Last weekend, J and I hopped in my car and took off for a third anniversary weekend getaway on the Cape – which we’ve been meaning to visit since we moved here. And, well, it wasn’t quite what we expected.
First of all, we got a super late start on Friday, due to too many errands left undone till the last minute. Planning to leave mid-morning and not getting off till 1:30 does not make my clock-watching husband a happy traveler. (Even if, as I reminded him several times, we are not on a schedule.)
Second, as we drove, the weather threatened rain – gray, misty, grim skies – and kept threatening until mid-afternoon Saturday (when it finally decided to shape up and clear up).
Third, who knew you had to pay to go to the beach at Cape Cod? (Clearly we didn’t.) Since it wasn’t beach weather (see above), we didn’t want to shell out $15 for a day pass, so we didn’t actually set foot on a beach the whole weekend.
However, here’s what we did do:
-watched the Orleans Firebirds play baseball on Friday night (on the mistiest field I’ve ever seen)
-ate delicious pizza at Zia’s in East Orleans
-browsed at the delightful Main Street Books in Orleans
-drank hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow
-fell asleep in a little peach-colored room tucked up under the eaves at the lovely Inn at the Oaks, and played Frisbee in the backyard
-toured the Cape Cod Light, and gazed openmouthed at the views of beach and hill and ocean
-quizzed each other on Trivial Pursuit questions and drew on the butcher-paper tablecloth with crayons, while waiting for our dinner at the Saltwater Grille
-played miniature golf at the Gift Barn
-enjoyed exploring and laughing and being together – and rolling with it when a few doses of the unexpected came our way. Because that’s really what marriage is about, isn’t it?
Happy Love Thursday, all. May you have an adventure this week with someone you love.
cakes, tea and dreams 
This looks so fun! Just yesterday I booked a trip to the Cape as Pete’s birthday gift – he just read this book about the Chatham team in the Cape Cod Baseball League and loved it, so I’m taking him to see a game. 🙂
Paying for the beach really is ridiculous (and that’s coming from someone who grew up with it!) – and it can be avoided, but you have to find a local/regular to tell you where to go, unfortunately.
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
I’m not taking an adventure this week just doing some major prep for the adventure of a lifetime that’s coming just a smidge too quickly for my tastes (although I proclaim I’m ready every time I step foot outside in the 100+ degree weather).
Sad the weather didn’t totally cooperate, but it looks like a fantastic trip over all. That inn looks really adorable!
Is there such a thing as Love Saturday? Happy Love Saturday to you!
I understand the point about “we are not on a schedule, but if we do not leave early, I will lose my marbles” so well. That feeling of wasting daylight is so resonant with anyone who has lived in Boston in the winter… even if it’s July and there will be light out till 9 PM!
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