Archive for July, 2008

Landing in Boston just before nightfall, we picked up our rental car and headed out to the very tip of that thin strip of land which curls away from mainland Massachusetts.  

The morning greeted us with brilliant sunshine and the ever familiar smell of summer ocean air.  Taking a short jaunt from the house we found ourselves in the busy commercial street, adored with small bistros, art galleries and shops peddling the typical tourist fare like t-shirts and mugs.

My new Ray-Bans drew a comment from a enormous lady in a painted sunflower hat.  She inquired whether they were “old”.  When I replied that I’d just bought them last week, she pointed to her own pair of Ray-Bans and smiled, “got ‘em in 1962.”

 Elise with her most adorable son, Sam posing for a little family picture.

P-Town is every bit the coastal harbor town.  There are more boats than cars here.

And to serve up my own reproduction of the lighthouse that appears on countless of postcards originating from Cape Cod….

At 8:30 tomorrow morning, I’ll be winging my way eastward to Boston.   The I’ll be meeting up with two good friends of mine from Minnesota, and we’re renting a car and driving all the way around the hook of Massachusetts to Provincetown for a week of sun, sand and fun!

I picked up a new set of sunglasses just a few hours ago.  I’m all SET.