Nantucket Chamber will stage its 46th Annual Daffodil Weekend.

More than three million daffodils across the island should be in full bloom at this time, further brightening the Weekend!

Events during the weekend will include an Antique Car Parade and Tailgate Picnic, Children's Beach Bike Parade, Daffodil Festival Hat Parade and Daffy Dog Parade.

The Chamber expects that thousands of islanders and visitors will enjoy the revelry, fellowship, and pure enjoyment of the sense of freedom once again.

Nantucket is an island measuring 14 miles long and 3½ miles wide, some 27 miles off Cape Cod's south coast in Massachusetts.

The National Park Service designated the entire island a National Historic District in 1975.

Nantucket's location offshore from the New England mainland also gives the island a unique weather pattern influenced by the warm Gulf Stream and the cooler Labrador Current in the Atlantic.

As a result, winters are more temperate than on the mainland with summers cooler.The island does however attract thick fogs, which can blanket the island in a soft grey mist and accounts for its affectionate name of the Grey Lady.

Visitors to the island, and there are very, very many during the high season, will find the town of Nantucket a time locked delight.

Travel just a little further and there are quiet harbours, cliff backed sandy beaches and a network of cycle paths.

See also : An enduring love of Nantucket - the Grey Lady : http://allways.williamjack.e-kei.pl/continents/america-n/an-enduring-love-of-nantucket-the-grey-lady

Useful links

www.daffodilfestival.com