32. Collect All the Nantucket Nectar Caps.

Keeping with the Nantucket theme, I thought I'd provide an update on my very random yet very interesting goal of collecting Nantucket Nectars caps.  Since starting my blog, I've been busy drinking bottle after bottle of Nantucket Nectars juice to continue to chip away at my cap collection.  I've bought juice when I didn't feel like it, drank it even when I was sure water would be better for my waist line, and hunted for a missing cap after clearing a table after lunch [it was sitting right on top of the trash, and you know what?  I took it.]  Since my last post, I've added 44 caps to my jar, with only 2 or 3 repeats.  Some facts I already knew, like that in 1692 Nantucket was sold for 30 pounds and 2 beaver hats, what a steal!  But there are many instances where I learned something new and useful, like that there are buses, but no fixed bus route on Nantucket.  I'm still not totally sure how that makes sense, but it's good to know!  I've YET to find my elusive Chicken Box cap [I don't even know if it's still in circulation] but I am never giving up hope.  Looks like I'll keep chugging away, literally.

Here are the caps I've added to my collection:

-The end of Broad Street by the Steamship Authority is know as 'the strip' on Nantucket.

-The island of Nantucket has three zip codes.

-There are two historical districts on Nantucket: the Old Historic and the Sconset.

-Shell Street in Siasconset is too narrow for cars and bikes.

-The Nantucket Island Fair features fierce competitions in knitting and needlepoint.

-The Old Mill on Nantucket was built in 1746 and still produces coarse-ground cornmeal.

-Nantucketers moving to the mainland in the 18th Century often disassembled their island homes and took them along off island.

-The teen classic movie, 'One Crazy Summer', takes place on Nantucket.

-The Nantucket flag is called a burgee, a distinctively-shaped flag normally used on ships.

-A native of Nantucket is called a Nantucketer.

-The 'Turkey Terrific' sandwich from Provisions on Nantucket has become an island tradition for lunch.

-Cranberries were first cultivated on nantucket in 1857.

-36% of Nantucket is protected from building development.

-The oldest home on Nantucket is the Jethro Coffin House, built in 1686.

-The island of Nantucket is approximately 14 miles long.

-There are no traffic lights on Nantucket.

-There are buses, but no fixed bus route on Nantucket.

-The highest point on Nantucket is Folger Hill.  It is 109 feet above sea level.

-Nantucket was initially incorporated not as an island, but as a town.

-Nantucket was the 3rd town in America to have a Historical District Commission.

-Nantucket's Opera House Cup began in 1973 and is among the greatest classic wooden boat regattas in the world.

-There are about 12,000 full-time residents of Nantucket.

-When looking for a place to live, or anything else on Nantucket, the bulletin board at the Hub might be your best bet.

-The first steamboat crossed Nantucket Sound to the island in 1818.

-Hundreds of whales live around the island of Nantucket.

-In 1692, Nantucket was purchased for 30 English pounds and two beaver hats.

-Nantucket is home to the Nantucket Film Festival, an annual event.

-Nantucket is not a part of Kentucky.

-Cars were not allowed on Nantucket until 1918.

-According to the 2000 Census, Nantucket was Massachusetts' fastest growing county.

-The oldest living Nantucket resident is given the Boston Post Cane, an award they hold until their passing.

-Islanders gathered in the Great Hall of the Atheneum for the first long distance call to the mainland on August 29, 1916.

-The total land area of Nantucket makes up about 0.6% of the total land area of Massachusetts.

-Nantucket is world-known for its sports fishing of stripers, bluefish, bonito and false albacore.

-Nantucket's first two public schools were established in 1827.

-Nantucket has one of the largest winter concentrations of oldsquaw, a type of diving duck.

-Nantucket Lighthouse baskets were first made on the island over 150 years ago.

-Commercial flights started for Nantucket in 1927.

-Nantucket's whaling dominance was part of the literary classic, 'Moby Dick'.

-Based on areas of similar size, Nantucket has the greatest variety of vegetation in the U.S.

-On March 7th, 1970, a total solar eclipse on Nantucket last 2 minutes and 6 seconds.  The temperature dropped 10 degrees.

-In 1968, a new steeple was lowered by helicopter onto The Congregational Church on Nantucket.

Hope you all find them as interesting as I do!