Martha’s Vineyard
On Wednesday I took the train up to Boston, grabbed a rental car to Woods Hole, and then took the ferry over to Martha’s Vineyard.
The Vineyard is 230 square kilometres – you can drive around it in around 90 minutes. Jaws was filmed here in 1974. In 1977 the island tried to secede from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after they lost their seat in the State House. They talked of becoming the 51st state (which was highly unlikely) but what was hilarious is that other states tried to woo them – Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine all said they would welcome the Vineyard as part of the state – and one state even offered them two seats in their State House!
A typical road on the island. Pretty much every road is surrounded by bush and is lovely to drive along.
This is the street I am staying on, in Oak Bluffs. It’s a gorgeous little town – one main road of shops, and around 1,500 houses.
This photo is taken in Edgartown and in the distance is Chappaquiddick Island. Chappaquiddick is of course most well known as the place where Senator Edward Kennedy drove off a bridge, resulting in the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy did not report the crash and the car and her body were found the next morning.
And this is where I spent most of the day. It is around a one minute walk from where I am staying. I can see why it is such a popular place with so many prominent Americans.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Thanks for the photos you have blogged this trip. Really enjoyed them. ‘Specially NY though always sad to see – or not see – the two towers absent from the skyline.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Martha’s Vineyard is where “Jaws” was filmed. Think on that next time you’re on the beach. (“That’s some bad hat, Harry”)
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:21 pm
How about just keeping on travelling DPF. The odd conference; maybe an interview or two; even an offshore ‘envoy’ – the world’s your oyster; and we get to benefit from the pictorial and verbal comment you send in.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:35 pm
All this is making me mighty homesick. I really miss coastal NE – and MV is a fantastic place, any time of year.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Ta for the holiday guide. Curious though. Are there any buskers in Martha’s Vineyard, or is it all a bit Great Gatsby?
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:55 pm
WordPress doing a great job of forgetting my login information :/
Hey nice photos. But why do they all look blury? It looks really foggy.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm
David,
If you get a chance go and spend a night at Honeysuckle Hill, Barnstable. Freddy will look after you and a great B&B!!
Cheers,
Bruce Bayless
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Beach/vineyard…… AND YOU CHOOSE BEACH????????
Are you sick????????
July 4th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Having never traveled America (and I never will but that is another story) I’ve enjoyed the pics.
Thanks.
I did miss seeing a pic of the golf course at Marthas Vinyard Bill Clinton retired to to repair his relationship with Hillary and order the bombing of innocent babyfood factories (or whatever) because he had just admitted to having HAD “sexual relations with that woman”.