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Cape Cod Vacation – Day 1

First vacation in 2 years and it seems like forever since we’ve been here on the Cape.  We’ve rented a different house this year — in Orleans this time on Pleasant Bay.  All the packing and getting things ready at home and work to be left alone for a week had us really tired.  So, no biking today — we went on a whale watch instead.  Photos of some whale tails in tomorrow’s post, I promise.  We observed at least 12 whales on our 4 hour “tour” and they were really active.

Tomorrow morning’s plans include a walk with a cup of coffee on our beach, just a few steps away from the deck.  It’s much closer than it appears from this photo.  Many sailboats are still at their moorings in the bay.  And with the breezes here yesterday and today, it should be a good sailing weather.

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Knitting weather and a trip on the Martha’s Vineyard ferry

We took a mini-vacation to Martha’s Vineyard over the weekend and I took some knitting along.  We took the car onto the ferry from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven.  It was storming fiercely and the waves were tossing the boat about.  But I took my knitting upstairs to the passenger area and did some knitting, just so I could say that I did.  You couldn’t see anything anyway.  It was 2:30 in the afternoon, but the gray, rainy sky was absolutely indistinguishable from the gray tossing sea.  I made great progress on my poncho while we were away, mostly due to the fact that the weather was so bad.

poncho

The last day and  a half that we were there, the storm finally passed and gray skies became blue again.  What a difference a day makes.

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sun-at-the-beach

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Catskill vacation – a short one, but very nice

Hubby and I drove to Woodstock, NY and spent four days being “tourists” in an area that we are actually quite familiar with.

We took a scenic train ride and hubby spotted a bald eagle that I was able to get a photo of:

Bald eagle - Delaware Cty, NY
Bald eagle - Delaware Cty, NY

did some shopping, did lots of eating, did lots of relaxing, and today, walked across the Hudson River on the brand new Hudson River Walkway at Poughkeepsie.

Hudson river from the walkway at Poughkeepsie
Hudson river from the walkway at Poughkeepsie

All-in-all it was a great long weekend/mini-vacation and some much desperately needed relaxation.  Even with the home phone forwarded to my Blackberry it was very quiet and the world left us alone for a few days.  What a gift!