It seems to me that our annual family vacation to Cape Cod gets shorter and shorter as the years go by. We look forward to it all for a year and puff it is gone. They definitely are shorter than the week+ that we would spend when the kids were little. Now it is 3-4 days squeezed in between the end of the kids summer jobs and school and that includes the 4-5 hours of travel which really chops it down to just 2 days there.


And this year it rained........and rained..........and rained. From the point that we left the garage here to the the time we crossed the bridge off the cape, it rained. It slowed some so that we could walk a bit on the beach and could catch a quick picnic with sandwiches from our favorite deli, but the rest was pretty much a wash out

Puddles and rain drops seem to be the norm and on a shopping trip to Christmas Tree shops I replaced all the umbrellas with new one, so that we could stay moderately dry.


But it was, as usual, fun to be away with the family. From "singing in the rain" as we trotted down the lanes in Provincetown twirling our umbrellas or joining in on a chorus of, "the sun will come out tomorrow" with strangers in the streets and word games while waiting, board games in the evening and just ordinary fun. That is what family is about.

We had the chance to connect with new friends and long time friends but not enough to connect with others, and we caught a mid day movie. For me there was little opportunity for a short run in the rain along a flat trail, as the early riser in the pack. What a change to not deal with hills.

Not much time at the beach other than a couple of short walks. The chance to take some pictures including this family photo. ;-)


I still have some more vacation time at home, for starting the fall chores and just chillin' a bit and more family adventures in between getting ready for school next week.