Moving Around with Glenn, Linda and the Girls: August 2012

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

August 29, 2012 - Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA

We had so much fun today...starting off at the Cape Cod National Seashore and Cape Cod Lighthouse and ending up in Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod. P-Town, as it's known, is quite colorful with lots and lots of activity, as you can see from our pictures. I will write more and post some pictures on the blog at another time since it's late and we have to get up early to take the ferry to Martha's Vineyard.

Click on the pictures if you want to look at the albums.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

August 28, 2012 - Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA

Today started with me taking the "girls" for their usual morning walk, except.....halfway through our walk (about a quarter of a mile from the campsite) the sky opened up and the rain came.....not just a light rain.....a hard steady rain! What fun! We ran, as best we could (if you have ever seen me walk 3 dogs you know what I'm talking about!) and were TOTALLY soaking wet when we arrived at the campsite! I would have had Glenn take a pictures but he was still asleep so he missed all the fun!

Now, the good news! The "girls" had appointments to be groomed today at 12:30! Thank you Trisha Allison at South Cape Grooming in Waquoit Village for doing an amazing job...particularly considering that they looked like "orphans" when I took them in! Aren't they pretty?

See you tomorrow!

August 27, 2012 - Hyannis and Hyannis Port, Cape Cod, MA

Well, it's going to be another short post after a long and really fun day in Hyannis and Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. That means links to pictures instead of posting them (I guess you are used to that by now!)!

Beautiful weather again so after we visited the JFK Museum in Hyannis http://jfkhyannismuseum.org/ we walked down to the harbor and took a harbor cruise through Lewis Bay to Hyannis Port, which is the only way to see the Kennedy Compound. What a perfect day for a cruise! The cruise guide's narrative was great and very detailed, which made it more fun! We had a great lunch (late, of course) at Spanky's Clam Shack and enjoyed walking around the harbor, visiting the "Artist Shanty's" and shops downtown. We wrapped up the day driving to St. Andrews-By-The-Sea Episcopal http://saintandrews-hyannisport.org/StandrewsHP/Home.html in Hyannis Port, which is in the neighborhood of the Kennedy Compound.

Click on the links below to see today's photo albums.

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Monday, August 27, 2012

August 26, 2012 - Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA

Today was a wonderful "rest" day...sleeping late, relaxing, and shopping at Petco, Walmart, and the grocery store!

Tomorrow...another "adventure"!

August 25, 2012 - Plymouth, MA

What a fun day we had in Plymouth where, as you know, in 1620, 102 pilgrims aboard the ship Mayflower sailed into Plymouth harbor and established what is considered to be the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Outside of exploring the town and many of the historic sites such as the Mayflower Society House http://www.themayflowersociety.com/museum, the Pilgrim Hall Museum http://www.pilgrimhall.org/, Mayflower II (the replica of the Mayflower), Plymouth Rock (which marks the spot where the Pilgrims are said to have first stepped ashore), the Jenney Grist Mill, the Spooner House, the Richard Sparrow House (the town's oldest home), Coles Hill , Burial Hill, and the First Parish Church in Plymouth, there was a Waterfront Festival with lots and lots of vendors! And that means lots of people too! The weather was beautiful (sunny and highs in the low 80's) so we took lots of pictures which, by the way, are still uploading so I will just attach a link to them instead of posting them now.

We had the best dinner at Blue-Eyed Crab, sitting next to the cutest and most enjoyable couple from Duxbury, David and Lei. Wish we had had more time to get to know them...visiting with them was like the "icing on the cake" after a perfect day!

Click on the links below to see today's pictures.

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

August 24, 2012 - Falmouth & Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Mass.

Today we got the "lay of the land" in Falmouth and Woods Hole before we start our day trips to other villages on Cape Cod. Falmouth was settled by Quakers in 1661 and grew into a resort town in the late 19th century. It is such a picturesque and historic village with great shops, restaurants, and parks...and the nicest people!

Falmouth is a sea-side town of eight unique villages, with 68 miles of coastline. It is a popular historical Cape Cod summer resort destination http://www.falmouthchamber.com/.

The steeple bell, made by Paul Revere, continues to ring out over Falmouth. Rev. William Bates was the church’s minister from 1858 until his untimely death in 1859 shortly after the birth of his daughter, Katharine Lee, who became a professor at Wellesley College and a noted American poet. Miss Bates’ famous poem America the Beautiful, the basis of the now famous patriotic hymn of that name, was first published in The Congregationalist in 1895. Katharine wrote poems about the church and community and visited Falmouth annually for the rest of her life http://www.firstcongfalmouth.org/Church%20History.htm.

The parish of St. Barnabas was founded in 1888 by E. Pierson Beebe and his brothers and sisters "in loving memory of their parents". The history of the church, chapel, Parish House, and Memorial Garden is fascinating, and the architecture and stained glass windows are magnificent http://stbarnabasfalmouth.org/about/tour-of-st-barnabas/.

Woods Hole is home to the world's largest independent marine science research center, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution http://www.whoi.edu/main/history-legacy.

Woods Hole is where we will catch the ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. It is a wonderful, quaint historical village with lots of beautiful homes and mansions http://www.woodshole.com/.