Day 91 - Osterville to Martha's Vineyard MA

Thursday May 23, Biked 35 miles. Total mileage by end of day: 4793. 

Warm & sunny -- great bicycling weather again!

Mark and Kathy were wonderful hosts! One of Kathy's paintings is in the background :-)

Dill got acquainted with Olivia.

Motor vehicles kill tens of thousands of people every year -- over 3.7 million total. This is three times the total number of Americans killed in all the wars the US has ever fought. I bicycled past this roadside memorial to Kevin Quinn who survived Afghanistan, but not driving home after visiting his wife and newborn.

This type of share the road sign is dangerous. It shows a car far too close to a bicyclist and this stretch of road has a shoulder too narrow for a bicyclist to ride in safely. Best for the cyclist to ride in the middle of the traffic lane -- known as "take the lane". Alas, many motor vehicle drivers do not know that this is both legal and the safest option. They think their inconvenience is trumps people's safety and lives. 

Sad to find yet another disposable plastic water bottle on the road side ready to be washed into a creek, river, and ocean. I've picked up hundreds of plastic items off of the roadside on my trip across the US. Plus, so many unthinking people wasting their money -- spending 1000x more on a product they can get so much more cheaply and safely from most water taps in the US using a reusable water bottle.

Olivia was happy to see that Cape Cod has a Beagle Club!

Passed by an adult tricycle for sale. This is a good option for people who like to ride but can no longer manage a regular bicycle. Some friends of mine have continued to ride on tricycles well into their 90s.

People through out SO MUCH garbage and their own money. Waste is money lost.

Another share the road sign. I prefer the signs that say "bicycle may use full lane".

A house on the coast.

And the beach across from this house.

Another cute house I biked by.

Some boats in Falmouth.

Ate 2 of Michael's fantastic donuts at the Falmouth Farmers Market!

David Burt, a former biology teacher, recommended I visit the Sea Education Association a short distance from this farmers market.

Ate 2 cheese and 2 chiken empanadas and an arepas from Donde Thiago. Delicious!

Jen and Lindsey loved my ride! I loved their Falmouth Farmers Market!

Dropped by the Woods Hole Research Center.

Most of their staff were away at a conference but I met Hilary their IT director :-)

Then dropped in at SEA.

Cricket Warner gave me a great tour and overview of their programs. The Sea Education Association is a fantastic organization! They teach at sea on tall sailing ships -- green house gases avoided!

I wish I could have stayed for the symposium that was just about to start but I had speaking engagements on Martha's Vineyard to get to.

My bike and Olivia are eager to get going. 

A pretty tree along the route to Woods Hole.

An interesting house.

The Woods Hole Science Aquarium was very interesting and it is free! It is the original US National Aquarium and the oldest aquarium in the US.

Olivia is somewhat smaller than her relatives.

Please save our turtles and stop using disposable plastic! It is washing into the sea and killing so much wildlife in addition to turtles.

Olivia liked this bearded fish.

Good information about endangered and threatened species on this welcome board.

Olivia said Hi! to a diamondback terrapin.

This is the front of the aquarium. It is a NOAA facility.

One of the main streets of Woods Hole.

Had a great time talking to Cynthia and Paul as we waited to board the ferry to Martha's Vineyard. Bicyclists are such friendly people!

The view looking back at Woods Hole as we departed.

Lots of cool little houses in Oak Bluffs.

Then I arrived at the Oak Bluffs library to prepare for my evening presentation.

Allyson the library director welcomed me.

Lots of cool quilts in their community room where I set up for my talk.

Carolina was instrumental in setting up this talk and her colleague was very welcoming too. Librarians are super friendly!

The town of Oak Bluffs uses many electric vehicles. These greatly reduce CO2 emissions.

About a dozen people attended and were enthusiastic about saving our seas and world.

After my talk, I splurged and had dinner at The Cardboard Box. Below is my bike hanging out on their patio. I was able to sit just inside to keep an eye on it.

They had a cool modern interior, it was not your everyday cardboard box :-)

The menu had many interesting dishes.

Their "Development of Tomato" was to die for that evening.

The Crispy Thai Chili Shrimp were scrumptious.

The Lump Blue Crab and Corn Hushpuppies were tasty too.

And their cinnamon bun in syrup with ice cream was indescribably delicious!

My servers Shivonne and Jacob were fantastic! Hats off to The Cardboard Box on being a very bicycle tourist friendly establishment as well as a culinary seventh heaven.

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