Before Ginger and I reached Wauwinet, we looked back to see Sankaty Light. Sankaty is not only my familiar beacon when I look out my kitchen window and when I lie in bed at night. It is also my beacon from so many Nantucket vantage points: it is there almost all the way to Great Point, and was an unexpected treat to be seen even from the South Shore. My favorite spot is from the top of Bean Hill, on the Milestone Road on the way to Sconset.

In the stretch near Squam, families keep their kayaks and beach toys out on the beach.