Friday 5ive- A Trip to Nantucket

Welcome to the Friday 5ive, a weekly post featuring five things that caught my attention this week.

We took a trip to Nantucket with our younger son and his fianceé. It was a glorious weekend, filled with good food and strolls around the pretty town.

1) We rented a Jeep (everyone in Nantucket has a Jeep) and went to Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge where you could drive the Jeep right onto the beach. There were a lot of people fishing, and a sign that read 'Warning- Seals Attract Sharks. Do not swim near seals'. We saw a lot of seals close up to the shore, they must figure that sharks can't come that close to the beach. It was pretty cool!

2) Topper's is a famous restaurant on the island and we had a special engagement dinner there. My first course was a summer fruit and vegetable dish that had such a beautiful presentation, as did the pavlova desset. If you watch Hulu's The Bear, you would appreciate it.

3) One of the highlights for me was a visit to the popular The Club Car for their piano bar entertainment. My son and his fianceé manuevered us to get right up close to the piano where the large crowd sang along enthusiastically to songs like Tiny Dancer (a big fan favorite that night).

4) As we were walking near the waterfront we ran into a wedding party marching down the street, complete with musicians and everyone had a tambourine. I wanted to ask if I could have a tambourine, but I did not. It was like something you'd see in New Orleans. 

 
5) Our trip home took a little longer than planned. We were supposed to fly out of Nantucket on Monday, the day of the horrendous storms and flash flooding in New York City. Our 3:30pm flight kept getting delayed and we figured our best bet was to get off Nantucket and to Boston where we'd stay overnight and get a flight the next morning. 

The only flight to Boston was on Cape Air in a little eight-seater plane. It was kind of like being up in a hot air balloon, very peaceful and slow going over the water. You had to tell the Cape Air agent your weight and all I could think of was comedienne Leanne Morgan's story of going on a small plane and when asked her weight she lied and she knew everyone lied too and she was sure they were going to crash.

 When we went to get our luggage at the Boston airport, my bag was missing. (But my husband's golf clubs made it.) The other couple on our flight were also missing a bag, so we read a sign that said "If your bag is not here, wait 15-20 minutes before going to the Cape Air desk upstairs." The wife and and I waited while the husbands went upstairs and sure enough, our bags showed up 25 minutes later. They arrived on the following Cape Air flight. That made me laugh! 

After a 90 minute car ride from Newark airport to NYC, we were home. Our flight from Boston to NYC took 45 minutes. Only 22 hours behind schedule. What are you going to do?

Our trip to Nanticket was so lovely, we had a fantastic time and I would go back again. Have a great and safe week.