Cape Cod was our first stop, for a family visit over July 4th week/weekend. Here we are harvesting the garden bounty.
Some words of wisdom courtesy of Grandpa Nichols:
Watch out at the Chatham Fish and Lobster, they have attach lobsters.
Goofing off. I think this was more amusing to Kate back then than it would be now, however.
Bocce with the 'rents.
Here were on the Bay side of Cape Cod, wading across a tidal inlet to explore.
Tucked between low and high tide are lots and lots of oyster beds - aquaculture. Pretty neat to see the setups, as there were lots of "farmers" harvesting at low tide for the July 4th crowds.
A guys from East Dennis Oyster Farm stopped and gave us a lesson on oyster aquaculture, which was pretty informative. Apparently there's a lot that goes into a good oyster, similar to how the terrain can influence a wine significantly.
Gordie, Amanda, and Willem joined us for a few days on the Cape. It was extra great to have them as visitors. I think we all enjoyed the various beaches and water. Here's Willem and Gordie (and an obstructed Amanda I think).
Kate and Mom at Ridgevale
The crowd at snacktime
4th of July parade downtown!
This was the best one of the bunch, sorry Willem. I think you did enjoy the parade though, even with the cannons blasting off mere feet from our ears! Banjo would not have approved.
We are big fans of corn
We watched fireworks over the water from the golf course, a great and spacious spot to end the holiday.
Next up was a trip down to Maryland for Bailey's wedding on Kent Island. Here we are catching up with college friends (and fellow parents-to-be) Jeff and Amanda.
Post-wedding. It was probably 99 degrees and in the sun. Wearing a tux for a few hours in that heat was interesting. But a lovely place and nice wedding. Congrats, Bailey!
On our way back to the airport with Amanda and Jeff we stopped in Annapolis at the Naval Museum. Neat exhibit and virtually empty! And it had air conditioning, which was clutch. I call this one "Pregnant Woman on Ship's Stern."
And then we flew back to Portland, with a nice view of (L-R) Mt St Helens, Ranier, and Adams as we neared home.
Check it out - Kate is a Master! Bravo.
Meanwhile, our garden had been producing mutant zucchini squash. And still does. This was just the tip of the iceberg, apparently. Anybody need some squash?
Banjo got a doggie donut at Blue Star. Yummmmm.
We got a visit from Cathy and Marc! Thanks guys. Here we somehow have a picture of Cathy pushing a stroller with a baby that is neither ours nor Cathy's nor Dustin's. Hmm....
Kate and Marc
Back at home we IKEA-hacked a couple bookshelves into a bench with bins for toy storage. I think it turned out pretty nicely.
Cathy got a picture of the three of us (Banjo not at his most distinguished) from the Crown Point Vista House during a Gorge tour day.
Phew, busy month - and that doesn't even cover our adventures into hippie-dom for two Phish concerts at the Gorge! That might need a separate post...
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Although our house/yard/kitchen, dog, us and our friend's kid have all made recent posts, Noah has not!
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