My brother and I used to take off a long weekend in June every year to go to Cape Cod, but we haven’t done this in over ten years. Larry has this week off, and I am burning out, so the Graham brothers are off to the Cape at the crack-of-dawn tomorrow. We will spend a couple of days surf fishing and going to flea markets and garage sales. I know, it is not exciting, but the Cape is beautiful in June, and not crowded at all.
I might talk Larry into taking the ferry over to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket. I intend have have steamers for dinner, something that I have not had in over ten years. We might go up to Wellfleet for lunch at a lobster pound. I want to bring a bottle of wine to go with the lobster.
June is considered off season on the Cape and it is remarkably inexpensive compared to some places. The food is good, the motels are cheap and there is much to do.
One year we stayed at a place with a character named "Captain Jack" running the motel. He asked us if we were "Ham and Eggers" and said that after July 4, that’s all he got was Ham and Eggers. I’m still not sure what that means (check this link), but I don’t think we are Ham and Eggers. At the motel, we sit out on the porch of the hotel and Larry plays guitar and I play harmonica, but no one complains.
The gas prices might actually work in our favor. The Cape is an easy day trip from Boston, but gas in Massachusetts is already over $4.50 a gallon. The Cape is about 250 miles each way and that’s about $100 for us. If we fill up in New Jersey we might not have fill up again until the way back in Connecticut where the gas is slightly cheaper. From Boston, the Cape is about 75 miles each way and only costs about $35 in gas, but the expense should keep out the Ham and Eggers.
I will be staying in Hyannis at a cheap motel ($55 a night) that claims to have wifi access so I am bringing a laptop. I hope that tomorrow night I can post the first pictures from the trip. I will bring the new camcorder that I bought at a garage sale, but the firewire cable has not yet arrived so I will not be able to post video until I get back.
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Did Erica tell you that I am going up to Martha’s Vineyard from June 29th to July 5th?
If you guys go to Martha’s Vineyard at all while you are there, can you drive near the place where I’m staying and let me know what it looks like. (6 Meadow Lane, Chilmark MA)?
Justine,
It sounds like it might be a good idea to delay our trip a couple of weeks. I think you would be glad to see Larry and me show up at your front door.
Martha’s Vinyard is one very big party that weekend – not as much as Nantucket, but still, it will be too crowded for us Central Nyack boys.
Larry used to go up and sleep on the beach. He would snorkel out into the sound and catch lobsters by hand. One summer the Minnefield family rented a house there and he spent a month freeloading.
Stay away from Gay Head – it’s a nude beach and within walking distance of where you are staying. I don’t want to find any internet pictures of you in your flimsies.
If you guys are looking for some great fishing, try Monomoy Island off Chatham. You can get a boat to take you out and drop you off for $10. And they pick you up at the end of the day. http://www.outermostharbor.com/.Awesome fishing!
Should I get some Black Dog tshirts for you guys while I’m there? It is the key tourist item sold in Martha’s Vineyard. I need sizes if you want the shirts.
Nude beach? OMG, no worries about me being there…..
This made me laugh. A “ham & egger” basically means a loser of low socio-economic status. It’s origin comes from boxing lingo to describe a boxer of low skills who barely makes enough money to feed himself ham and eggs.