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Idea Itinerary

This is our itinerary from our first trip to Martha's Vineyard. We actually made this list while on the Vineyard, so it's as accurate as can be! Perhaps you can glean some ideas of things you'd like to see from this page.

BOSTON: Wednesday, July 17 (Arrival, Downtown Crossing)

• Met Dulce from Hawaii at Chicago O'Hare Airport (United terminal; on to Logan)
• Take bus to Martha's Vineyard from South Station (includes 1-3/4 hour bus ride and 45-min ferry boat ride)
• Buzz the Bight

• MVY Airport (tiny bus stop)
• Alley's General Store in West Tisbury
• Larsen's Fish Market (get all the seafood)
• Spring water in Gay Head
• Cronigs in West Tisbury (cucumbers)
• Stuffed quahogs, lobster rolls for dinner
• Walk Dutcher Dock in Menemsha (like old days)
• Chowder at the Bite (Yankee magazine)
• Ice cream at the Galley (jimmies)

• Explore Grandma's yard (deadly mushrooms)
• Drive in Vineyard Haven (Cronigs, West Chop, Lambert's Cove)
• Crabs for lunch
• Bluefish for dinner
• Olympic opening ceremony from Atlanta

• Chilmark Flea Market (old postcards)
• Chilmark Library (Ralph S. Mouse from 1982)
• Chilmark Community Center (Book sale)
• Bus to Vineyard Haven
• Shop shirt store above A&P (CK shirts with "MV")
• Explore Main Street (Bunch of Grapes bookstore: Boston book)
• Black Dog Restaurant
• Explore William Street residential area
• Mad Martha's (blueberry ice cream)
• See Shenandoah schooner, Net Result
• Bus to Chilmark
• Boston Baked Beans and franks for dinner

• Explore Katama
• Dairy Queen at Edgartown
• East Chop lighthouse near Oak Bluffs
• Scrod for dinner

• Hy-line cruise from Oak Bluffs (10-12:15p)
• Atlantic Café for lunch (burger, wings)
• Walk to Old Mill windmill
• Hawden House tour (Victorian house)
• Explore Main Street (Nantucket basket?)
• View from First Congregational Church
• Lobster rolls for dinner

• Swim at Menemsha Beach
• Speed boat with Uncle Louis (Menemsha Pond)
• Drive around Lobsterville
• Sunset in Menemsha (Chocolate chip rock)

• Drive to Gay Head (lighthouse, cliffs)
• Hike on Menemsha Hills (BJ Rock)
• Play in the muck with Ashley (Menemsha Pond)
• Chilmark dump with Grandma
• Play croquet in the yard
• Yellowtail flounder for dinner

• Car Wash
• Felix Neck nature area
• Play with old toys
• Swordfish for dinner

• Swim at Menemsha Beach
• Watch glass blowing at North Tisbury
• Explore Oak Bluffs with Grandma (Mad Martha's)
• A&P in Vineyard Haven
• Visit Almeda at Lambert's Cove
• Tuna for dinner

• Cooked Pancit for Aunt Bert
• Explore Vineyard Haven with Grandma
• Chilmark Chocolates
• Yellowtail flounder for dinner

• Explore Gay Head with Grandma (Wampanoag housing)
• Play Parcheesi, run around house
• Lobster for dinner
• Walk the dock
• Uncle Louis ride
• Olympic closing ceremony

• Bus to Edgartown
• Explore shopping areas, Main Street
• Vineyard Museum (closed Mondays)
• Lunch at Wharf Pub
• View from Town Dock (Chappy ferry)
• Shop Bickerton & Ripley Bookstore (Civil War book)
• Mad Martha's ice cream
• Dinner: Uncle Louis' clambake (chowder, lobster, sausage, steamers, potatoes, corn on the cob)

• Pack stuff to go home
• See Gay Head cliffs and lighthouse
• Lobster for dinner (again!)

• Final Buzz the Bight