I'm finally catching up on our Cape Cod trip back in August. We returned to Chatham and stayed in a cute condo right across from Lighthouse Beach. It was great to be able to pop across the street to fly kites, work out, look for seals, and just run play in the beautiful dunes. Of course swimming there is still limited due to great white sharks, but we got plenty of splashing and minnow catching in at Oyster Pond.
Patrick and Madeline pursued the minnows of Oyster Pond with the zeal of Captain Ahab. This year Patrick devised a pond system for holding captured minnows and we observed a new fish behavior: minnow jumping. We scrambled around the beach chasing minnows who'd flung themselves out of the Patrick's pond and returned them to the sea.
After four years we're still discovering new things in Chatham. This year we consulted our hikes book and found Monomoy Nature Preserve...a gorgeous hiking spot just 5 minutes from Lighthouse Beach. And of course we finally caught a Cape Cod League baseball game, which was idyllic. Patrick and Madeline happily discovered a church flea market, where they purchased 'new' toys: a helicopter and a groovy purple hippy bus that converts to a disco. They were as happy as Cape Cod clams with their purchases.
We managed to hit Rocky Point on the way up and back and so had some fun pool swims and a visit from Aunt Melissa to celebrate her bday to top it all off.
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| Our backyard: Lighthouse Beach! |
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| Keeping careful watch over minnows |
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| The fishermen |
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| Checking out the tide pools at Monomoy |
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| Shirley Temples |
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We hiked Newport's gorgeous Cliff Walk on the way to Cape Cod:
beautiful ocean views and beautiful house views: our favorite combo. |
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| Happy Birthday Aunt Melissa! |
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