We had a trip planned to Martha’s Vineyard for August 21-28 so we were keeping an eye on the path of Hurricane Henri.  In the end we decided to go when it looked like the storm was going to hit Rhode Island rather than the Vineyard.  We stopped on the Cape for lunch and I had my first lobster roll of the trip at the Lobster Trap (sadly I’d already eaten the whole roll when I thought to take a picture!).

Then we played a round of mini golf and I got a hole in one!

Our ferry left Woods Hole at about 4pm.

Once we arrived at the house and settled in we took a walk down to the local beach.  Unfortunately shortly after I took this photo Sarah tripped and fell and skinned her knee on the rough walkway!  Andrew carried her all the way back to the house.

On Sunday Henri was passing by and all we got was a windy drizzly day.  So we went out for breakfast and then took a drive around the island and saw the beautiful Cliffs of Aquinnah!

We stopped for a short hike on the drive back and then went out to dinner (lobster roll #2) at the Square Rigger Restaurant near Edgartown.

Our last stop of the day was for some ice cream in Edgartown!  The famous place was closed (Mad Martha’s) so we ended up at Scoop Shack, which turned out to be our favorite ice cream of the trip.

On Monday we had reserved a kayak tour in the famous “pond” featured in the Jaws movie, Sengekontacket Pond.  We had two two-person kayaks and a guide and we saw lots of birds.  It was hard work!

That afternoon we met up with the Merchants at South Beach!  The waves were huge from the remains of Henri.

On Tuesday we decided to go back to South Beach to spend the day.

And that night we had a delicious dinner at Lucky Hank’s in Edgartown.  I particularly enjoyed the lobster devilled egg appetizer, pictured below.  After dinner we picked up some pints at the Village Scoop ice cream shop in Edgartown.

On Wednesday we went to check out Joseph Sylvia State Beach, which is where most of the beach scenes were filmed for the Jaws movie.  The water is very calm which was fun for the kids.  We checked out the “Jaws Bridge” where people jump off into the water, though no one in our group was up for the challenge.

That night we were invited over to the Merchants’ rental for pool time and dinner.  The kids loved getting some pool and friend time!

On Thursday we took the ferry over to Chappaquiddick to check out the Japanese Garden and other sites.

The ferries are named “On Time” because there is no schedule, so they are always on time.  The ride takes about 90 seconds but each ferry only holds three cars so we had to wait about 45 minutes to make the crossing.

Here we are at the Mytoi Japanese gardens.

Then we drove out to see the infamous Dike Bridge.

And we had a picnic lunch and spent the afternoon at Wasque.

We finally succeeded in getting ice cream at Mad Martha’s that afternoon, though we ended up not being all that impressed with the quality.  Maybe our expectations were too high?  We had dinner at the Offshore Ale Co in Oak Bluffs, and I had another lobster roll!

Friday was our last day and we chose to go back to South Beach for the day.  It was beautiful– the sand, the waves, the breeze.

On Saturday we had reservations on an early ferry back to Woods Hole.

We stopped at Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock in New London and I opted for the scallop BLT again because the last one was so good!  It did not disappoint.

It was a great vacation we will definitely hope to be back to Martha’s Vineyard again someday!