Travelling Light: Tuesday 14th July

We spent most of today at Cape Cod, about two hours drive from here. Leigh has a friend, Monique, who lives there he and put us in contact with her. Mike kindly drove us down and we had a great day in that wonderful place. Monique lives in a town called Dennis and she met us in a parking lot and drove us to a harbour side café at Sesuit Harbour for lunch.

She has a jeep with no doors or roof and it was great to drive around in as it was again a hot day.
Lobster is the food to eat in these parts and we had a huge lobster roll with coleslaw and fries for lunch which just about finished us off for the afternoon! From there we went to Chapin Beach

- a beautiful unspoiled sandy beach with very clear blue sea. We walked along the beach for half a mile or so, very quickly leaving the crowded part behind.

We could not understand why, with so much space, people all crowded together near the car park and entrance to the beach and not walk 100 yards or so to get a bit of space and privacy. We have come to the conclusion that most Americans just do not like to walk!

Monique is very interested in marine biology, among other ’nature’ things, and pointed out several sea creatures that were washed up on the shoreline, including a horseshoe crab - huge!

Terry’s foot is there to show the size of it.

And here is a pic of a baby one:

What a difference in size!

Cape Cod was very picturesque and the architecture and colours of the houses was quite different to what we have seen before. A very expensive place to live, I believe. Monique was born and bred there and seldom ‘goes over the bridge’ to the mainland. We didn't get to see the Kennedy Compound - I suppose we should have done really, having seen Rose Kennedy's birthplace in Boston's North End.

Another volunteer ‘job’ Monique does on her daily walk in that area is to keep an eye on an osprey’s nest perched atop a tall pole. There are three fledglings in the nest and we were lucky enough to see the mother feeding them.