THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE HE MARCHES TO THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

Monday, September 12, 2011

PANCHO?

Nantucket, the Island, has a central town, also called Nantucket. At the western end of the island a village called Madaket is made up of a few homes, a general store, a restaurant called Madaket Millie's, and a large marina.

The Eastern end has a place called Siasconset, which is known as "Sconset" to the locals. Is is a picturesque place with a general store, some homes, a couple of nice restaurants, and a lighthouse called Sankaty. There is also a nearby golf course. If I were a golfer, I would not be able to play the course because it is a private hoity-toity deal.

All around the island there are even smaller regions that have special names like Polpis. Monomoy, Dionis, Tom Nevers, Surfside and...like the owner of this Jeep says...CISCO. Most people who get vanity plates here put ACK somehow into their selection. Sconset is popular. Cisco is a one horse town whose claim to fame is the Cisco Brewery where you can get a pint of draught beer for 6 dollars and sit outside at one of their picnic tables and listen to a band play. On weekends and holidays, you can't get near the place. Other named places include Squam and Quaise which sounds like health problems, and Wauwinet which is named after indians that were driven off the island at the time whaling became a big cash business. They may come back one day and set up a casino. That would be poetic justice. Maybe it could be in Cisco at the brewery.

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