Scooters and Sconset

Our first full day on the island, we thought it would be a good idea to tour the whole place. We started out by walking around town and down to the pier just to take a look around.  Then, we thought about renting bikes because that's what Brad and I did on our first trip, and we had a blast.  But, Paw Paw wasn't so sure about riding over 20 miles on a bike, so we opted for scooters instead.  I wanted to ride with Brad because I know my skills on a scooter would have been awful.  Maw Maw and Paw Paw wanted their own.  We rented the scooters for the full day, had a short lesson from the scooter guy, and off we went exploring. 

Our scooter group

Paw Paw looked so cute on his scooter, but he told me not to take any pics of him with the helmet on.  He even asked the guy if he was required to wear the helmet, which he was told, "absolutely, it's the law."

Maw maw had a hard time figuring out the basket.  We had to call the scooter guy over to help us. 

Brad always wonders where RJ gets her big head.  Well, here is the proof!  He had to have an XL helmet, and I fit in a small :)

Maw Maw and Paw Paw had a slow start on the scooters, but within just a few miles, they had the hang of it! 

You will look at the next picture and think, why in the world did she take a picture of the back of an old truck, but if you look way up front, this is a picture of the line of traffic that Maw Maw and Paw Paw had backed up when they first started riding.  Neither one of them would pick up their feet at first, which makes for some slow moving :) 

 We took a very scenic road out to Brad's favorite part of the island called "Sconset."  The Sankaty Head Lighthouse is out on a point.  We saw some gorgeous houses and a seal.  We went to the beach as well.  There were a few people swimming, but this beach water didn't feel anything close to as warm as our gulf water!  I wasn't getting anywhere near it. 

Checking out the seal.  Can you tell these two are related?  Haha!

Paw Paw said he thinks he could swim in this cold water, but he never tried it ;)

Brad getting a little sun.

We took the scooters to a few more places on the island before returning them.  We were actually able to hit every beach on the island except for maybe one while we had them, and that's a lot of territory to cover! 

I was trying out my amateur camera skills in these 2 pics. 

All that scooter riding will wear a boy out.  Brad needed a nap.  We headed back to our house to take a rest after this, and we also had to go back to catch up with Adam and Julie.