2014 Summer Kick-off

Camping friends from near and far arrived on Cape Cod for our Spring into summer get together. Only this year the RV's stayed parked in our yards and the Foster's opened their Bed & Breakfast for the week. No reason to spend money on gas when there was room at the inn.

 

Right out of the gate we hopped on board the steamship authority fast ferry "Iyanough"

 for the one hour trip to Nantucket.

  

 Our niece Colleen met us at the dock. Her boss was nice enough to give her the afternoon off to drive us around the island.  Having a tour guide sure beats just getting off the ferry and hanging in-town without wheels.  We went all over the island on a beautiful sunny day.


Diane, Austin, Diane, Bill, Joyce and Don at Sankaty Head Lighthouse

Austin, Colleen and Diane at Brant Point

Brant Point Lighthouse


 

 Back on the Cape we had a great week. We went here there and everywhere exploring the back roads and tourists spots along the way.

Walked the beach at Chatham Light and the trail at Monomoy.  Downtown Chatham was a fun spot to check out the shops.
Made the loop through Orleans and down route 6A and made a stop at Bass Hole in Yarmouthport to walk the boardwalk.


Bass Hole



Chatham Light



our fish pond

The ducks made a visit to our koi and goldfish pond. They usually hang out in the mud hole of a pond behind our barn but this day they made an appearance near the house.  Not sure what Mr. Mallard is doing with two girls this year, but it's cute watching them waddle through the yard.

 In Woods Hole we visited the seals at the aquarium and had lunch at Pie in the Sky.   Then made the loop around Nobska Light. An article in the paper said they are looking to lease this property, are you interested?

Nobska Light

Austin and I brought our friends to a spaghetti upper in Buzzards Bay. It was a Taylor Family fundraiser for " Relay for Life".  After we took a stroll along the Cape Cod Canal. The canal has 7.5 miles of bike paths on both sides and this year we are celebrating the 100th Anniversary to the canal. The bridges over the canal have served traffic since 1935.  The railroad bridge was the longest of it's kind when it was built. With counterweights, it takes 2 1/2 minutes for the bridge to lower for rail traffic.  We happened to be there this evening at the right time. 

 

There are more plans for summer fun this year as I have made it my mission to be a tourist in my our back yard.  I will keep you posted.