My sister told us she already planned a trip to Cape Cod 2 weeks ago. But then my mom had an SI joint pain last week which causes her lots of discomfort and severely dampened her ability to walk. Before last Saturday, we still hope she could go. I told my sis to persuade her, for I believe my sis is good at getting my mom's attention. For a while, Mom said she will go. But we did a trial run to Costco last Friday. Then after we came back, we went out to deliver a mail to mail box. Next day though, on Saturday morning, she was so tired, she lied in bed past 7:30 am which rarely happened for her. So we decided she could not go. Because if she went and walked too much, I am afraid it would impede her recovery.
This is really not good for her morale. But she really needed her rest.
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My sis rented an AirB&B. We had a whole cape to us. The place is at brewster. The first night we had a welcome to cape cod rally, by ordering a pizza for over $30. We were all shocked, but PQ almost choked. :p The pizza was really good, though I doubted I'd order it in a normal circumstance.
The next few day, my sis made breakfast for us. Because originally we planned with mom being here, we brought a lot of stuff to prepare for meal. I brought a Costco's rotisseries chicken, mom made chicken liver and heart, along with nuts, fruits... My sis brought eggs, cheese, salads, and many other stuff. She's an excellent cook. we had lots of eggs, scrambled, steamed next day, with croissants and salad. She's crunching how much proteins we have... Very professional.
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Provincetown
We went to Provincetown, although brewster is on the same cape cod location with provincetown, it took us 40 minutes to get there. We went to their Race point beach. A lot of biking trails. There are quite a few people renting the E-bike from P-town Downtown and biked there. My sis wanted to try but could not, we ran out of time in the end. The beach was very big, but not a lot of people. That's the purpose though, my sis and her hubby always planned this trip to avoid peak tourist season. The water was so clear. The sand was nice too. I wore slippers most of the trip. It was fun. I stood in the water, but a lot of people were staying dry. The best surprise was that there's a seal swimming very close to the shore, not more than 20 feet. It's like a performance, he showed us how to eat fish with no hands. His relaxed attitude draw everybody's attention, including a puppy shepherd's dog. He's so relaxed, swimming anywhere he wanted. And there're seagulls above him trying to score some leftover. There're also a few seals nearby, but they never put their heads out of water.
Later, we went to the downtown. The street we went directly was commercial street. And it was a mistake. It was crowded and narrow. PQ fled, and my sis looked up the internet found some local advice to went the east side of comm. st. to find parking by the street. Then we basically walked from the residential area to the downtown. It already long past the lunch time, PQ was in a hurry to eat. They discussed, and googled, and discussed, and walked some more. PQ had a restaurant in mind, but when we got there, the price was insane. So onward we went, went past the memorial tower. And found theCanteen. There we had some sandwiches. It was not bad. I had their classic fish sandwich, good portion and generous pickles and coleslaws. On the way back, we hit very few stores. I guess we were tired.
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CapeCod Rail Trail
The next day, we went for the Cape Cod Rail Trail. But because we went to provincetown the day before. We decided to go opposite direction, towards yarmouth. It was probably the flattest rail trail? Although other rail trails were quite flat as well, however, I think I could stay in the highest gear and ran though most of the road. Maybe the other direction would be different. But it's also very very nice. Because on other rail trails, there're always some industrial setting. Not here. It's surrounded by nature. And there're lakes along the way, you could sit and just watch, or even swimming in them! The one impressed me was the SheepPond for there are only few people, mostly elderly. And a pair of them just went into the lake and start swimming. Upon seeing this, PQ said when my sis tried to teach him to swim, they did not have any gears, my sis just told him to kick the legs in the water. It was kind hilarious. He kept complaining there're no equipment when he was being taught. Because that elder gentlemen had a floating device, not for swimming, but for safety. But the lady had nothing.
PQ and my sis used e-scooters for the whole trail. I used my bike. My sis rode the bike for a while, she really enjoyed it. The e-scooter was quite fun and it could get quite fast. PQ even had his own setup with cellphone holder. But it broke loose during the trip. We used my car to go the nickerson state park to transport both e-scooter and my bike. I gotta say, if honda did not pick up the element beacon, somebody else should...
Hyannis
We went to Hyannis next in the afternoon. This time, PQ immediately signaled for lunch. Though it's still a bit late, but he's not as agitated after lunch. We had a lunch at an Italian restaurant, alberto's. The way to the town was kind industrial, and at the beginning, we saw some for rental, for lease sign. But once the in the downtown. Hyannis was not bad. Not as busy and bustling as P-town. Almost like some description from internet, kind sleepy. But we really liked it. We came here to see something related to kennedy family. There we went, a korean war veteran memorial park, and a long beach, littered with broken shells and birds poop. But eventually, it's a leather hand craft store impressed us more than anything. lol
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Chatham
I wanted to see sunrise at cape cod. initially i wanted to go the dune sand at provincetown. But it was a 40 minutes ride, my sis reminded me. So I googled a little, i decided to go to chatham. There's a lighthouse there. It was always weird to go and do anything alone. Get up took sometimes. But I'd woken up at 5 for a quite while now. On the way there, I can't imagine going there without GPS. Even if I looked up on the map, I felt I still need to powerful flashlight to see the road signs...
The chatham dt was quite impressive, almost like p-town, even in the darkness. But I'd say it's bigger, and more elaborate, probably more high end as well.
There's a 30 min parking lot across the lighthouse. The post said it's one of the best place to watch sunrise. I was lucky. But not that lucky. Because the cloud covered 3/4 of the sky, especially where sky met the ocean. I stepped out and glad I wore enough clothes. But still got mosquito bites. There were a few cars already. an older gentleman went past me and asked would we able to see the sun today. I said, hopefully. under the parking lot was actually a beach with lots of marshes. Scattered boats, I guess they are fishing boats, sail by the beach. It was quite a sight. Then I hear seagulls dropping clams on the asphalt road. They kept doing it. Interesting.
I went down to the beach. It was the best I've touched in cape cod. clean, not much shells, no bird poops. But early morning sands were very cool to the touch.
The sun eventually hid himself behind the cloud. We could not see much there. So I headed back. They were still sleeping. That's good.
Falmouth
The last day of the trip. Falmouth was also where PQ and my sis' wedding took place. A special location for them. But for me, besides the prime ribs during the reception, Falmouth did not leave anything in my memory.
We went to an estate called highfield hall. The mansion was quite big, and the interior was impressive. The garden outside was also managed well. It contained a web of trails behind the facility. But it was okay.
After that we went to anejo, a mexican restaurant. It was not bad. But I think my sis was more impressed, her order of mussels were awesome, according to her. PQ's order was very fulfilling, to the point he could not finish it by himself. I helped out some. Then we walked around downtown area. It was more established than Hyannis, not as touristic as P-town. My sis said well, Falmouth downtown reminded her of lexington. After a 15 minutes, we went the famous lighthouse, where they took their wedding photos. I wanted to leave early, hoping to escape the traffic. But I'd never seen their photo shoot. I should go for a look. It was a long and winding road to get there. But they were doing construction there at this time. We could only take some pictures on the outside.
Then we were on the way home.
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PQ and my sis always prepared well for their trips. PQ brough video games and fire sticks to watch shows on youtube. we played mario party the first night, that series is always addictive, even my sis liked it. PQ dies and lives with video games, almost like it's his blood. one of the best memories from his childhood. Then the next day, we watched a movie and their shows. the last night I played TNT and Bubble bubble with PQ, they were old video games, probably what they called 8 bit or 16 bit games. It was fun, but PQ was awesome in those games. I really think video game trained his vision so well, that when we were on the trail, he can always spot some things, me and my sis cannot catch in the move.
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i called mom during those days. But I can feel her feeling down. I don't know, maybe it's still better to bring her along? She finished reading a book she loved during her young adults era. This is a book she said the typing was too small for he to read.
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