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Cape Cod Vacation, Day 1

A few months ago I was trying to figure out where we should go on vacation this summer. Same as last year, we wanted to go somewhere in New England for 3-4 days. It can be hard to find places to rent mid-week, so I was happy when Vanessa put us in touch with a friend of hers to see about renting his house on the Cape. The dates and price worked out so we were all set to vacation in Yarmouth, MA from Monday until Thursday this week.

Traveling with kids, even just for a few days, is a ton of work so we had a lot to get ready on Sunday night and Monday morning before we left. S&Z decided the babies needed to eat before we packed up the booster seats.


We were on the road by 10:30 on Monday morning, so we got to the house just in time for lunch. It was raining when we arrived, so we quickly unloaded the car and got everyone settled. The house is absolutely gorgeous, with a great kitchen and dining room. We brought all of our food and had meals planned for the week.


Zoe, however, was very unhappy at our first meal :(


Since it was raining we put the kids down for their afternoon nap like usual. They needed to nap in the same room due to the layouts of the bedrooms, and we weren't sure how they were going to do since they've been napping separately for quite some time now. We had to go in to quiet them down 3-4 times, but they eventually fell asleep. I was very happy to curl up with a good book and listen to the rain for awhile.


When we woke the kids up at 4pm the rain had subsided, so we decided to go out exploring. I had read about an interesting beach (Gray's Beach) and boardwalk (Bass Hole) where you can see fish and osprey nests, so we headed out on a wet adventure. 


It was high tide and absolutely beautiful on this gray and windy day.


We were out on the boardwalk for a long time, taking pictures and taking in the view.


Silas is smiling and saying "Cape Cod" in these pictures :)


Okay, time to eat!


We went to a restaurant called Captain Parker's Pub that is famous for clam chowder. It was PACKED, even on a Monday night! I can't imagine the madness on a weekend!


Derek got a fisherman's platter and I ate fresh Chatham haddock. It was our splurge meal of the week and we got a delicious taste of fresh seafood.


I took over 350 pictures in 4 days, so it's going to take me awhile to get all of the vacation posts up. Until then, I'll be doing oodles and oodles of laundry!
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Location: Bass Hole, Massachusetts, USA

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