Welcome to Martha's Vineyard!

The next phase of our transition to Canada was a family vacation to Martha's Vineyard.
A truly beautiful place to spend some quality time with the fam.

We checked out a lot of beaches.

Celebrated a couple birthdays with cake, candles, and...
FIREWORKS!!!

And then there were more beaches!

Puzzles...Puzzles...Puzzles...and more puzzles!
We actually did, I believe, FIVE different puzzles.

This one was fun but tougher. It was 1000 pieces. Mom and Erica worked very hard on it.
So after the puzzle there was...
More BEACHES!!!
And after the beach we went out for a special dinner at The Black Dog Tavern, an Original M.V. pub that has become an EMPIRE!


They not only have food but a bakery, and two stores that sell
basically everything with the black dog logo on it. The food was amazing and Tim loves the double layer heavy-weight hoodie that we got him. It's great for working out in the garage in the cold Canadian winter.
But here on the island it is still summer. So, we're off to the Field Gallery,
an outdoor sculpture and painting gallery that is another essential MV moment.
Oh YEAH! What a stud!
And a sister picture of course.
And then it's back to the beach. Aaawwww.
I love you too Tim!
And with all that beach hopping we even went actually swimming in the ocean.
One funny story at the beach was that Emilie and I were paddling together on the boogie board
and chatting. We kept paddling and chatting and looking out at the ocean.
Then all of the sudden my Dad called us from the shore, we turned around and realized we were WAY FAR OUT! Yikes! We quickly paddled back towards the shore and took a nice safe break on the sand.
A bit more about the beauty of MV: Hydrangeas, WoW they are everywhere and gorgeous!
A few scenes from our walks and bike rides around the island.
More beauty :-)
And Mr. Tim the photographer.

Big beautiful boats everywhere!
And cute little cottages everywhere too!

And Mr. Tim the photographer on our long bike trip.
I'm not much of a rider so the 7 mile bike trip we took around the island was a
BIG accomplishment for me. I really enjoyed it too.
With scenery like this how can you go wrong.

We went out to the island on the island Chappaquitic. This area of MV used to be connected to the main island but after storms and erosion it became disconnected. It now can only be accessed via a shuttle boat that runs back and forth across the 300 yd. distance.
I believe this is a sandpiper.
At the end of a long day in the sun we went to watch the sunset over the boats.
If you look carefully at my leg you can see it's quite pink. That was the beginning of
a journey back to Canada with a BAD sunburn. Both Tim and I got very burned that day.
It was a great day at the beach though and an
Awesome time on the island and with family.

Thank you Mom and Dad for a great vacation.