Cape Cod July 2008

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time I was having some technical difficulties with Blogger. Looks like all is okay now. Well we have had a busy summer as usual.

We both worked off and on and also did a lot of projects around the house.

We were able to get away a few times the following pictures were from our Cape Trip we took in July around our anniversary.

Us at our anniversary dinner. We went to the Ocean House in Dennisport. It was really nice, right on the water and the food was delicious.

The view was beautiful even though there was a storm coming in.

We also were able to spend a day biking on the Cape Cod Rail Trail. We are not sure how many miles we rode, but we rode from Nickerson State Park in Brewster all the way to Wellfleet out to to beach.

The trail is great. It is really flat and smooth. Also the day we were there it was not very busy and it was a beautiful day.

Coast Guard Beach in Wellfleet



Another picture a Coast Guard Beach

As I mentioned before when we go down to the Cape we like to bring our cat Scooter. He is getting better at sitting in his carrier going back and forth. This last time he just laid down and went to sleep. When he gets down there he has a great time looking at all the birds and rabbits. He enjoys sitting in the front window the best. We call him S.S. Scooter when he is up there because he knocks the small ships over with his tail.

Scooter is use to being able to go out on our back screened in porch at home so as you can see he was wondering why he couldn't go out on the back porch at the Cape.

Tower Hill Garden

Last weekend my Mother-in-law and Father-in-law (Bob & Meg H.) and I went to the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens in Boylston, Massachusetts. It was beautiful. There was so much to look at. It is a great place to go and walk around. Oh, and Jamie didn't go because he was busy at Bill's Annual Lawn Jarts Tournament.

Portsmouth, NH Day Trip

Today Jamie and I decided to take a day trip to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We took our bikes with us so we could ride up and down all the back roads in Portsmouth. We had a great time riding all around the streets and parks. For lunch we stopped at a hotdog stand. We were starving and had our bikes with us, but they were pretty good hotdogs. Then we stopped at Prescott Park to watch a jazz band show. We were quite impressed by one of the jazz bands we saw. The members were all 75 years or older, it was kind of funny to see but they played really well.

On the way home we stopped at one of our new favorite places- Flag Hill Winery in Lee, New Hampshire. They have their vineyards right on site and they have wine tasting. We both like their blueberry wine and I like their strawberry wine. We always leave there feeling good with a 1/2 case of wine. I bet that is their trick.

Jamie leading the way (as always), notice how far back I am. I like to take my time.

View of Portsmouth Harbor



Another view of Portsmouth Harbor

Spying on the sunbathers, just kidding

Boats in Portsmouth Harbor

Some kayakers

Flag Hill Winery in Lee, New Hampshire

The Vineyards at the winery

April Vacation

Well as some of you may know the last few weeks have been a bit challenging for us. We are doing well though and were able to squeeze in a pretty relaxing April vacation down the Cape. We ended up having some beautiful weather while we were down there. So we headed to a beach in Sandwich one day. We also visited the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, which has some beautiful gardens and many antique cars.

February 2008

During February Vacation we decided we needed a break from all the snow and headed to the Cape. It was nice and quiet down there but still cold. We took a ride to Truro where there was a shipwreck that washed up on shore.

"On January 28th a winter storm washed the remains of this 19th century schooner up onto the beach. Schooners were the workhorses of Cape Cod shipping. It is estimated that over 3000 ships have wrecked off Cape Cod since the 1620s."