We went to bed a little late and so I figured I'd sleep in a bit BUT then I figured I'd get up and get some coffee and go work out by going for a walk through Boston... To my surprise, Dakota was knocking on my door at 8:00am and we were out the door by 8:30!! We started off by walking from the Westin over to the wharf/waterfront. We were loving the sunny morning and decided to walk across the bridge into Boston. We ended up walking back to Quincy Market and all over downtown and back to the Westin! We were gone for two hours! WOW!!! We had a great time taking in the sights and talking about everything from the male world, politics, and things we hate to things we love to hate! LOL!
Once back we had to get the guys up and moving and we began our journey down to the Cape. Around noon we discovered we didn't eat and were getting a little hungry so we stopped at "The Hearth and Kettle" and ordered up a feast... Brody was the only one who enjoyed his food so we left disgusted and he left happy...
As we approached the exit for Mashpee we let our host know we were close so that we could plan out our afternoon trek to Martha's Vineyard. I gotta tell you, we barely made it on the ferry! We put our stuff at a table and hit the snack bar for a soda and guess who I bumped into??? My friend from Hertz, Debbie and her family! What a small world! The view of the Vineyard from the ferry was beautiful and breathtaking and Mark Harding, Mashpee Wampanoag's Treasurer and our tour guide, pointed out all the landmarks for us as we traveled by sea to Oak Bluffs.
Once we arrived to Oak Bluffs we walked around a bit and Mark took some time to smell the roses! Literally... as we walked through the summer camp/meeting place area at the center of town. We decided we needed to get on our way to Aquinnah so we didn't run out of daylight and we wanted to catch the sunset.. BEAUTIFUL!!!
We stayed in Mark's Aquinnah house - his vacation home project that overlooks the island's lighthouse and the ocean.... Ah.... this is the life!
We went to dinner at a restaurant owned and operated by an Aquinnah Tribal Member. The cool thing was that a young girl was super excited to see Dakota walk through the door... evidently they had met each other during the Close Up program at USET two years ago! Awesome!
I had a looooong day and so we decided to hit the hay!
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