Date: 2010-06-13
From: home

To: CAPE COD, MASS
Miles today: 0.0

Friday June 4th:"How I spent My/Our SUMMER Vacation!"I put in a full day's work @ the BIG RED FIVE (my employer: the NewsChannel 5 Network in Nashville,TN) & then head home abt 12:30pm...Donna & I throw our luggage into my car (2007 Toyota Yaris) & we head North....to Cape Cod, Massachusetts (HarwichPort) for a week of VACATION....YEAAAAAAA!!!We drive thru many states on the way North/NorthEast...Out of TN into KY, then over to West Virginia where we stop for the night in Clarksburg...9pm...GOOD NITE!Saturday...our first FULL day of VACATION....spent mostly driving (WV,VA,MD,PA,NY,NJ,CT,RI & then MASS)....Donna has several books & some puzzles she works while the GPS keeps me company...hehehehehe ;0)....we arrive in Harwichport, Mass abt 6pm....just in time to check in...grab some munchies @ a local convenience store...un-pack our bags....then walk a block or so to the beach....ahhhhhh...the smell of the salt air....nothing like it in the world....& no BP stained beaches here...nice & clean....nice Sunset...we walk back to the Condo (HarwichPort Resort)#24B...nice place...& crash....almost 9pm...Sunday...We had planned on getting up early enuff to take in a local church service today...but, we slept late...we decide, instead, to check out some sites on the Cape...we head out West on Hwy 28 (the main road on the Southside of Cape Cod)to Falmouth & Woods Hole...we stop along the way to view Lighthouses when possible....we check out information abt the ferry service over to Marthas Vineyard...we've wanted to visit there for a few years...we might do that later in the week. A day spent sight-seeing...doing the tourist thang...Monday...We head up to the very tip end of CAPE COD to ProvenceTown today...or "P-Town" as it known to the locals....we drive over to Chatham first...check out the lighthouse & the beaches....then up thru Eastham, Orleans & then thru Truro & into "P-town" (sound like a local...dont I???)Great ART community here...love walking in the galleries & meeting the ARTISTs....very cool...even met one dude that has a home in East TN...Tuesday...Donna was sick last night & hasnt fully recovered from a possible small bit of food poisoning (we beleive it was the Lobster Roll from a P-town restuarant)...so, we stay close to the Condo today....so, we just walk the streets & check out shops here in the quaint little village of HarwichPort....we even eat @ the local eatery Hot Stove Grille...quite good.Wednesday...We decided to take a trip to see the island of NANTUCKET today...(instead of Marthas Vineyard)so we board the Ferry over to the island @ 10am....then tour the island via Bus tour...interesting stuff...Macy's, Folgers, & Ben Franklin ALL have ties to the island of NANTUCKET....makes you courious, huh???Great day on Nantucket...but couldnt even afford to stay a night...@ $800 per hotel room...who can??? & the houses for sale start @ approx $2 MILLION & those are the SMALL ones....Thursday...its RAINing today...but we still are on vacation & we dont let that stop us...we head thru Dennisport (stopping @ the General Store there...its NO Mast Store, fer sure!)...then up to the NorthSide of the Cape & drive along Hwy 6-A stopping @ the quaint little shoppes along the road....plenty of galleries on the roadsides too...but, we didnt stop...we ate @ a tea room...I've had Clam Chowder just abt every meal....yuuuuuuummmmmeeeee!Friday...Today is our last day of vacation here on Cape Cod...so....we take in some of the rest of HarwichPort...then drive to the Lavender Farm...enjoy walking thru & then taking a short day hike (apporx 3 miles) thru the woods....(trails not marked very well)Donna & I get lost @ one point...we always do...but, manage to find our way back...thanks to my bloodhound type "Jaybird" instincts...heheheheheheSaturday...the alarm goes off @ 2am...we shower & dress & pack the car & out we go...on the road @ 2:35pm...we're off Cape Cod & outta Mass by 3:30pm....we drive thru many states on the way back (we take a different route on the drive home)...thru RI, CT, NY, MD, VA, WV, PA, OH, KY & then back into TN...we arrived home @ 9:54pm....almost 20 hours of driving....OUCH...I'm tired thinking abt it...but, its been a FUN trip...My car got a consistent 43-44 miles per gallon on the highway miles....weeeeeeeWe love VACATIONING!Now i've got to lose all this ICE CREAM weight in time for the TN SENIOR OLYMPICS in mid-JULY!...Going for the CYCLING & RACE-WALKING events this year...follow along right here!