(Argh! I am so bored
right at this minute. Today is August
18. We are parked, probably illegally, in
the boatyard right next to Nalani, who is still up on the hard. Back-ordered items are causing yet more delays in her relaunching. I've organized
the RV so many times that now it is making it worse. We're back on Kent Island after another brief
run into Fredericksburg to see family and do some house maintenance. Oh, and see a really good show with Megan
Jean and the Klay Family Band with opener Amythyst Kiah hosted by Music &
Spirits at the Bowman Bourbon distillery. Two of the best voices in the music world
today, I'll tell you. Google them,
listen, buy their CDs, and look for a house concert at some point down the road
with Amythyst. Nothing much to do, so
I'll write. Though I probably should be
learning about sailing, eh?)
So glad we had the opportunity in all this boat craziness to
make the Cape Cod trip; we ended up going late because of the boat issues, but
we did make it. Gary's friends from
college are part of his sailing team.
They started vacationing together by making bareboat crossings from
Miami to the Bahamas. They'd all meet
in Miami, provision for the trip, and then set sail for the crossing to Bimini
or any of the other islands.
Later, as folks moved, got married, had kids, went to grad
school, the sailing trips were not as popular.
A few years ago, we started meeting up with those same friends in Cape
Cod. Because Gary went to school at
Brandeis, a lot of the folks were from the area or nearby. Meeting at the Cape was easier for most
involved and we certainly didn't mind the drive.
My wish now would be for my whole family, including my older
children and their families, to spend some time up there with us. Maybe one day.
By the time everyone else had gone home, we stayed a few more days to
do our own thing. Elliott found us an
awesome beach to explore: Ridgevale
Beach. You get to it by crossing over a footbridge
spanning an inland creek circling around one way to the marsh and the other way
to more marsh and then the ocean. It was
beautiful! On the other side of the
bridge were at least a hundred pair of flip flops and sandals. I'd never seen this done before, but it was
cool. This beach is a great space for
littles because of the calmer marsh water on one side for splashing and
floating. The ocean side was busy with
swimmers and folks taking catamarans and kayaks out to test their skills.
Our search for a dinner spot later in the day took us to a
lighthouse in Chatham and a beautiful overlook and a walkabout at the piers by
the fishing boats. We were pleasantly
surprised by a harbor seal swimming around searching for nibbles. Far behind the boats on a little spit of land
were a whole slew of the seals. It was
very cool. We met a guy in the parking
lot, very friendly New Yorker (I know, can that be said in the same
sentence?). He suggested we check out
one of several restaurants; we hit one of them, spent a lot of money, and came
away realizing that he could have lead us there because he was a part owner. It was a popular hangout spot, but quite
overpriced in the end (our fault for having eyes bigger than our stomachs) and
the town was very crowded for a weekday.
Beautiful, for sure, and probably a good place to go in the daytime.
After the Cape trip and on the way back to the boat in
Maryland, we made a side stop in the Pocono Mountains; no, not for a romantic
getaway, but for a screaming loud bit of fun with cars.
Next Up: The Tricky
Triangle
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