The Garreau house has been the family vacation home since 1953 when Beau Garreau built a modest two-bedroom bungalow for him and his wife and son. Joel grew up spending every summer leaping rock to rock along the edge of the water; clamming in Tunipus Pond and exploring the open fields and marshes around the house with his summer friends. In 1975 Beau and Glo expanded the house to its current size. Joel and Adrienne live in Virginia but continued the family tradition of summer vacations in Little Compton, bringing the next generation of Garreaus with them. Their two daughters grew up here also and, even though now busy with their own lives, they each come every year for some part of the summer. With the arrival in 2017 of Louis, a fourth generation of Garreaus is now enjoying summer vacations in Little Compton. Joel works in the Office of the President of Arizona State University in Tempe, where he spends the the spring semester. Adrienne works in community development in the county where they live in Virginia. When they are not in Virginia or Arizona, they spend as much time as they can in Little Compton.