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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Clean Day Tomorrow

Nice 10-day vacay. Going home without too much of a tan because 1) trying to avoid sun damage 2) hate sunscreen coat [despite pricey tube I bought] and 3) I preferred to read, rest, bike or swim in pond vs lounge and burn at no-shade-in-sight beaches.

The seashore is magnificent and I biked there w Dan and went at nite w girls to look for seals from overlook.

I just didn’t want to bake.

Setting ⏰ early to pack and clean.

Will miss:

  • Bike path.
  • Park rangers.
  • Lighthouses.
  • Farmstands with corn and tomatoes.
  • Clams!!!!! Florida Orange 🍊 steamed littlenecks in garlic and white wine tonite.
  • Lobster!!!!!!’ We got a quarter-pound out of the shell and dipped it in melted butter. [Best lobster meat at Mac's Market & Kitchen in Eastham. It is $49.95 per pound, though. Get some kale salad, too.]
  • Audubon.
  • Beach plums.
  • Outdoor shower.
  • Ranch house--nice for family to all be on one level.
  • Route 6 [even though I think Massachusetts drivers are predisposed to dislike my driving due to NJ plate].
  • Seeing Fig, Punch and 🍊 together--on bikes, at lobster shack, cooking, in arcade, ice cream shop, seafood store, or, as now, cuddled on couch, 
  • Hot Chocolate Sparrow.
  • Wild turkeys.
  • Unspoiled Nauset Marsh.
  • Monarch butterflies.
  • Frolicking seals.
  • Shark warning flags.
  • Sending Cape Cod postcards from the North Eastham Post Office.
  • The dishes in the kitchen--buttercup yellow or blue and white.
  • Being far from home with family.
  • The breeze, from both sides of this narrow sandy cape--rustling the white lace curtains in the living room.
  • The memories the trip stirred up of Mom and Dad and their year-round Cape friends, Rite and Bob.
  • The church up here.
  • Lilly Pulitzer fashion sightings on women and little girls. I wore my strapless Lilly lavender and navy dress several times over my swimsuit.
MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET

  • Hot Chocolate Sparrow,, ice cream and treats for Punch, 🍊 and me, $22.
  • Mac’s Market & Kitchen, dinner fixings--clams, garlic, lemon, lobster, corn salad, kale salad, mango salsa, pita chips, mini biscotti, $52.61.
  • Ben & Jerry’s, nondairy cookie dough ice cream cone for Fig, $6.36.
  • Bank ATM fees, $5.
  • Church collection to help Cape Cod kids w special needs, $10.
  • General store, spaghetti and 2 gallons water, $8.
  • 🍊 belated bday gift, $20.
  • Garbage dump/recycling fee I gave Fig for tomorrow [since girls are going to dump], $20.
  • Arcade at Red Barn, I gave girls about $5 in quarters.
  • Gas for lawn mower, $2.22.

Will crunch numbers later. Gnite w. Love.


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