We arrived in Nantucket around 5pm. Our first impression was the boats at the marina. There were allot of massive private yachts scattered throughout the marina.

A quick history of Nantucket. It was also settled in the early 1600’s by Europeans and inhabited before that by Native American’s thousands of years before that. The island really took off in the late 1700’s when it became the whaling capital of the world and one of the richest communities in America. It was even mentioned in the 1851 novel, “Moby Dick”. Early whaling boats were only 20 feet long and operated by 6 men using harpoons to capture the whale. The island prospered for about 50 years until sand bar build up and a great fire devastated the island and whaling in Massachusetts took over.

When we got in we went to our hotel to get checked in then walked to a nice restaurant for dinner. The next day we decided to take a scenic tour which took us around the entire island. That gave us a better idea of where we wanted to bike around. We took about a 10 mile ride around including a stop for some beverages and live music at Jette’s beach. There’s also a lighthouse called Brant lighthouse that is the second oldest lighthouse in America that we rode to. Although, it has been rebuilt a few times.

After our bike ride we ferried back to Cape Cod, had a nice dinner then headed back to the campground.