An East Coast Vacation

I took the week of the 4th off and spent it on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with my aunt and two cousins. We were given a beach house in Wellfleet for free for the week. Sweet. We had a fabulous view of Wellfleet bay and harbor and its dramatic tides - mud flats and beached boats twice a day. The rest of the time it was full of sailboats or we watched the sunset.

Cape Cod wasn't what I had expected. I had heard stories that it was full of strip malls and tourist traps. Out on the eastern part where we were 70% of the land is the Cape Cod National Seashore. There are lots of trails, beaches, some light houses, and open space. It was really great and not very touristy at all. The little towns were quite quaint. When you stay in a town on Cape Cod, residents can get a parking sticker to use at the freshwater lakes which were fantastic for swimming. We also toured galleries and pottery shops, and ate fantastic seafood. Other than that, we were just lazy, mostly hanging out on the screened-in porch. I did get some great insights on politics from my aunt.

We're down to the final stages of the office remodel - painting. We're having company from California in a couple weeks, so the clock is ticking. The next photos you see will have the furniture back in the room.

We're eating fresh peas out of the garden, and the tomato plants are growing great. One tomato is even looking pinkish. We're still eating lettuce and swiss chard, but the spinach and arugula are done.

I'm feeling sorry for my California friends - fires making the air smoky almost everywhere and 112 degrees in Sacramento today. Yikes!