Subtitle: Exploring Two New Places
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The replacement drawbridge by the Lagoon Pond was completed in 2015,
and the temporary bridge that was put in place during the construction
was removed in 2016.  Drawbridge Park was put in where the temporary
bridge had been for 7 years.  I've been to Martha's Vineyard quite a 
few times but this was the first time I visited the park.  It's a small
area to way by and under the bridge and is nice.  Since it was the off
season, the bridge didn't go up very often.  We walked from the cottage
to the bridge, the park, and then stopped by the Eastville Point Park
just northeast of the bridge on the ocean side on the way back.
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Short Cove Preserve is another <a href="https://www.mvlandbank.com/">MVY 
Land Bank</a> property located on the central southern part of the Island
on the north side of the Tisbury Great Pond.  The Land Bank preserves areas 
on the Island, some for hiking, some for farming, some for hunting, 
and some just for the wildlife.  Walking on the Short Cove trail is a 
mix of woods, water, and farm.
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We where at Drawbridge Park on October 15, 2023, and Short Cove on 
October 16, 2023.
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2024 Martha's Vineyard trip pictures
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<a href="/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=MVY2023a">Part 1</a>: Ferry to MVY<br>
<a href="/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=MVY2023b">Part 2</a>: By the cottage & Sepiessa Point<br>
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<a href="/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=MVY2023c">Part 3</a>: Mnemsha<br>
Part 4: Draw Bridge Park and Short Cove<br>
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002-Drawbridge-Gate-Panorama-header: Drawbridge Park
002-Drawbridge-Gate-Panorama-headertext: 
002-Drawbridge-Gate-Panorama: A panoramic view of the gate and mechanism
from underneath it.
003-Eastville_Point_Beach_Panorama: A panororamic shot of the
Eastville Point beach.  The water is part of the Vineyard Sound,
which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
004-DSC_7517: The cottage.  
005-DSC_7518: And again the cottage.
006-DSC_7519: A slightly different angle on it.
007-DSC_7520: Rock cairns near the edge of the Lagoon Pond drawbridge.
008-DSC_7521: A closer view of the stacked stones.
009-DSC_7522: Stones cairns at the edge of the Lagoon Pond.
010-DSC_7524: Still more stones and the Lagoon Pond.
011-DSC_7525: The northeastern edge of the Lagoon Pond.
012-DSC_7526: A warm sunny day in mid October by the Lagoon Pond drawbridge.
013-DSC_7527: The Lagoon Pond and Drawbrdige Park from the drawbridge.
014-DSC_7528: The bike and pedestrian walkway and Drawbridge Park
from the drawbridge.
015-DSC_7532: I noticed some cool trippy tiles by the pedestrian path 
on the drawbridge.  The leftmost isn't quite the flying spaghetti monster,
a bit weirder.  The second is a giant squid with um...grying ducklings 
with a ball gag or a Bane mouth guard?!  And the third is just the iconic
image of the Creature from the Black Lagoon.  Perhaps the first two are
similar "lagoon" themed movies, but I don't think I want to know.  I
never saw Blue Lagoon but I don't think the first two qualify.
016-DSC_7533: History of the Lagoon Pond Bridge.
017-DSC_7540: The Island Home ferry approaches Vineyard Haven.
018-DSC_7541: Looking at the entrance to the drawbridge control house.
019-DSC_7542: The drawbridge control room.
020-DSC_7544: Sign on the bridge at the entrance to the Lagoon Pond.
021-DSC_7546: The drawbridge gate.  Note the 45&deg; angle on the
mechanism with respect to the directoin of the bridge, and the 45&deg;
angle of the gate with respect to the mechanism.  That akes it parallel 
to the bridge when open (now), and perpendicular (blocking the road) 
when closed.
022-DSC_7547: A nice mid-October day on Martha's Vineyard.
023-DSC_7550: Frank smiles and squints into the light on Eastvill Point Beach.
023a-Drawbridge_Information_Panorama: A panoramic photo of the sign
taht describes the Lagoon Pond and the drawbridge at its entrance.

025-DSC_7595-header: Short Cove
025-DSC_7595-headertext: 
025-DSC_7595: The entrtance to the Short Cove trail.
026-DSC_7579: On the Short Cobe trail.
027-DSC_7580: A sideways smiling-mouth tree on the trail (visible in the 
previous photo.
028-DSC_7582: Some colorful flowers in a meadowy area along the 
Short Cove trail.
029-DSC_7583: A closer view of the colorful flowers on the Short Cove trail.
030-DSC_7585: More flowers along the trail with a bit more green and purplish 
hue.
031-DSC_7587: Wild weirdberries along the path with Short Cove in the distance.
032-DSC_7594: Short Cove.
033-DSC_7596: A badass tree.  It first looks sort of like a face, 
but with wire gouging into it.  However, on closer inspection, it's
clear the tree grew <i>into</i> the wire fence.  And at each point of 
contact, it formed a bad-ass mouth.  But the most bad-ass part is if 
you look at the top right wire, you'll notice it's barbed wire, but 
only on the right side.  The tree fucking chewed up the barbed with 
fence and snapped it off and is using part of it as a tooth pick!  
Don't fuck with this tree!
034-DSC_7598: Lots of logs and stuff.
035-DSC_7599: It seems like these are for making trailriding more 
challenging.
036-DSC_7600: We saw some people riding horses and jumping them over
some of this just off the trail.
037-DSC_7601: The enbtrance to the trail to the left, the entrance
to private property (that does horse riding and jumping), and a 
name on the rock that makes me want to say "de deee de de-de" in reply
even if it's a syllable short.
038-Short-Cove_Panorama1: A panoramic photo looking south from 
Short Cove onto the Tisbury Great Pond.  You can see the land boundry
on the central horizon.  It is not directly connected to open ocean.



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2024 Martha's Vineyard trip pictures
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<a href="/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=MVY2023a">Part 1</a>: Ferry to MVY<br>
<a href="/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=MVY2023b">Part 2</a>: By the cottage & Sepiessa Point<br>
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<a href="/cgi-bin/gallery-thumb.py?id=MVY2023c">Part 3</a>: Mnemsha<br>
Part 4: Draw Bridge Park and Short Cove<br>
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