Show H2 TRAVEL The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday July 24 1994 hilt 1 hub Nantucket is shrouded in fabled fogs the past Ex-whali- ng By 1t ''1161-spitirof4d - NANTUCKET Mass — I love spouting the praises of this one time whaling hub And why not? The Gray Lady of the Sea as Nantucket is called has just about everything a summer getaway should — beautiful beaches interesting shops galleries and museums and fine restaurants and inns For me though the most allur- ing aspect of this Gray Lady is that she's a woman with a past As you walk Nantucket's cobblestone streets and gaze up at the pediment of a handsome old Greek Revival mansion you can feel it The past is a palpable presence here — it hangs in the air like one of the island's fabled fogs On my most recent visit I vowed to spend less time bluefishing — a favorite pastime — and more time exploring town and getting hooked on the history A good place to start according to Nathaniel Philbrick author of the new Nantucket history Away Off Shore is Maria Mitchell House birthplace of the nation's first woman astronomer This historic home at 2 Vestal Street where Maria (pronounced grew up — the family later moved to an apartment over the Pacific National Bank when her father became the bank's cashier — is an easy walk from the ferry docks The jaunt takes you up Main Street a gently rising tree and thoroughfare to Upper Main — site of some of the town's most beautiful homes built in the 1830s when the island's whaling prosperity reached r mark its One of Nantucket's worst tragedies — the Great Fire of 1846 — struck along Main Street conof the town's suming buildings Many chroniclers have noted the dominant role played by the island's women and for some the fire was their finest hour Mitchell — a and independent person who went on to become a forceful advocate of equal education for women — is credited with saving the Methodist Church Officials wanted to blow it up to halt the blaze's spread but Mitchell stood defiantly on the steps saying: "You'll have to blow me : a) shop-line- d high-wate- one-thir- d strong-minde- d Jerry Morris BOSTON GLOBE Women are making the news Women are being courted written about and catered to in the travel world as never before Consider Susan B Anthony Slept Here: A Guide to Women's Landmarks (Times Books $18) — a wonderfully lively and colorful guide to the homes monuments and shrines to women throughout the country More than 2000 mini-biographi- make up this volume "There's no better way to know someone than to go into their home" said Lynn Sherr who along with Jurate Kazickas produced this monument to women's achievements It also makes a wonderful guidebook for those interested in creating their own trail of women who made a difference Ellen Goodman writes "Don't leave home without it" women's history Read the achievements — great and small — of the women in this book and you'll understand this interest At Overseas Adventure in Cambridge Mass (telephone 800- 4 some or of the most successful trips are those catering to women alone Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura Fla offers women visiting Miami on business a "Wom an on the Move" package that of fers personal attention from the moment a woman arrives at the :airport (Fort Lauderdale or Mi ami both minutes away) with a limousine and all sorts of services from spa privileges to golf and 221-081- 3) - - tennis and business arrange- ments all in a secure lush surrounding The package is $225- $395 a night and Zagat's rates the resort one of the best adding that "you can't improve on perfection" For information call the 8 Rafael Group at (800) Women for Vacations Outdoor Over 40 which offers a variety of tours this summer has been feato turing trips EurVe upcoming 223-158- 1 Z 41 - - 7 Getting there: Air service and Northwest Airlink 225-252- 1c' : — - --—: -- - - -- 7 7-- e — - ir - '' 40-- :i A- A it -- r- 4- A g ''''"':)'-'11A1-7- ' - 4 ot t - 4 tiTt - 4' - r-- - I 46 I lk- - 1- - - l l Ir' - vt f ' Vtil: rle ' ' 4: -- Por-r- (1- - - - - -- ' trt- - : ' - - - (508-228-170- ROBERT Emeritus Star-buc- 19th-centur- are trips to Vieques Puerto Rico and Idaho for rafting For information call Marion Stoddart at or write to her at (508) PO Box 40 Groton MA 01450 Women in the Wilderness (566 Ottawa Ave St Paul MN 55107: offers telephone canoeing hiking and sailing trips outincluding ings Other firms that offer adventure travel for women of all ages are Woodswoman (25 West Diamond Lake Road Minneapolis MN 55419 telephone 3809) and Rainbow Adventures (1308 Sherman Ave Evanston IL 60201 telephone OURS 448-333- 1 mother-daught- er 612-822- 708-864- PAIMEy4 3-d- ay 18-2- 3 EURO PRIAM ORM '949 TAIPEI SMOKE-FRE- FLIGHT E '879 MANILA SMOKE-FRE- FUGHT E '739 SEOUL 919 HONG KONG :(63-- 1994 25-3- 81058 0 p 1994 GREEK CRUISE With Egypt & Israel October 24 - 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Disneyland Universal Studios Sea World Knott's Berry Farm San Diego Zoo & others YD1 1994 8-1- WT Includes: Round-tri- p car air 3 nights hotel rental & admission to 8 theme parks including: 4570) may appeal Fiesta Tours a company offers this and trips to Mexico and New Mexico For information call (510) and transportation are all included for CANYONLANDS g $ tALII Martin Harris Thalia Zepatos author of last A Journey of year's One's Own: Uncommon Advice for the Independent Woman Traveler began thinking of taking her own advice and going on an adventure trip and in the process wrote another book Adventures in Good Company: The Complete Guide to Women's Tours and Outdoor Trips (Eighth Mountain Press $1695 paperback) This book started out as a directory and developed into one that demystifies the growing world of organized travel options for women Readers will find information on how to choose a trip and not be intimidated by adventure travel s)t PIsq only '2595 Space is limited and filling fast August 23 1994 Including Canyon de Chelly 1994 October 2 8495 ppiclbl c4 El Al accommodations $89 pptdbl Castle Valley 12-1- 3 - Garden Tomb Bethlehem and more Airfare meals UTAH PAGEANTS August t " Israel's Airline flight to Israel Spend 11 days visiting significant historical and religious sites including Jerusalem the Sea of Galilee Masada the Return on AMTRAK September 20 - October 1 1994 81150 ppiclbl ship-carvi- 17 General Authority a chartered on See Beautiful in the Fall r guides BACKMAN L LDS 4W BARBARA SMITH TRAVEL MIDWEST y best-sellin- LDS AL with a desk and whale oil lamp and climb to the roof walk where the budding astronomer "swept the skies" Guided walking tours are another way of getting to know Nantucket — or you can explore on your own There are many narrow lanes clumped with 18th and homes and secluded gardens Greater Lights a converted barn on Howard Street has a lovely public garden Nantucket is also a haven for handcrafts When I visited the shop of Bill Rowe at 1I - US" Former LDS General Relief Society President and current President of The American Mothers Association study furnished second-floo- r " AND 0) ing a eagle to hang in the entryway of an island home It was to be painted gold and be clutching a banner saying "Home is the sailor home from the sea" Ironically Nantucket's most famous son achieved his notoriety not in whaling but in retailing He was RH Macy founder of the New York department store Beyond the bank on Upper Main are mansions called the Three Bricks Among the most photographed and painted homes on Nantucket they were built by k whaling merchant Joseph for his three sons On a side street off Upper Main is Mitchell House which is decorated in the style of the early 1800s Visitors can see Maria's -- ' 1 -- Join 17 N Beach Street Bill was canr- - L Einar - z ot To-da- -- -- frmrr K- -- ''''''''''' c 2 Brant Point lighthouse stands watch over Nantucket up with it" Historians say the whaling economy put an unusual spin on life here The absence of men — who were often away at sea two to five years — forced women to run homes and keep household accounts Some even set up shopkeeping Turn right at the top of Main onto Centre Street and you come to the stylish shops of Petticoat Row (so named because the first businesses there were launched by the wives of whalemen) shops though — places like Michelle's which sells wispy women's clothes — would have looked "worldly" to Nantucket's early Quakers who eschewed life's frills Also at the head of Main is Pacific National Bank atop which Maria Mitchell made the discovery that brought her fame It's worth going inside just to see the murals of Nantucket shipbuilding and street scenes over the teller cages ' t: vT1 4 1z - 1 i ' i (508-228-092- - r ' 1:: "- :: Nantucket Visitor Services or write to the Nantucket Lodging Association PO Box 52 Nantucket MA 02554-005- i ix' rI T ft: - 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