Cape Cod and Nantucket

Before I contine the journey, Sam is doing funny stuff I must report. Laura, his nanny, is at our house this week and when I get home in the evening, he screams with delight and in the same breath says "bye bye" to Laura. She thinks its funny and he says "bye bye" to her even as she walks down the driveway.

So, the next part of the trip takes us to Cape Cod, and Nantucket. The Shelnuts (Adam, Beth and Ryan) really stepped up on this trip with the lodging. We had a great place to stay on Cape Cod which is Adams parents condo. We all had our own rooms and the lake on the property was beautiful. Our time here was pretty limited as we only had two days and then two more days to get to Chicago. It is a place we would love to go back to. We spent much of the first day on Cape Cod just unwinding from the day and eating dinner at 99, called "the nines" in Mass. We had a great time as you know that 6 adults and 5 kids under 5 can have! The nines was glad to see us go I am sure. Day two we had big plans to go over to Nantucket and after a great Dunkin Donuts breakfast, we set off for the ferry.

Let me just say that there are alot of Dunkin Donuts in the New England area and those donuts are real good. I am sure I shoveled just under 300 donut holes in my mouth in two days.

The ferry we rode to Nantucket was the fast ferry. There is also a slow ferry that takes an hour longer. The fast ferry is an hour ride and it moves very quickly across the water. The ferry had a little snack bar in the back and TV's all over the place. Unncle Derrick who is Joes best friend from way back lives on Nantucket and he set up a cool little beach BBQ on a secluded part of the island. We all rode in his boat over to the island and had a great time. Oh yea, it was a bit cold that day and now we all have Nantucket sweatshirts. The kids had a great time on the beach, digging and playing in the sand. We made our way back to the mainland and did some shopping and then had dinner at a seafood place. Again, as much fun as 7 adults and 5 kids under 5 can have! We rode the ferry back to Cape Cod and everyone was very tuckered out. We had a great time on the island and can't wait to go back.