We continued to have another perfect day on Nantucket. After doing a little more polishing of the stainless, we took the dinghy (and our trash and recycling) to shore to say goodbye to Dave and Molly. It has been such a treat to be in the same place as they were for the past few days. We have really enjoyed seeing them and getting to spend some time hanging out. Both Bill and I look forward to seeing them in Maryland later this summer.
After we bid them farewell (and watched capt' Dave nail leaving a very tight slip at the dock) we had lunch and then went to the Nantucket Whaling Museum. I have to say that it is one of the nicest museums I have ever been to. The picture below is a full size, real skeleton of a whale that washed up on
Nantuckets shore in 1996. We sat and listened to a 35 minute talk of the history of whaling and Nantucket, which was extremely interesting (so much so that I bought
Moby Dick, which I have never read, in the gift shop!) We saw scrimshaw,
nantucket baskets, tools and a replica of a boat that the whalers would have used, and a ton more. It is a very fascinating subject, and one that I didn't know anything about before our visit to the museum.
There was also an "observation deck" on the roof of the museum. I took this picture of the mooring field from the deck.
Mary Elizabeth is out there somewhere.
Afterwards we got ice cream and walked around a bit more. We went into several neat stores and Bill bought a clock from a local artist
Don Freedman. We and are now back at the boat, having happy hour and about to start a game of yahtzee before we go back into shore for dinner.
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