New England Trip 2010 – (Day 5 – July 21)

North Truro, MA

We slept in today – we are amazed at how well we sleep in Sandy – both by the comfort and the quietness in the campgrounds! It might be the fact that we are surrounded by small homes :) on both sides of us and the people just stay inside in the coolness!

We drove into Provincetown (the end of Cape Cod) and went into some of the shops (they have a ton)! It was very hot today! As we drove back toward the campground, we wanted to stop at a couple beaches to do some beachcombing. Unfortunately, you have to have parking permits for most of the beaches on the cape – we didn’t have one and the problem was we really didn’t have time to just chill on the beach, we just wanted to check for shells, rocks, and beach glass. So, we didn’t end up stopping. :(

We wanted to have lobster for dinner...the campground told us about a place down the street where they would steam it for you, so we went there to get some lobsters. Well, when we got there we found out that you had to order them earlier in the day! We knew we probably wouldn’t be able to have it tomorrow, because we would be on our way home, so Doug decided to buy them live and cook them at the campsite! We did bring along everything we needed to do this, we just didn’t really think we would have to. So we got two 1 ½ lobsters and two ears of corn. Doug’s mom had given us an old Coleman type stove – we hadn’t tried it out yet. What a great way to christen it!! It took Doug a while to get it started – I don’t even know the last time it was used. Finally...success! He got a flame! We put water in the big kettle and cooked the corn first. Then it came time to put in the lobsters – I wasn’t really into putting in live lobsters, so Doug did it. Poor little things – of course, I was all about eating them! The guy at the lobster place told us to let the water boil and then cook them for 12 minutes (if it’s 1 ½ pounds). Well, they turned out perfect!! :) What a delicious meal! It’s just like at home – I love just cooking in – and it especially helps when you have a great cook for a husband!












Doug had heard there was good striper fishing on the cape. So, he packed his fishing poles and tackle box in Sandy. He devised a way to pack the poles so they wouldn’t be in our way! The campground has a path to the beach, so we got our stuff and started walking. It was a path through the woods that seemed never ending! We found out later it was a mile (we weren’t really expecting this, so it seemed much longer!) We didn’t have much daylight time to fish because I certainly wasn’t walking back a wooded path in the dark! He fished for about an hour – no luck, so we headed back.









We got showers and then were going to play Backgammon – I remember playing that a lot with my parents when I was a kid. Unfortunately I couldn’t remember the rules so we’ll save that for another time when I have the energy to read and explain all the rules to Doug! We ended up playing War and then off to sleep!

~Jess