Cape Cod, days 2 & 3

Yesterday we spent the day in Chatham, Mass. It’s a really pretty town on Nantucket Sound on Cape Cod. You know how most tourist towns that have some kind of theme, only carry that theme where the tourists go? Well, Chatham is actually the real deal. This is a vibrant tourist town that is a true New England town. Every house, every building, is true “New England” (well, of course, since I am IN New England)……I was totally charmed by this town – each house is prettier than the one before. There are no strip malls here. Each store is in a standalone house, a little Cape Cod or Federal style. So pretty. And this town knows how to do the tourist thing! There are numerous free parking lots, behind buildings, so that they aren’t right out in full sight, taking away from the ambiance of the town; plus, there are clean, nice public restrooms every few blocks, landscaped prettily and easy to find. How smart are these New Englanders, eh? They make it very easy to come and spend money in their town! Oak Harbor (sorry, that’s Oak Hahbah) should take a lesson,.


Bob & Laila take a try at the cold waters of Nantucket Sound.....


Ross & Philip stay a little farther up from the waves....

We are having fun getting to know our little Laila. Last time we saw her, she was only 5 months old, so this is the first time we’ve been with her in a year. She has wound her Papa around her little finger (much as her cousins did). As she gets older, I predict that her big brother, Philip, will also find himself wrapped up pretty tightly. She’s definitely a charmer.

Philip is now almost 4 years old (boy, that time sure flew by!), and is growing up fast. He’s having fun at preschool, and is still pretty precocious. (I may be a little biased, here.)

Today we spent the day in Wellfleet, about halfway between the elbow and the fist of Cape Cod (you'll have to look at a map to see what I mean). Another really pretty New England town. We hiked the White Cedar Swamp Trail on the Cape Cod National Seashore - which is pretty much most of the seashore along the Atlantic coast. Then we drove over to the marina in Wellfleet....certainly different than any of our marinas!!


If Ben Franklin'd had his way, these would be our national birds!



Wellfleet Hahbah and the marina.

Tomorrow we head back to Maine.