So today was the start of the never ending rainfest that because the rest of our vacation. We drove to Cape Cod from Boston not on a schedule since we wanted to relax. Unfortunately, when we got to the hotel it turns out that it had closed a year ago and we were actually booked at a hotel on a different part of Cape Cod. I was the one who looked up the wrong address on google and Sunil was pretty annoyed.
We decided since it was already around 2pm to look into ferries to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard to see if island trips were feasible. We were surprised by how expensive "fast ferry" (1 hour ride) tickets were (they were about $50-70 per person each way plus parking). We ended up finding a ferry that was more for locals that was reasonable price (though the ride was almost 2 hours) and so we were off to Nantucket. We were initially disappointed that we wouldn't get there until 5pm and had to head back on the 9pm ferry, but our greater disappointment was forgetting that it was Sunday. When we got to the island it was about 50 degrees with misty cold rain and I was freezing. Even though I had on jeans and two light sweaters I mistakenly did not pack a jacket for our "summmer" vacation. Sunil and I walked down the cobblestone streets for awhile. I could tell he was really bumming about not being able to rent bikes and ride around the island. This was the awesome activity I had been bragging to him about for the last year. We ended up eating at a local restaurant and walking around some more. By that point I was soo cold, we had to buy a Nantucket sweatshirt. Since there was nothing else left to do we upgraded our tickets to the fast ferry and sat at a cute local coffee shop reading the newspaper until it was time to go.
The highlight of the trip was who was directly in front of us in line for the ferry --- JOHN KERRY, yes the former presidential candidate and Senator of MA, who happens to have a house on Nantucket and was vacationing for the weekend. You know I'm not shy, so of course I got a picture.
The next day was super low-key. It rained even more so we ditched the idea of going to Marth'a Vineyard and stayed indoors. First we went to the Cape Cod potato chip factory and saw how they make their yummy crisp chips. Of course we bought like 5 bags of chips.
After we headed to thte mall to get some medicine (Sunil was quite sick and I was still getting over being sick) and stuck around to get some baby stuff. We also saw one of our first kids movies together- "Imagine That" with Eddie Murphy. I thought the movie was really cute, Sunil thought it was a little slow.
Over all a good visit to Cape Cod!
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