I took a temporary hiatus to Cape Cod a few weeks back with the lovely duo of Grace Cobbins and Madeleine Arenibia. I took the ferry from Long Island up to Cape Cod on Sunday, July 21, and we stayed in Barnstable,MA with Grace's lovely grandparents. To kick off our wild week, we had a lobster dinner!
The first few days on the Cape consisted of a few things: Beer Beach Fish and Chips.
Thursday consisted of a rainy but fun trip to Martha's Vineyard! Lots of flowers and shopping and lighthouses!
The first few days on the Cape consisted of a few things: Beer Beach Fish and Chips.
Wednesday was super fun. We drove to Provincetown to go whale watching. (For those of you who aren't familiar with Provincetown, MA, it is famous for being a local gay community hotspot.)
We got there early in the morning and decided to go for a little hike to a lighthouse across a jetty. We never made it to the lighthouse, but we did get to go whale watching after This is where the pictures get good...
The jetty. WE SAW A SHARK.
I want to go to there
The tide starting coming in as we were walking back...Thank goodness we left when we did!
Goofing around on the whale boat
Rainstorm on the horizon!
"The Spectrum of Tan"
Thar she blows!
This whale is really old. She was the first humpback ever spotted by a whale watching tour in MA!
It was windy, and we were soaked
Da girls :)
Blow-drying my jacket on the way back
Stormy sunset on the Atlantic
Thursday consisted of a rainy but fun trip to Martha's Vineyard! Lots of flowers and shopping and lighthouses!
On Friday, Madeleine had to fly back to VA so she could go on vacation with her family, so we drove her to the airport in Boston. After we dropped her off, we explored a little! We toured a few graduate schools for Gracie, and then we checked out some local towns, and we found some cool things!
This is the Norumbeca monument, built in 1889 to mark the spot that Leif Erikson decided to settle his Viking colony in 1000 AD...
...and we got inside!
Grace and I at the top of the tower! We were afraid we might get in trouble if someone saw us, so we had to stay low and couldn't get a picture of the view.
But from the ground this is basically what it looked like! That is a river/pond, covered in lilly pads.
A cool log we climbed out onto in the pond
Grace and I spent our last day in town enjoying the beach some more, kayaking a little, and spending time with her relatives. I was supposed to catch the 3 oclock ferry back to Orient Point, Long Island on Sunday from Connecticut. At the last minute, I decided to switch my ferry so I could explore New England while I was up there.
Sunday began my 600 mile, 24 hour road trip. I drove to NH first, and on my way through I stopped at Walden Pond, like Thoreau's Walden Pond! I also saw a few battlefields from the Revolutionary War, and a few mountains! I checked out a graduate school in NH, and then drove on to explore Portland, ME. It was rainy, but I saw the ocean, got a lobster roll, and checked out another graduate school. Finally, I drove down to Newmarket, NH, a small town sandwiched between Massachusetts and Maine, where my cousin Betsy and her fiance Pete live. They very generously let me sleep on their couch Sunday night. Monday morning, I had a few hours to kill before I left for my ferry, so Pete took me out on his canoe to check out the river. It was awesome! I left around 11:30am to drive the final 150 miles from Newmarket to New London, CT, and caught the ferry back to Long Island!
