CHANNEL 5. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THESE DAYS, THE LIST OF PLACES WHERE WE CAN TRAVEL IS VERY, VERY SHORT. THEREFORE, WE WANTED TO LOOK BACK AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE RECENT TRIPS. PROBLEM IS, WE COULDN’T DECIDE. THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE. SO TONIGHT, YOU, THE VIEWER, ARE IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT. ALL DAY, YOU HAVE BEEN VOTING ON CHRONICLE’S SOCIAL MEDIA PAG , THE RESULTS ARE IN AND IT IS VERY CLOSE. 28% OF YOU VOTED FOR WATERBURY AND STOWE, VERMONT. 35% ARE DREAMING OF A MOUNTAIN GETAWAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MARTHA’S VINEYARD WINS BY A SMALL MARGIN WITH 37% OF THE VOTE. LET’S JOIN SHAYNA SEYMOUR THERE NOW. ♪ SHAYNA: BREATHTAKING, RIGHT? MOTHER NATURE SAYING GOOD MORNING. >> THIS IS HOW YOU START THE DAY. SHAYNA: 6:30 A.M. ON THE WATER OFF THE ISLAND OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD WITH THE SUN RISING OVER NANTUCKET. WHO IS THAT ROWING? THAT IS CHICK STAPLETON, MY KAYAK TOUR GUIDE. >> UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, THE SUN IS JUST COMING UP AND WE GO THROUGH A LITTLE JETTY. IT IS AMAZING. IT IS NOT SOMETHING EVERYONE GETS TO SEE. SHAYNA: BOBBING UP AND DOWN. THE SOUND OF WAVES CRASHING ON THE KAYAK. THIS IS ONE EXPERIENCE MADE EASIER DUE TO THE TIME OF THE YEAR. >> IN THE SUMMER, WE COULD MEET EVERYONE DOWN HERE AT 4:00. IN THE FALL, YOU GET TO SLEEP IN A LITTLE BIT, BU AT 6:00 AND BE OUT ON THE WATER AT 6:30. SHAYNA: THEY LATER START TO THE DATE MEANS THE SEASON HAS TURNED. MARTHA’S VINEYARD IS NOT WASHED UP AFTER LABOR DAY. >> THE DAYS ARE A LITTLE COOLER BUT THE SUN IS STILL SHINING. MANY YEAR ROUNDERS ESSAY FALL IS THE BEST TIME TO BE ON THE ISLAND. >> WE LOVE IT IN THE FALL. >> THE PACE IS MORE LEISURELY. >> THERE IS STILL A LOT OPEN, A LOT TO DO. >> PROBABLY THE BEST KEPT SECRET. SHAYNA: PART OF THE CHARM, NO STOP. THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT, 45 MILES PER HOUR. THIS ROAD LEADS TO THAT TOWN OF CHILMARK, KNOWN FOR ITS GENERAL STORE, LANDSCAPE, AND BEACH. >> THIS BEACH IS WHAT DEFINES FALL IN MARTHA’S VINEYARD TO A LOT OF US. IT IS OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENTS DURING THE SUMMER SO TOURIST AND COME HERE AND EVEN BOTH ISLANDERS ARE NOT ABLE TO COME HERE. SHAYNA: BUT COME SEPTEMBER, THIS SCENIC BEACH IS OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR SWIMMING, AND JULIAN, EVEN ON A CLOUDY DAY. >> IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BEACHES TO VISIT OFF-SEASON. >> HAVING THE SHEEP UP HERE ON THE BEACH AND THE ROCKS, IT IS BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU CAN ENJOY THE FALL. SHAYNA: ON THE VINEYARD, FALL DOES NOT MEAN PUTTING AWAY YOUR TENNIS WHITES, NOT HERE. THESE KIDS, ALL LOCAL KIDS, GET TO PLAY TENNIS YEAR-ROUND AT VINEYARD YOUTH TENNIS FOR FREE. THANKS TO ONE ANONYMOUS DONOR WHO LOVES TENNIS AND ISLAND. >> HE SET UP THIS FOUNDATION 17 YEARS AGO AND ALL THE EXPENSES ARE PAID FOR IN PERPETUITY. I THINK HE WANTED KIDS TO HAVE A FREE PLACE TO PLAY, FREE INSTRUCTION, FREE CLOTHING. IT IS ONE-OF-A-KIND IN THE COUNTRY. SHAYNA: WITH A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, SAYS THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> WE HAVE HAD FOUR HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE BOYS WON TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS YEARS AGO. SHAYNA: MAKE THAT A THIRD AND FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP, VICTORIA SCOTT BLADE FIRST DOUBLES ON THE 2015 STAGE AND 15. >> MOST OF THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN PLAYING AS LONG AS I HAVE OR LONGER. EVERY DAY, I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW LUCKY I AM AND I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE A WONDERFUL RESOURCE. SHAYNA: THIS PROGRAM TEACHES MORE THAN TENNIS, SAYS SCOTT, SO YOU BETTER BRING YOUR A GAME. >> WE HAVE 300 KIDS A WEEK. ATTENDANCE IS STRICT, BEHAVIOR IS STRICT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPORTSMANSHIP. >> EVEN THOUGH I THOSE ALL THE TIME, IT IS STILL FUN AND I FEEL LIKE I’M GETTING BETTER. >> I LOVE BEING COMPETITIVE AND HITTING THE BALL HARD. >> I MET A LOT OF FRIENDS FROM THIS PROGRAM IN TENNIS IS A GREAT THING THAT I LIKE TO DO AS A HOBBY. >> I THINK EVERY KID ON THE ISLAND HAS PLAYED TENNIS AND THAT IS PART OF OUR MISSION, TO GET A RACKET IN EVERY KIDS HANDS. IT HAS WORKED OUT. ♪ SHAYNA ALSO, SOME OF THE ISLAND’S BETTER-KNOWN SPOTS INCLUDING ALPACAS. THIS AFTERNOON, THEY ROAMED THE PASTURES. HEY, GUYS. SITTING ON 19 ACRES, ISLAND ALPACA IS A BREEDING FARM. >> WE ARE A FORM OF 57 ALPACAS, SOON TO BE 59. WE HAVE TWO BABIES ON THE WAY. THESE ALPACAS COMPRISE ABOUT 90% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION OF ALPACAS. SHAYNA: THE FARM, SAYS THE OWNER, WELCOMES VISITORS DAILY. IS IT GOOD? NO MORE. THAT’S ALL I GOT. FEED THEM AND TOUCH THEIR SOFT FUR. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING ONE OF THESE FLUFFY ANIMALS HOME -- >> THEY MAKE FABULOUS PETS. THEY ARE EASY TO KEEP, VERY SWEET ANIMALS. THERE IS SO MUCH TO LIKE ABOUT THEM. SHAYNA: YOU WILL BE MY LITTLE LOVE BUG. HELLO. ♪ SHAYNA: THESE ARTIFACTS BELONG TO THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD. THE WEAPON OUT. THE TRIBE TRACES ITS HISTORY BACK 10,000 YEARS. >> THE ISLAND WAS NOT AN ISLAND, IT WAS GOING TO THE MAINLAND. HE JACKED HIS FOOT, CREATING THE FORM OF THE ISLAND. THIS IS OUR ORAL HISTORY, STORIES TOLD GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. SHAYNA: THEY STILL LIVE LARGELY IN THE MOST RURAL OF THE ISLAND TOWNS. IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY A NATIVE COMMUNITY UNTIL THE 1970’S. >> THE ELDERS AT THAT TIME WERE WORRIED THAT WE NO LONGER HAD THE MAJORITY SAY IN HOW OUR FARES WERE BEING RUN, SO THE TRIBAL COUNCIL WAS FORMED TO PROTECT OUR CULTURE AND OUR WAY OF LIFE. WE BECAME A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE. SHAYNA: IT IS PRESERVED THROUGH THE CULTURAL CENTER AND TRIBAL OWNED AND OPERATED SHOPS AT THE CLAY CLIFFS. THE TRIBE OWNS 498 ACRES. INCLUDING THE CLIFFS, A REGISTERED NATURAL LANDMARK. WASHINGTON SAYS THIS ISLAND IS WHERE SHE BELONGS. >> IF YOU SAY GO HOME, I’M HOME. IF I’M GOING TO THE OLD COUNTRY, I’M HERE. WE ARE STILL ON OUR HOMELAND. ♪ SHAYNA: ALSO STILL HERE, THE HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE BUT IT ALMOST WASN’T, SAYS THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER. >> I WALKED ON THE PROPERTY ONE DAY IN 2010 AND THAT IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WHATEVER THEIR EROSION IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HAPPENS. THERE WAS 40 FEET OF FENCE MISSING FROM THE DAY BEFORE. I WALKED OVER AND THERE IT WAS, DOWN THE SLOPE. SHAYNA: HE KNEW THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING. >> THERE WAS NO WAY TO ACTUALLY SLOW IT OR STOP IT. SHAYNA: IN 2015, THIS, THE OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE ON THE ISLAND, WAS MOVED 134 FEET FROM THE SITE IT OCCUPIED SINCE 1856, THANKS TO A FUNDRAISING EFFORT GENERATING $3.4 MILLION. >> IT TOOK 1100 PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY DONATING. ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION. SHAYNA: THE LIGHTHOUSE STANDS STRONG, THE VIEW SOMETHING SPECIAL. >> IN MY OPINION, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY ON THE ISLAND FROM WHICH TO SEE THE SUNSET. SHAYNA: AS THE SUN DIPS, THE CLIFFS GLOW, THE WATER SHIMMERS. MOTHER NATURE SAYS ADIEU TO ANOTHER DAY ON THE ISLAND. ♪ ANTHONY: BEAUTIFUL SHOT, BEAUTIFUL SPOT. UP NEXT, THE CAPE OR SOUTHERN VERMONT. VOTE NOW ON SOCIAL MED