Cape Cod

Scott and I decided to go for a drive out to Cape Cod on Mother's Day. Cape Cod is the 'strong arm' shape at the east end of Massachusetts. It is not one specific town, but a region that is over a hundred miles long, with quaint little beach towns all the way up to the tip.

On the way, we stopped in Chatham to find a lighthouse and met a sweet lady who offered to take our picture for us. When I told her Happy Mother's Day, she shared with us that one year ago on Mother's Day, she lost her husband to Huntington's. She said they loved to come to the Cape, so she thought she would come this year on Mother's Day in his memory to do something special with the day. It was so hard to drive away. I wanted to ask her name and if she wanted to come to dinner with us. But she did seem at peace with it all and wished us a very happy life together...

It was a whirlwind trip because we got such a late start...but he wanted to go all the way to Province. The owners of his landscape company were planning to take the team to the Cape the next day to work on their own private property for a couple of days, so Scott wanted us to see it together first--so thoughtful!
We decided to complete the excursion with dinner at a little place called Jimmy's Hideaway, recommended by some locals. I got fish and chips, being inspired by the sea, and Scott got some chicken and fingerling potatoes in wine and rubarb reduction. Oh my.

All in all, we pretty much agreed that the Cape is not 'all that,' but neither one of us are drawn to heavy tourist attractions. I would like to give it another shot when it is more in season, since it was a bit of a ghost town in May.

Oh, and I called my mom, of course. The family took her out to eat at Olive Garden which was quite a treat for her...it kills me to be the only one not with her, but I know she knows I'm there in my heart. Love you, Mom.