On Tuesday we drove scenic route 6a from South Yarmouth to Provincetown. On the way we stopped at the Salt Pond Visitors Center which had a lovely view of the pond.
Marconi Beach in Wellfleet. Where Marconi successfully completed the first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and England in 1903.
Church of St. Mary of the Harbor, Provincetown, MA:
The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown:
The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown. Dad and I climbed it to check out the views from the top. It was hot and humid and pretty much wiped us out!
The view looking down the cape from the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, MA:
The following day, Meghan and I returned home to NH for a couple of days. On the way home we stopped off in Plymouth to see the famous Plymouth Rock where the Mayflower landed in 1620.
It’s been a while since my last post, 44 days in fact so it’s well and truly time to catch up. My parents and brother were out to visit us in July for two weeks and for the first week of their visit we stayed with them in their rented house down in Cape Cod. The weather was beautiful, if a little humid and we got to see plenty during our stay.
On Monday July 12th we took a boat ride from Hyannis to Martha’s Vineyard. We spent most of the day walking the island taking in the interesting buildings and beautiful beaches and parks.
I took this picture as we departed from Hyannis Port:
A nesting Osprey on our way into Martha’s Vineyard:
A park in Oak Bluffs close to where we docked:
Cape Cod is full of beautiful Hydrangea’s. This was in someones front yard:
The beach at Martha’s Vineyard:
Martha’s Vineyard was very beautiful and it’s definitely on our list to go back and do again some day, with a longer stay so we can explore other areas of the island.
A C-5 was doing some low fly by’s and touch and go’s at Pease today. I went down at lunch time and shot some video of it from both ends of the airport.
We were out enjoying the memorial day sun today and got watching a robin collecting food for her nesting chicks. She was going back and forth between our lawn and her nest under our deck with plenty of treats for her little chicks. I shot some video of the robin on our lower deck and then used a ladder to get a little closer to the nest.
The American Robin is not as cute as it’s European counterpart and is actually a member of the thrush family. The two types of robin are not closely related.
