A trip to Thimble Islands

   The second week of our study in Yale, we went to Thimble Islands, which was an amazing trip. Although we just took a boat travelling through the many small or large islands, we enjoyed a lot.

the wooden deck 

  The captain of the boat is a very nice guy, he acted as a tour guide, too. From his introduction of Thimble Islands, we know that Thimble Islands consist of about 100 to 365 small islands depending on where the line is drawn between an island and a mere rock. Among the many small islands, about 23 islands are inhabite. Some of the  islands are just rocks. Some of the islands are large but low and therefore only seen in a low tide, some of them are  reefs. Some of the islands are used as the location of lighthouses. Some of the inhabited islands are really isolated beautiful small paradises. Besides the beautiful houses surrounded by thick woods, there are even pavilions or small bridges built on these islands. Some of the island-owners must be very rich because we found they had even private yachts.    

                                                           inhabited island with a pavilion

low island

twin islands connected by a bridge

inhabited island anchored with yachts

very small rock island 

                                                               water recreation activities