Fairy Tale 249/365

We were up pretty early on Saturday and Tyler brought breakfast up to our room. We got ready for our day and walked down the street to pick up our bike. The great Inn keeper had given us a map and suggested we take the 6 mile trip to Oak Bluffs. She also suggested that we give a tandem bike a try. So we walked into Happy Wheels and told them what we wanted. They gave us a quick once over and let us know that the tandem bike with one chain and rear handlebars connected to the front seat would require good communication if we want to come back in one piece...with a bike in similar shape. We decided we were up for the challenge and even had them throw a basket on the front for fun. They wished us good luck and off we went. The picture of the day perfectly sums up our trip to Oak Bluffs....it was wonderful. :)

We stopped for a quick picture during our ride. There was beach on both sides and we were so glad we were told about the tandem bike because we were able to talk during the ride. Tyler may not have been so thrilled about it on the way back...the seats were not the most comfortable.

The main reason for our photo break...

We tied up our bike once we got into downtown Oak Bluffs and started walking through the cottage community made of little ginger-bread looking houses. They were colorful and adorable and we enjoyed winding our way through the streets of the neighborhood. We searched for a house numbered 17 but had NO luck! The closest we came was finding 19 and 15 with an empty lot in the middle.

We could not have had a more gorgeous day! Between the sun in the cloudless sky and the breeze coming off the water, the weather was absolutely perfect...

My favorite little house with purple trim and clothesline...

A sweet sleeping pup that made us miss Tess...

We grabbed lunch at a little cafe and walked over to a big green field at the center of town. We enjoyed some ice cream and after relaxing for a few minutes, Tyler went off in search of a kite.

We laid on our backs and flew our kite...the world seemed to turn a little slower on that island. :)

Then I managed to get our kite stuck on the one building at the center of the field. It look some tricky fixing but I was finally able to wrap up all the string and get the kite down. It did make for an eventful end to our day in Oak Bluffs.

We passed our kite along to a group of families with several children. Hopefully they enjoyed it as much as we did. Then we hopped back on our bike and headed back to Edgartown. We stopped for some quick pictures at the nursery on our way before dropping off our bike, which we managed to keep all in one piece!

We stopped for a little shopping and then for drinks in a local bar on our way back to the Inn and even collected a few wooden nickels. We didn't get anywhere close to earning our own mug or the big accomplishment, which is a plaque on the back of your own barstool, but maybe one day we can go back to rack up some more coins. We showered and changed for dinner and made the short trip to the restaurant attached to the Inn. We decided to catch the early ferry on Sunday morning back to Boston so we got a good night's rest in preparation for the rest of our trip. In addition to the relaxing days and beautiful scenery of the island, we took away a great quote with words to live by...if only we could...

Quit Your Job

Buy A Ticket

Get A Tan

Fall In Love

Never Return