The One With Cape Cod

 

 

We took a very action packed overnight trip to the Cape these past two days. We left on Sunday morning, beating most traffic down - though there was a lot of traffic coming off the Cape. 

The first big ticket item was to go to Hobby Lobby. This store, which Emmie went to briefly in NH, was a hit with Emmie. She found a ton of stuff, as did Bri (for a spa day party). Kiff also found an ugly dogs playing poker picture in a frame that he fell in love with.

After that. we headed to the go-karts, which is aways fun. Kiff got a dud of a cart, while Bri was able to race off to first place in one of her races. Those driver's ed classes came in handy.

We went to Mark and Carols to celebrate a birthday cookout. We had a fun time, enjoying the deck and the cool air at the time (it had been cloudy and humid all day).

The following morning, we hit Hearth and Kettle. Bri actually drove us there and got the first taste of Cape traffic. Then, we did a few things including just resting and reading. We went to the beach and then trekked home.

Overall, it was a calm and relaxing overnighter.

The One With the Fourth of July

 

 

 

Today we enjoyed another 4th of July in Danvers. We began the day with the Horribles Parade. It was actually nice to see this year's edition. Last year - the first version after the pandemic - was definitely low key. This year was a little more substantial. In fact,  they had an old car in it.

 

Later in the day, we broke in our new grill. It was awesome!!! Of course, the burgers and dogs were great! We had Tony come over and had a fun time.

At night, we watched the Boston Pops Fourth of July Spectacular. It was pretty good and the fireworks were amazing. All and all, it was a great fourth!!!