Block Island

There’s no doubt that vacations are fun. But every once in a whole you find that unexpected really fun place. Block Island kind of sneaked up on me. It was really fun.

Martha's Vineyard

This was the trip that an unknown dog used my sweater/bag as his bathroom, on the ferry.  No joke, it happened. It was gross. 

Moving on however, the rest of the trip was a success.  The weather was awesome, warm and sunny.  We made it to the farmer’s market, The Newes, Nancy’s top deck for drinks, and to Chappy.  

The dogs enjoyed digging and hanging around too!

Vacationland, Part II

Bar Harbor, ME (Acadia National Park)

Wow… that’s a drive! Good thing we only had to do the long leg once! And, there was a Trader Joe’s on the way.  Nothing can really beat 14 bags of pasta and a few cases of wine…except for maybe the sunset view from the house.

Vacationland, Part I

Biddeford Pool, Maine

365 days later...

Portsmouth, NH

To ring in our first year of marriage we took our first trip to Portsmouth.  We drive by Portsmouth often on our way to Maine, but had yet to make a stop there. 

Oh how I love you MV

You can’t beat a trip to MV. Although this one started out shaky…

First, the boat was booked going the wrong way (home from the vineyard on Friday, back to it on Mon).  Once that was thankfully handled, we headed out to catch the ferry a little behind schedule… however, karma was on our side.  We hit absolutely no traffic, made it to Woods Hole in 2 hours 15 min and were on the boat, without a hitch. 

We enjoyed 2 days of not-even-a-cloud-in-the-sky sunny weather. 

We made it to Long Point Beach on Saturday followed by dinner and drinks in OB.  (Dinner at Offshore Ale, drinks on the docks).  No apple fritter this year; the line at Back Door Donuts was about 45 minutes! 

Sunday we woke up and headed to South Beach.  On the way home we visited Morning Glory Farm to get some goodies to make guac and pick up a strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert.  Nothing would prepare us though, for the the scene that we came back to.  Two (angry) woman sitting on our porch, sipping champagne.  Long story short, Vera double-booked Sunday night and we were out of luck.  They so kindly packed up our stuff and shoved us out the door…homeless.

After some quick yelp and tripadvisor searches, we found a room at theVineyard Harbor Motel in downtown Vineyard Haven.  After a few cocktails to calm the stress we headed to Menemsha for the sunset.  Picnic dinner on the beach courtesy of The Bite.

We spent the rest of night chatting and drinking and eating pie back at the hotel beach. 

Sunday we explored Aquinnah and Gay Head beach. 

Walked around Edgartown…grabbed lunch in Vineyard Haven at The Black Dog, and ate ice cream at Mad Martha’s.  We hopped on the boat an hour early and headed back to reality. 

Until next time…

A Trip Back in Time: New Hampshire

July 8-10

This past weekend we went back to the lake, after at least 15 years. 

We had 2 beautiful sunny days.  We swam to the raft, took a windy canoe ride, grilled, ate s’mores, drank beer, and relaxed.  No TV, no internet, no phone.

AND…Sully learned to swim! Having never swam before, he was coaxed into jumping off the dock. He jumped, sank, bobbed back up and swam for the dock.  Although the picture looks graceful, it was the opposite.  Once on dry land, he swiftly tucked his tail between his legs and ran to the door. Poor beast. 

Here are some other highlights.

The plan for next year... get a boat!