Sam and I explored new ground on our morning walk yesterday. We both had the day off so we drove over to what I guess is called a recreation area (assuming the only recreation you're going there for is hiking) where we went on a four to five mile long hike.
This one is a slightly further away than most of the places we like to go but it's nice to have another addition to our growing list of walking options.
Continuing our exciting series in which Sam and I almost get hit by cars while trying to cross the street (the first installment is here)...
It was a pretty light month this month - photo-wise, mostly because Sam had much of it off from work, which is when I take most photos. (I don't bother photographing the abundance of cars that almost run us over on our more "leisurely" walks throughout the day - though this may change.)
Here is the latest specimen. This piece of work made a run for it just Sam and I were ready to step off the curb.
As always, note the walk signal in the distance...
Back when Sam was still in school (middle school, maybe?), I would take him out for an end of the summer ice cream on the evening of his very last day of his summer vacation.
As the summer wound down and with vacation in the rear view mirror, I wanted to give him something to look forward to; something to ease, well, maybe not the pain of going back to school, but certainly the anxiety of going back.
After what has likely been at least fifteen years, Sam and I still keep the tradition alive.
It's a little harder than it was in those school years of the past. Back then, there was a hard and fast date for the start of school -and it was almost always at the very end of August.
Now, Sam goes back to work later - usually the second week of September or so. This can create a problem because the ice cream place we always go to, closes somewhere around that time.
Their closing date changes every year and we don't often know until the last minute an exact date for when Sam goes back to work.
This year, we made it to the creamy just under the wire. It was on the last evening of their last day. But we made it - and that's what counts.
So for one more year, the tradition continues...
Our last full day of vacation... and another full day. It started with a visit to the Barnstable Land Trust, a last visit to Corporation Beach, a last visit to Scargo Pottery (not pictured here but pictured previously), a very late lunch (or very early dinner?) at Captain Frosty's, then over to Mayflower Beach to finish off the day and our vacation...
A packed day that started with mini-golf, then grabbing a quick bite at the diner next door (not pictured), shopping in Hyannis, ice cream at The Sundae School (also not pictured) and ending with an evening walk at "the Windy Beach"...
