May 2018 - Martha's Vineyard
We spent a few days touring around the Vineyard before the half marathon. The film Chappaquiddick, about the infamous Chappaquiddick incident, had just been released a month before and was still in the theatres, so it was a fine time to visit Chappaquiddick and see the actual site of the event.
We spent a few days touring around the Vineyard before the half marathon. The film Chappaquiddick, about the infamous Chappaquiddick incident, had just been released a month before and was still in the theatres, so it was a fine time to visit Chappaquiddick and see the actual site of the event.
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| Our first view of the vineyard was the West Chop light | A lovely harbor | The Menemsha beach |
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| Menemsha | The clay cliffs of Aquinnah | |
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| The Aquinnah light rising above the cliffs | ||
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| A pond at the great rock bight | ||
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| The beach at great rock bight, with the Elizabeth Islands visible in the distance | The Edgartown light | |
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| The Chappaquiddick ferry | ||
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| Hiking out at Wasque point, on Chappaquiddick and the southeastern corner of the island. | Big trees just eroding away | An erosion graveyard |
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| A big, empty beach at Wasque point | The nearby Pocha pond | A friendly fiddler crab on the shores of the pond |
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| A boardwalk across the dunes | ||
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| The beach running up to Cape Pogue | The dike bridge, the actual location of the infamous Chappaquiddick incident | The side of the dike bridge that Ted Kennedy crashed over |
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| The Edgartown light, from Chappaquiddick | The "gingerbread cottages" of Oak Bluffs. There are hundreds of these beautiful Victorian houses. | |
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| Great detail in every house | ||
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| I really liked these shingles | The church | Getting some delicious donuts at the most popular donut spot in the vineyard. Fresh donuts at night! |
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| The East Chop light | The East Chop light at sunset | The West Chop light |
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| Felix Neck | Some great spring color | An osprey hanging out by his nest |
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| The Jaws bridge | The very nice house that we stayed at | Flags lining the finish line at the marathon |
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| Running the half marathon |