Nice uneventful day at the cape. Diane and I went for a run this morning through a really nice set of trails near Jen’s folks. The countryside is sandy with stunted evergreens . It’s so different from the woods in Vermont. I dropped Diane off at the house then ran down to the beach again to say hi to the ocean. I noticed that the SamStone we placed there yesterday had already been moved. That’s good. We want people to pick them up and either keep or replace them. 

 Which reminds me.. Once again… If you used SamStones.org to tell me that you’d placed or found a SamStone  in the last 6 months, there’s a good chance I missed it. If you can, please resend the note and any pictured you sent.. again so sorry for the trouble.

After all the kids were up we packed into two cars and headed down to Harwich Beach.. it was beautiful beach.. fairly packed with people. The water was warm and pretty good for skim boarding.. I’ll never be a beach person… but this was nice.

 

What would a day at the beach be without fly over advertising ?

The beautiful kite store in Harwich

Around 1 the kids had enough so we went back to Jen’s folks house for lunch and (at least for me) a short nap. Around 4 we decided it was time to head to Falmouth to meet my folks.  Jen and Deb and the kids drove with us for awhile until we got to one of those rental go-kart places. We all went once… then some of the kids went again. It was a hoot ! It’s the kind of thing I would never have down before.. but since Sam died I’m up to just about anything.. why not ?

 

They even had rides for the big kids !

From there Jen and Deb and co. headed back to Harwich and we continued on to Falmouth. My baby seeeeeeeester Mary (or SPG as we call her.. because that’s how she used to spell her name, has rented a house here for 2 weeks. My folks are coming down to help with Mary’s kids’ Ellery  and Jake…Mary’s husband John is coming in on Thursday.     Turns out that Mary and my folks were caught in traffic on the bridge so we got there about an hour before they did.. Time enough to explore the environs..   We found a cute beach a short walk off with a jetty that just needed to be explored..

 

 By the time we got back to the house, My folks and Mary had arrived. We got our first face to face look at our new nephew John Samuel / Jake.. You all may remember that Mary and John called me in Shanghai to tell me that he’d been born… It was great  to finally meet the little guy in the flesh. He’s gorgeous… and that’s not just me as his uncle talking. J. It was great seeing Ellery too.. she still thinks I’m Santa Claus.. “hi HoHo: she said when she saw me.   My folks seem great too… It’s nice to be together.. Nice.. and as you would expect.. hard too.

 

Me and Pa

Me and Jake

Diane and Jake

Ellery

Pa

Ma and Jake

My mom and I took off to get a few groceries and pick up Chinese food.. right now we’re sitting around in the post-take out glow talking to some of Mary’s friends who live near by…   It’s very peaceful… I better post this now. Not sure I’ve got an internet connection.. We’ll see !

 

 

OK.. More tomorrow.. G’nite all.. G’nite Sam.

-me