Cape Cod & Old Man Winter

Anne and her daughter Nikki on Uncle Tim's Bridge in Wellfleet.

Nikki, me and Sug @ Coast Guard Beach.

Hello from the Hearth 'n Kettle restaurant in Orleans.....fireplaces, cozy booths, Cape Cod cocktails and comfort foods like meatloaf and chicken potpie.

I couldn't blog last night, and I very rarely in three years have missed a daily post! But we didn't leave Montclair until about 5:45 P.M.--Anne and I both had work meetings. And then the roads were snowy/icy, especially once we got onto the Cape, where Route 6 East narrows. So it was close to midnight when we arrived at Wonderstrand Way. Then: The driveway was plowed in with a hard foot of snow we couldn't drive through. I walked over and through it, opened the garage by the light of Anne's car and then we started an assembly line of unloading. Anne handed me the bags and I brought them in, while Nikki waited in the car.

I long to write a nice Cape Cod post and I will, tomorrow. But last night I was tired, did not want to drive in the dark, snowy night to the lonely [in winter] parking lot where I can get WiFi. Our house was frigid, though. It took a while for the heat to warm it.

Today: breakfast @ Wicked Oyster in Wellfleet; walk over Uncle Tim's Bridge; Nauset Light Beach [just the pathway above it, beach closed due to storm damage] and Coast Guard Beach with Sug in her little plaid fleece coat.

We all took afternoon naps. We're all wearing gloves and hats and warm jackets. We saw animal footprints in the pristine snow in the backyard. Signing off now. We are going to dip into the Hot Chocolate Sparrow now before it closes @ 9 and then get groceries and then sleep!

TCOY

1. Fresh air on bridge and two beaches!!! So lovely, if brisk and bone-chilling.
2. Nap.....best winter tonic.
3. Reading.
4. As always on the Cape, as Thoreau said, "A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Edge of earth...contemplate....get new perspective. Get refreshed and recharged.