Justin, Jay and I went to Cape Cod for a couple of nights earlier this month. Justin’s Dad and Brigid own a house in North Truro, so we were able to get some visiting time in with them, as well as with Brigid’s son and his wife. It was a short visit but we had a nice time.
We headed there late Wednesday morning, after dropping Butters off to be boarded. Don’t feel too bad for Butters; he had a great time playing with the other dogs. The drive in wasn’t too bad, though we did hit some traffic on the Cape. North Truro is way out near the end, so it takes awhile to get there even after you reach Cape Cod. Jay was great on the drive and slept for the majority of it. He was awake when we were stuck in traffic towards the end, but he didn’t give us any problems, which was quite the relief!
We arrived late afternoon and then after visiting for a bit and eating a snack, we headed to Collins Pond. It was such a nice place to take Jay! Freshwater, so we didn’t need to worry about him drinking the water, which he likes to do. The water was very calm and warm and the beach was really nice. We stayed there for awhile and then headed back to the house for dinner with everyone.
Thursday we took awhile to get moving because Jay hadn’t slept the greatest the night before. We ended up going to Pepe’s in Provincetown for lunch with Ray. It was a really good lunch – lobster roll! – but we were faced with a couple challenges with Jay. First, there were no highchairs provided, so I had to run back to the car to get the stroller. Not a big deal, just an inconvenience. I got back to the restaurant and had probably been seated for less than 5 minutes when Jay had a poopy diaper that leaked through. As you can imagine, since the restaurant didn’t have highchairs, they also didn’t have anywhere to change a baby’s diaper. Thankfully, the hostess helped us out and let us use a small office area to change his diaper. After that, I gave Jay a bottle and then he actually sat quietly in his stroller and let us eat our lunches undisturbed. There had been mention of going out to dinner, but after this lunch experience, we were pretty worn out and another restaurant experience just did not sound appealing! Instead, we went back to the pond with Ray and then he cooked us a yummy seafood and pasta dinner.
On Friday, Justin and I headed into Provincetown by ourselves to do some shopping and have lunch. Ray had kindly offered to watch Jay for us and we jumped on that. We’re no dummies! We had a nice time walking around and checking out the different shops and then we went back to the same restaurant as the day before for lunch. It was so good again! Definitely recommend their calamari and they are really generous with their lobster meat. After lunch we returned to the house and pretty much hung out there until we left later in the afternoon.
The drive home didn’t go as smoothly as the drive there. We ran into a lot of traffic, which seemed like it might just be the norm there. It wasn’t for people leaving the Cape, because the bridges were clear. It was also raining buckets for part of the drive. We got home at 10:00 PM and it took us probably an hour extra. Jay was really good on that drive as well, thankfully!
All in all, it was a really nice visit and we’re so happy to have a place to spend time with family on the Cape.
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