Martha's Vineyard

Olga visited for July 4th weekend and on that Friday, we went to Martha's Vineyard for a day.

We woke up early and drove down to Wood's Hole to take the ferry to the Vineyard. We wanted to get some Pie in the Sky before getting on the ferry but underestimated the available parking in Wood's Hole. Turns out we had to drive back about 20 minutes for parking and take a bus back to Wood's Hole (another 25-30 minutes). Therefore, we grabbed a later ferry than anticipated, but still made it to the island before noon.

Once on the ferry, I called a bike shop on the Vineyard that I had googled. We were able to reserve two mountain bikes to bike around the island. We got a great deal: something like $35 for two bikes for the day (helmets and a lock included). We were able to grab some lunch before setting off on our ride.

Here is the route we took:

We started at Oak Bluffs and went to Edgartown (but didn't quite make it) and then came back through Vineyard Haven to Oak Bluffs. We tried to geocache but the only one we ended up getting involved us badly bitten by small bugs, so we decided to cut our loses and stop there.

Here is a view of our bikes at the closest point we got to Edgartown:

Some photos from Vineyard Haven (where we ate some yummy ice cream and checked out a cute book shop) next to the water:

And finally, one last photo of Oak Bluffs on our way back to the ferry:

In the end, we were on the island for about 7 hours total, biked over 15 miles, ate yummy food, saw some beautiful sights, and got a bit sunburnt in the process. A wonderful day trip!

Catching up (again)

Since the last post, I have had a very busy last few months with only a few craft projects and tons and tons of traveling (4 countries: Ukraine, Italy, Russia, Mexico; 3 states: Missouri, Vermont, Texas; and an island: Martha's Vineyard), so a catch up is in order. The posts that follow this one will go over the international trips, the trip to Martha's Vineyard, and my halloween costume.

For now, a few smaller projects:

1. My friend Kate had a baby in the middle of July and I made her a cute little newborn jacket from this book (that my brother got me for Christmas last year).

2. I made another small crocheted bear for a friend, this time modifying this free pattern.

3. We finally got new windows last week! I first posted about this a year ago, but we finally got around to it. They are wonderful! They look exactly the same from inside and outside, but you can't feel the wind through them and our heat hasn't gone on since I got back 24 hours ago. The only issue is that our blinds had to be removed and don't fit back in so we are going to need to get new blinds or better curtains. Stay tuned on what we decide.