Nantucket

One of the highlights of our summer, every year, is a trip to our favorite island: Nantucket Island.

Nantucket is in the Atlantic Ocean, off of Cape Cod, and to travel there requires heavy traffic and long hours on roads, parking in Hyannis, and taking a ferry ride to Nantucket. Once we arrive to the island, usually Grandma & Grandpa are there to pick us up, and this time Aunt C, Uncle P and cousins were there, also. And all the travel is so worth it, Nantucket truly is a special place.

In the collage above, I have random pictures from the ferry, from our walks, from Fourth of July celebrations, and from kids helping Grandpa sand the fence.



A trip to Nantucket Island would not be complete without a trip to the beach! Swimming, boogie boarding and seaweed fights were so much fun with cousins!



Grandma and Grandpa's attic on Nantucket is a fascinating and fun place. On one side you find Lionel trains midst of mountains and villages (not pictured here), and on the other side is a puppet stage made by Grandma when she was young, including marionettes.

The cousins put together a fantastic marionette puppet show called Independence Day. Well done, all!!

And a special treat in the end. A short video of Missy devouring her watermelon piece. This shows why she was able to bring the watermelon prize home from the festivities:)



Ps. You can make the video larger by clicking the arrows on bottom right.

Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa, for the wonderful time we all had!

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Perheemme vietti upean viikon isovanhempien kesäkodissa Nantucketin saarella Atlantin valtameressä. Oli itsenäisyyspäivän viettoa, rannalla olemista, kävelyreissuja ja marionettinukke-esitys, paljon aikaa serkkujen ja isovanhempien, tädin ja sedän kanssa. Videossa Missy voittaa vesimelonin syöntikisan Usan itsenäisyyspäivän juhlinnassa Nantucketin pääkadulla. Upea viikko lempisaarellamme!