Tyrod's Car Show!

One of our favorite car shows - always the 2nd weekend of September.  We don't go to many shows, so we try to always get to this one.

 We drove the 1934 roadster.

 we followed Dallas & friends

 Beautiful day

 And lots of people!

September & October have the best shows, so our weekends fill up quickly.

Polo!

We met our friends Peter & Mary for another Polo match.  it's been a couple months.  My the summer flew!!

 It was Veronique's first polo match!

 Family portrait - Bolts, Chris, Steph

 Beautiful weather

 Bolts had so much fun playing with the other dogs on the polo field after the game.  He was so pooped afterward!  Finally!

St Elizabeth Fundraiser

Time again for the St Elizabeth Fundraiser.  My friend, Linda, is on the board & we always have a great time at the event.

They have great silent auction items.

 And good food & drinks too!

 The heads or tails game - trying to win an iPad

 Bob won another purse!  He got one last year too!

 Veronique came with me & had a great time too!  Chris stayed home & worked on his cars :)

More fun with Veronique!

We convinced Veronique to spend a few days with us.  She agreed - must have been the ice cream trip in the Woodie

 Or maybe she enjoyed hanging out with Bolts so much!

 Or maybe she wanted to see some ex co-workers!

Whatever it was - we were so happy she stayed!!

Sailing trip to Martha's Vineyard!

We've been wanting to go on a long sailing trip.  So when my friend Veronique came for a visit, we decided to sail to Martha's Vineyard.

Sailing under Mt Hope Bridge

 Veronique & Chris

 Friday's sail was quite long - down the Sakonnet river, past this lighthouse, and then up Buzzards Bay to Padanaram.  It was Chris' birthday, so he had quite the amazing day!

 We made it to the Padanaram harbor just before dark.  Whew

 I helped sail some, but Chris did most of the captaining.

 On Saturday, we had a nice sail to Edgartown.  Here is Chris, sailing into the harbor

 Absolutely beautiful!  There is nothing like sailing into town.  Much much better than driving :)

 Picture time

 Edgartown Lighthouse

 We love the architecture in Edgartown.  Especially these garages :)

 Saturday night, we had Sushi!  It was delicious!

 Sunday morning - coffee time!

 We love the vineyard & the views!

 We rented bicycles and rode them to Oak Bluffs - about 7 miles away from Edgartown.  A beautiful ride along the ocean.

 Once we got to Oak Bluffs, we had to go by The Sweet Life Cafe.  It's where we had our wedding reception in 2005!  Different owners now, but still looking good.

 We also took a walk through the cottages - famous in Oak Bluffs.

 And Ocean Cliff park

 And the Oak Bluffs Lighthouse.  We had wedding pictures taken here

 We kept on trucking, and rode our bikes the 3 long miles to Vineyard Haven (also known as Tisbury). How cool that they had a car show on Main Street!

 It was a nice treat for Chris.

 We also had to stop by the Black Dog Tavern

 Nice yachts - must have room for the helicopter!

 We eventually headed back to Edgartown.  We had to have the bikes back by 6:00.  Dinner time, then back to the sailboat!  This is the Edgartown Yacht Club.

 We awoke bright & early on Monday morning to ... fog.  Ugh.  We waited a couple hours & the fog lifted a little.  Visibility was about a half mile.

 V taking her turn at the helm!  By the time we sailed by Oak Bluffs, the fog had lifted (well mostly, visibility was 3 miles)

 Having fun on the way home

 It took us 9 hours to sail from Edgartown to Portsmouth.  We had good wind & we flew!

 An absolutely wonderful weekend!!!