What a perfect day! We got up early and decided to take the scooter around the rest of the island after our tour was cut short yesterday by bad weather. First we went to Mohegan Bluffs – which was absolutely incredible. We walked down a huge flight of stairs onto the beach and watched the surf for awhile. It was as pretty as anything we have seen in the Caribbean – huge waves and boulders, lots of green shrubbery, huge cliffs. There were lots of people on the beach – including kids who decided to give themselves a mud bath. We learned that the sand is black because of iron deposits. Bill took this picture of a family enjoying the sand! Hey people pay big money at spas for mud wraps. These kids are onto something.
We hopped back onto the scooters (after a long trek back UP the stairs) and went to the Southeast Lighthouse, back through town, and then onto North Reef Light. We stopped and had hotdogs and brats on the rocks at North Reef and then went to a “Labyrinth”, which turned out to be more creepy than anything (we were thinking large shrubs and / or cornstalks but it was more like a weird shrine.) We had to return the scooter at 2:00 so we headed back to town to the rental place and then walked back to the marina.
Bill washed down the sides of the boat and we had a visit from Jeremy who is in Block Island captaining a charter with sv Splendido. We are now enjoying the late afternoon sun on the boat. We are planning on a sunset dinghy ride, dinner at the Oar, and the Red Sox tonight. Tomorrow we leave for Mystic, CT, another place we are both looking forward to seeing.
Block Island has been fun. It is a neat place – only 10 square miles. And we found out today that most of the Island is protected. Lots of people vacation here (on boats, at the hotel where the marina we are staying is, or in several beautiful B & Bs we saw). 
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