It was a little exciting as we took Dasha on the plane with us. Over in this neck of the woods you're allowed to take mutts on the plane with you which is kinda cool. He was a really well behaved mutt and it was relatively painless. Admittedly the flight was only 35 minutes from JFK but anyway.
We stayed in a town called Oak Bluffs at a little B&B. It was across the road from a big field which was cool for princess as it meant plenty of off leash time. We timed it pretty well as there was a big festival on and all these hot rods were in town as part of it. The weather was great and the vibe was pumping. We spent a leisurely afternoon sipping pina colada's at Nancy's on the waterfront and aimlessly wandering around.
On Saturday we got up and went to hire some bikes to ride down to Edgartown. It's a nice 10km ride along the beach. We got to the bike rental place and they had a brand spanking new mini convertible. We kinda went with it an Menemsha ditched the pedal power idea in favor of the car. It was a little beast and an awesome way to spend the day. We drove about 80 miles that day doing a big circle of the island. The highlight being a fishing village called but I'll save that for another blog.
The place was a bit like Shelter Island and there were some monster houses around the place. It would be an awesome spot in summer but I thinking winter would be pretty isolating in this place.
Saturday night we were going to head out for dinner but ended up cranking up a fire at the B&B and sitting round yacking and polishing off a few ambers. I did eventually make it out to get some take out. I came across this place called Back Door Donuts in Oaks Bluff. It's literally a kitchen on a carpark where they sell fresh cooked donuts out the back door. It's a bit of an iconic place in Oaks Bluff and gets a regular queue for fresh donuts. I ended up getting a couple and I could see why they were so popular.
We spent the final day walking around the gingerbread houses in Oaks Bluff. The area was a former Methodist church camp and people started getting sick of camping so built these tiny little cottages. It was something like out of Disney but real. Very quaint.
A couple of things I learned about the place
- There are no wineries on the island. Go figure
- No one is entirely sure where the name came from
- David Letterman lives here. He jets to NY each day to film his show
- Meg Ryan and Lady Gaga also have homes here.
- The best lobster rolls in the world can be found here. Stay tuned for details.
- Jaws was filmed on the island
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| Checking Dasha in at JFK |
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| Dasha on the plane |
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| Nancy's Beer Garden |
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| Bet you cannot guess what I ordered |
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| One of the hot rods in town |
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| This kid had had one to many pina coladas |
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| This dog had had one to many pina cloadas |
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| The wheels |
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| This is the beach where one of the main scenes from Jaws was filmed |
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| Back Door Donuts |
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| Gingerbread houses |
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| The airport makes Avalon look like a luxury airport |
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| Dasha on the sky train from JFK |
Looks like you all had a great time. The red car just what you needed!! Dasha getting plane practice .... Only in America can you do stuff like thatl. Luv the blog grt times to remember
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