Island Light: Take a Walk
Picket fence gets a touch up at West Tisbury Congregational Church.
Picket fence gets a touch up at West Tisbury Congregational Church.
Cooler weather invites longer walks through Vineyard conservation lands.
Cooler weather invites longer walks through Vineyard conservation lands.
Hiking Fulling Mill Brook Reservation in Chilmark.
Hiking Fulling Mill Brook Reservation in Chilmark.
Towering trees overhead showcase their changing foliage.
Towering trees overhead showcase their changing foliage.
Leaves crunch underfoot.
Leaves crunch underfoot.
Solitary stroll along Moshup Beach at the base of the Gay Head Cliffs.
Solitary stroll along Moshup Beach at the base of the Gay Head Cliffs.
Boats are getting hauled for the season at Safe Harbor Marina in Vineyard Haven.
Boats are getting hauled for the season at Safe Harbor Marina in Vineyard Haven.
At the ready in the Lagoon.
At the ready in the Lagoon.
Flyers advertise everything to do on the porch at 7A in West Tisbury.
Flyers advertise everything to do on the porch at 7A in West Tisbury.
Harvested cranberries ready to be sold on Lambert's Cove.
Harvested cranberries ready to be sold on Lambert's Cove.
Aquinnah sunset.
Aquinnah sunset.
Evening at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs.
Evening at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs.
Lady M in the fishing port of Menemsha.
Lady M in the fishing port of Menemsha.
Oak Bluffs police at work.
Oak Bluffs police at work.
Chilmark stonewall.
Chilmark stonewall.
All is quiet at Vineyard Haven harbor at night.
All is quiet at Vineyard Haven harbor at night.
Lagoon Pond boats under moonlight.
Lagoon Pond boats under moonlight.
Time to fill up.
Time to fill up.
October is autumn through and through, and autumn is for walking. Alongshore, in the fields and forests, no month rewards the walker more handsomely, and although this may be somewhere truer than on the Vineyard, we don't know where that place might be.