAS VAST AND THANKFULLY QUITE EMPTYISH.  THE WEATHER WAS WARM AND SOOTHING UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN AT 7 PM.

THE AIRPLANE HOUSE-WOODS HOLE

NOBSKA LIGHT-FALMOUTH,MA

ISLAND HOME -THE FERRY FROM WOODS HOLE TO VINEYARD HAVEN

SIGHTS FROM THE FERRY

VINEYARD HAVEN HARBOR

GINGERBREAD HOUSE-OAK BLUFFS

MURAL ON A GINGERBREAD HOUSE - OAK BLUFFS CAMPGROUND MEETING

OLD WHALING CHURCH-EDGARTOWN

PRISTINE EDGARTOWN PARK

SOUTH BEACH-ATLANTIC OCEAN

BY JOHN HALLIDAY-VINEYARD HAVEN

MURAL IN VINEYARD HAVEN STEAMSHIP TERMINAL

SO IT WAS BRIEF BUT TO THE POINT TRIP HITTING QUITE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE THE SUN SET AND THEY ROLLED UP THE SIDEWALKS ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD.