Summertime, and the living is easy, and for many in the E Streeters extended family, the summer months means special sojourns to a magical place off the coast of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard.
For years, E Streeters and their families have been making visits to the island courtesy of John Piekos, who owns a home in Edgartown, home of the Vickers Way Classic.
For some of us, those trips means kayaking and sailing. For others, it means sitting on South Beach watching as monster waves knock over unsuspecting waders. (Andrew and I could sit there for hours watching the hapless victims.)
For others, it's Mad Martha's ice cream, breakfast at the Dock Street Coffee Shop, coffee at Mocha Motts or Espresso Love, walking the downtowns of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, sunsets and Menemsha Blues, or bike rides and runs on the labyrinth of trails that rope the island. (We explored miles of them, never retracing our steps.)
But for John, the Monarch of Martha's Vineyard? It means fishing. And we ain't talking scup. Take a gander at this week's catch, an 18-pound bass he caught off East Beach on Chappaquiddick. Talk about your weight limit!
Pretty impressive, huh? Too bad he threw out his back holding the fish up for the picture.
Not everyone has John's luck fishing, so for many of us, it's surf casting, and the seafood menu at the Black Dog or Alchemy has to suffice.
Bottom line, it's one of the most relaxing places on the Earth, as evidenced by these pics from the recent Cook trip over there.
What's
your favorite thing to do for your summer vacation?
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