The weekend we were set to leave for our vacation, Jacob, Laurie, Logan and Claire came to town. They arrived very late, so we did not see them.
The next morning we only saw Jacob who had kindly consented to drive us to the airport. It was sad we were going to miss spending time with his family while they were in town.
Jacob looks for every excuse to come to town when BYU is playing a home game. From the looks of it, they all had a great time. It helps when the team you are cheering for wins the game! Glen added: especially when they win in the last minute of the game!!
It was a struggle (especially for me) to think about going on another extended vacation when the last one we went on Rebecca had gotten so sick. She was having a long, slow recovery and it was making me nervous thinking about being gone again and not being able to help her.
The pictures of her foot healing showed she was making progress.
She kept complaining of how hard and crusty her foot was and how she was shedding dead skin everywhere.
She had started wearing the boot and could get around a bit in that. She kept assuring me she would be fine and we should for sure go off and enjoy ourselves.
With that done, and a last check on her confirming she was moving in the direction of independence once again, we left, breathing a sigh of relief that this trip would be so much more relaxing than our last vacation.
Glen found a great restaurant halfway through our driving. Charlie Horse in Kingston renewed our energy to help keep us going as we continued driving in the dark to Falmouth.
We reached our destination--the InnSeason Resorts HarborWalk. Funny thing about that is we learned from everyone everywhere we went that the busy season had ended and we were definitely there out of season.
Our only complaint was the small queen bed in a very large room that could definitely have accommodated a king bed.
We took a walk around one side of the harbor until we reached open water and walked along the beach for a while before finding our way back to our rental.
One main purpose of our vacation was to see the beautiful changing of the leaves in the fall in that area. Glen was positive we had missed peak season. I pointed out to him we had not missed it at all.
We had enjoyed our frozen yogurt lunches so much on our previous vacation that we decided to give it a try on this vacation. We ate ice cream at the Cape Cod Creamery of Hyannis.
We chose the town of Hyannis to visit that day so we could tour the John F. Kennedy Museum. It was interesting learning more about that president and his love of living at the Kennedy Hyannis home in Cape Cod.
A few more highlights of Hyannis.
Glen and I really got a kick out of this street sign every time we saw it. We spotted them all over Cape Cod. I guess there are a lot of settlers in the area.
We found the West Dennis lighthouse before the sun began to set.
We decided to eat dinner at the Sailing Cow Cafe because I liked the name of it. We were discovering that some restaurants had closed down for the season, so we were happy we found one that was open.
There was a ton of cute and funny cow memorabilia all throughout the restaurant. This sign hanging in the restroom made me laugh.
On Sunday we did our research to find a ward in the area to attend and found only a branch. I would rather attend a ward, so we decided to make the trek further out to attend the Plymouth Ward.
Remember the saying, "When the cat's away the mice will play?" Our house became the gathering place in our absence for the children and grandchildren to do their socializing while Jacob's family was in town.
Sarah sent this photo of herself in our home drinking from my Princess Diana glass that was given to everyone upon completion of the Princess Diana Exhibition. This made me laugh.
We landed in Boston, rented a car, and drove to Falmouth (the blue dot on the map). We were using our vacation package to pick a weeklong rental, and this was the closest we could get to Boston. It was much further from Boston than we had wanted, but we were up for an adventure.
The next morning we got a better view of our surroundings. Our door was the one on the first floor under the stairs.
Here is a little tour of our living quarters.
We really like the system of having a kitchen so we can fix our own breakfast in the morning before heading out for the day.
In the light of morning we could see that we were indeed right across the street from the harbor.
I was thrilled every time a tree or bush displayed its colorful beauty.
I really liked seeing all the different church buildings in that part of the country.
Not knowing our geography very well, it took all week before we realized that the little town of Falmouth is located in Cape Cod, which encompasses all of the hook-shaped peninsula of southeastern Massachusetts.
And this sign made me smile as it was Glen's motto on our mission. He would daily proclaim it to be another great day in paradise. It appears the Cape Codders feel the same way.
After church we did a quick change of clothes so we could go exploring Plymouth. First thing was going to Pilgrim Memorial State Park to see Plymouth Rock which is preserved under this columned structure.
We ate lunch at the Water Street Cafe.
There were some beautiful trees in the park.
Unique memorial to the Irish immigrants who landed in Plymouth in the mid-1800s after fleeing the Great Famine.
The water view of the Plymouth Rock memorial with the Mayflower (replica) nearby.
We toured the Pilgrim Hall Museum.
Dinner that evening was at the Surfside Smokehouse before we made our long drive back to Falmouth.
Of course I need to keep updating the progress of Rebecca's foot. This is how it looked after we had been gone a few days.
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