Bicycles & Ice-Cream

My dad and I woke up this morning at 6:00 for our first attempt at riding around the whole island. This is a 30 mile ride to town, ‘Sconset, Polpis, back to town and then to Madaket again. Now, my brother does this practically every morning when he’s here, after making himself a healthy fruit smoothie (I wouldn’t be surprised if he threw in a raw egg as well). He makes it look effortless. Me? Not so much. But we made it and it felt great so we’re feeling pretty good about that. Nantucket has great bike paths throughout the island, which makes it a fun way to get around. I was thinking as we were riding that it was 30 years ago that I made my first ride out to Madaket from the ferry. I was 9 and our family came over here from the Vineyard for the day. There were no bike paths, only a narrow road that was shared by a multitude of bikes, cars, and mopeds. It was a long ride for us kids, but the reward of Madaket Beach was worth it, and we were sold on Nantucket as a place to return to for many years to come.

After a fairly quick trip into town for our preliminary t-shirt/ sweatshirt/ hat / etc, etc, etc. shopping, we headed home to stormy skies and a quiet afternoon with mom making some delicious homemade strawberry ice-cream. We’re spoiled. But everyone deserves to be spoiled once in awhile, right?