Saturday after Earl

We were able to attend the annual Crafts Fair after Earl. All the exibitors were local artists showing their goods. Everything from lots of jewlery, sew and knited crafts to wood working.

A women was selling hand made yarns from wool gathered from local sheep.

A visit to Lobsterville Beach was a great morning. Lots of small rocks and shells along the beach. It is located North West of Gays Head and we spent hours walking along the beach by ourselves.

Aview from the beach looking towards Menemsha. As you can see, wide open beach in a wonderful bay. Not many waves as it is protected by the western edge of Aquinnah.

The light house at Gays Head or as some call it, Aquinnah Cliffs. We didn't venture down to the beach to save it for another day. Wonderful views all around looking down to the Atlantic Ocean.

Another wonderful view of the Atlantic. The seas were quite calm considering that a big storm had just passed the day before. The biggest concern was the rip tide which was real. We never saw anyone going in too far out, a very wise thing to do.

We were fortunate to have nothing but blue skies and no rain for the remainder of our stay on Martha's Vineyard and were very tempted to stay through the end of the week.

MV Before Earl

We spent most of the day getting our feet wet, as it were, around the island and getting to know our way round a bit. One of the most obvious things you see are wonderful hanging signs above almost every business. This one looked really good but it turned out to be a simple take-out type of place with no customers. Now whether there were no customers because their food was just so, so or because of Earl we will never know.

As with any location on the ocean, you are always seeing wonderful boats of every kind. We caught the Yawl coming into Edgertown Cove as she was getting ready for a tack. A beautiful wooden boat with canvas sails and a wonderful white bottom.

Well everyone know the story of the Black Dog and how it arrived on MV becoming the trade mark of a local tavern. And what a great spot it was, or so they say. The Black Dog is now the best model of what great marketing can do for any business. There are now several taverns, bakeries, gift shops galore and even a tall ship! No more $10 T-Shirts at the bar.

South Beach- The original that is along the southern (like I needed to mention that) shore of the island is probably the most popular beach on Martha's Vineyard. Funny thing is, not only can you collect sea shells, sea glass and rocks, but actual US military bombs!

Truly a beautiful beach with a long, long stretch of natural sand and dunes.

As seen from town dock in Edgertown is the light house. Actually not the original. It was replaced after the hurricane of 1936. Prior to be torn down, the light house keepers refused to live in the old one saying the roof leaked, the floors shifted and it was unsafe. The Coast Guard removed the light house from Ipswitch and placed it here.

It's always nice to leave your mark when you visit a new place.

South Beach