Our Vacation- Day Two

Day Two of our vacation started once again at the beach. As you can see from the picture above, it has changed remarkably little from the photo I posted back here - maybe a little less crowded but that likely has more to do with the time of day I took the photo -  or, now that I think of it, it could be because today was a Thursday and the other photo was possibly taken on a weekend. Things are a lot more crowded around here on weekends.

After lunch on the beach, it was back to the "cottage" for showers and to figure out our next step(s) - which in this case turned out to be a visit to the Sundae School. What's the Sundae school, you ask? Good question. Here's a video to fill you in...

 

 

Nice, right? In all the years we've been going to the Cape, this has been one of the places that's changed the least, if at all.

Anyway, after the Sundae School, we first drove by the old cottage (more on that later, maybe) before heading back to the new "cottage" where we had a dinner of leftover spaghetti (desert before dinner - as it should be). And after dinner, and after some debate, we managed to (barely) squeeze in a last minute visit to the Penny Candy Store.

 

This is another place that's changed very little in all the years the family has been coming here. But it has changed some, at least on the inside, from when I used to come here as a kid. 

 

Back then, the candy was all in the still-there glass case and you had to point out to the lady (who was probably some teenager grinding through her summer job) what you wanted ("I'll take one of those, and one of those, and one of those..."). 

 

Now, and for all of the last twenty-plus years, you go around with a basket, load it up and cash out. I think this is a more efficient way to do it. You don't tie up as much of their time with indecision. Instead, you just chuck everything into a basket and sort it out later. I would have loved this system when I was a kid.

 

Of course, the biggest difference from those long-ago days is that the candy is far from being a penny anymore. And not only is it more expensive, the candy is smaller - like pretty much everything else in the non-vacation world.

But it's still fun and we made it there with just enough time for everyone to get some candy and cash out before the lady (no longer a teenager) came out to the front porch to flip the sign from "Open" to "Closed".

 

And finally, it was time to head back to the "cottage" - to once again finish the evening by digging into the dwindling pile of those ice cream treats. After all, it had probably been at least a good four hours since we had any ice cream - and the day was almost over.