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August 21, 2009
club wed:
A Whale of a Time
Oh, I’m sorry, are you sick to death of Jenna and her wedding? Did you come here to get some travel tips? Well, there’s plenty of that to come…
But for now you’ll just have to deal with the inside scoop—avec pics—from our mini-moon to the quaint island of Nantucket.
We stayed at the historic—and chachi—White Elephant, which has been a staple on the island’s harbor front since 1920. The fancy-pants hotel got high marks on the T&L HotList. The beds are ginormous and super comfy. And the lawn overlooks the scenic harbor. Unfort. for these little love doves, the weather on the island of Nantucket (which was the hub of all US whaling activity at one point) wasn’t so hot, so we didn’t get any photos of us lounging on the coolio chaise chairs set by the sea.
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Husband and I spent the first day of our cloudy island time racing around the island on a moped. *Travel tip: Many people rent bikes. But I’m not the two-wheeler kind of gal and Husband is a speed demon, so we opted for the moped. We zoomed out to the Siansconset lighthouse and tried to take a photo in the fog.
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Then husband snapped a pic of the mileage out toward his home country of España. Olé.
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We also took the fave pose of the Hubbahs leaning against the structure. (You think I kid? Look him up on FB and you’ll see his profile pic is similar—he just swapped a windmill for the lighthouse).
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Oh, and look, here he is again at the Nantucket Harbor Lighthouse. *smile.
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Then we got cold. So we headed up to the White Elephant’s swanky sister property, the Wauwinet, which is locted on a private stretch of land on the northern portion of the island. *Travel tip: The area is so exclusive that you can only pass with a resident off-road permit. There’s a parking lot at the entrance to the protected beach land, where you can drop off your car/moped and hike into the pristine land.
We sat outdoors on the patio and enjoyed the expansive beach and lawn views. The Hubbahs had a burger and I loved loved loved my special order salad. And we both enjoyed the local Whale’s Tale Pale Ale. Yum!
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The second day we hung out in Nantuket town, which is a maze of cobblestone streets and historic brick buildings. It is so pictureqsue and uber New Englandy. (Even I think so, and I was raised in the area!) Many homes on the island are built of clapbaord that turns gray over time. It is also very common for them to be covered in wildroses that thrive in the acidic sand on the island.
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We went to the town beach for a photo-op. Gosh, I think we look cute. And when it was time to depart, we headed to the harbor—it’s literally a stone’s throw from the town. And walked around the piers before hopping the ferry back to Cape Cod.
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And this is what we left behind…
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xoxo
Posted by Jenna at 1:37 p.m.
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