As promised, here is Part II of our trip to the Cape.
The Cape is my happy place, it’s where I spent time every summer growing up. It was such a joy to share it with Amelia. We went miniature golfing (I did win despite having Amelia in a sling on my hip), we ate lots of ice cream from Four Seas (YUM!) and Amelia had a few tastes herself. We lounged around my grandfather’s home and enjoyed knowing that we didn’t have to go anywhere or do anything if we didn’t want to…the perfect vacation.
It’s hard to explain to someone who has never been there why I love it so much. I hope these pictures help explain it a bit (that’s Dustin sailing in the second one).
We went for a long drive on Wednesday, upon Gramps’ recommendation we took the scenic route from Centerville to Province Town (P-Town). Boy do those Cape Codders love their antique shops.
P-Town is an interesting place; it’s part beach town, part party town and part artsy-fartsy town. I guess the best way I can describe it for Houstonians is by saying that it’s Montrose on the beach. We ate lunch on the beach, walked the streets taking in the sites and picked up a few souvenirs before heading back toward Gramps’ place.
Here’s the Monkey on the beach. Sitting with Daddy, looking for stuff on the beach, being told ‘no, don’t eat stuff off of the beach’ and enjoying her ability to stand and cruise.
Here are a few street views of P-Town. Yes, that shop is bizarre…it’s called Spank the Monkey. Not sure what they sell, but it sure sounds interesting.
On our way back we decided to take in one of the many lighthouses on Cape Cod. Well, unfortunately we chose the Chatham light house which is a. small and not very impressive, b. not really on the water and c. still operated by the U.S. Coast Guard and completely off limits to the public. Oh well.
We had a wonderful time and look forward to taking Amelia back again and again.
