a) they seem to go a bundle on nail bars. Perhaps well manicured nails signify persons of leisure. There must be a great many such people, as there are nail bars everywhere you go.
b) their level of patriotism is a bit scary. We've seen the Stars and Stripes not just in front porches, but on road bridges, gravestones and even bikes.
c) they are incredibly polite and friendly
d) they appear from the number of places of worship, to be very religious. Even in the smallest towns there are usually churches of several denominations eg Episcopalian, Christian Scientist, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, RC, Congregationalist, and often they are very imposing edifices built to show off the wealth of the worshipers I should imagine.
Today we came across a group of Amish men and women who were sightseeing. I was surprised that far from setting themselves apart from non-Amish people, they were happily chatting with them.
We took a ferry today to Martha's vineyard.
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| Leaving Woods Hole harbour |
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| On the boat to Martha's Vineyard |
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| Ford Taurus waiting for the ferry |
as the area around Vineyard Haven where the ferry docked, was very touristy. We decide to explore the quiet, south western side of the island and ended up at a place called Aquinnah.
It was worth risking this
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| Deer tics in sand dunes |
for this
Just look at the colours in these cliffs!
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| Multi coloured clay cliffs at Aquinnah formerly known as Gay Head |
and in the dunes there were masses of these tiny aster-like flowers
and hundreds of these butterflies
Am I right in thinking they are Monarchs?
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