We had the fabulous opportunity to take a vacation on Nantucket Island. Some dear friends of ours let us use their vacation home on the island. We met Marvin and Lois and family there as well.
A few highlights--the ferry ride to and from the island, bike trails, beautiful and forsaken beaches, cute shops, the Whaling Museum, and Portuguese bread. The locals were very friendly!! The history of the island is intriguing--Quakers and whaling were two important parts of their history. Three things the island does not have--neon lights, traffic lights, and fast food restaurants.
We went to a Congregationalist church on Sunday morning. We had wanted to climb their bell tower as a tour, since it is the highest point on the island, but it was closed due to construction. One of the moderators at church offered to take us up after church anyway. Twice, after the church service, we ran into people that remembered us from church. I'm afraid we were more memorable then they were. Perhaps being a group of nine Mennonites had something to do with it.
I would love to post some pictures, but since I am over forty years old, and don't have a teenager in the house yet, I am still not able to do it. I spent the last half hour trying to figure it out, but still haven't conquered it.
We got home around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. We made lots of great memories. Bill was glad, however, to have one day to recuperate from his vacation before he had to go back to work.
