Tammy and I took the first week of October off to do some local sightseeing of our area. On Saturday, September 28 we took off for Cape Code. We stopped in Provincetown first where we went to the museum and climbed the Pilgrim Monument. We then walked along Front Street and had a lobster roll and clam chowder for lunch. We then headed to Monomoy Wildlife Refuge where we walked half the trail. (If we had known the trail wasn't so long, we would have walked all of it.)
We headquartered ourselves at Cape Cod Ocean Manor, a bed and breakfast near Hyannis Harbor. We walked to a seafood dinner at Spanky's that night.
On Sunday, we visited several antique stores in Dennis and Yarmouth. Hyannis was having an Arts Festival so we checked that out along with the shops downtown. We ate an early dinner at the Black Cat and then walked along Kalmus beach.
We got up early Monday morning and took the Hy-Line high speed ferry to Nantucket for a three day visit. We started our stay here with a visit to the Whaling Museum. We then took a historic walking tour of the downtown area followed by a visit to some of the historic houses and places nearby. We ended our day with a dinner at the Band of Thieves before retiring for the night at the Veranda House.
Tuesday morning ,we took the first of three nature hikes of the island with Peter Brace and Nantucket Walkabout Tours. This two hour walk was of the Lost Farm area. When we finished, we had a late breakfast at Black Eyed Susans. We then took an hour bus tour of the island and had an early dinner at the Easy Street Cafe. We then met Peter for a four hour hike to the Great Point Lighthouse to see the seals and the sunset.
On Wednesday, we had our third and final hike with Peter to the Stump Pond area of Nantucket. Upon returning from that we headed over to Nantucket Bike Tours for a two hour ride. Our tour guide was Jason, one of five alderman of Nantucket, who gave us a great overview of the island's present government and showed us some places we hadn't seen on the other tours. We grabbed a sub and some chips from the Stop and Shop by the docks and took the 215 ferry back to Hyannis where we drove to Seekonk to spend the night.
On Thursday, we went to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum spending a good portion of the day before heading to our hotel in Uncasville. Once there, we took the shuttle to Mohegan Sun and had dinner at Frank Pepe's and dessert at Carlo's Bakery. We ended our night attending the Then and Now Foreigner concert.
Friday, we did some shopping at the Tanger's Outlet at Foxwoods; then went to Mohegan Sun for dinner at Lansdowne Irish Pub followed by a Journey concert.
On Saturday, we headed home and picked up the OH Raffa's at the airport. The VT Beauchmin's were already at our house, and we all spent the morning catching up. For a late lunch, we went to the Country Diner, had dessert at DQ, and cannoli snacks from Russo's Italian Bakery. The evening was spent looking at possible places for the J Gangwer Reunion in 2021.
Sunday, the Raffas and Beauchmins headed to VT, and we spent a quiet day before our return to work on Monday.
To see the pictures of our week-long adventure, click the link below,
https://photos.app.goo.gl/EwSD5F96fQ3DJx6d6
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