What Didn't We Do This Past Weekend?

This past weekend Marc and I traveled south to Cape Cod for a weekend away. We have been looking forward to this mini-vacation for a while. It allowed us to escape the moving boxes and house "to do" list and just relax and enjoy the weekend with good friends.

We left Friday night after packing up the car and somehow attaching a surfboard to the roof using half a surfboard roof rack, a yoga mat, rope and some ratchet tie downs. I really wish I had taken a picture of it because although it worked, it definitely wasn't the most ideal way of tying something to your roof. Once we arrived in Sandwich we knew it was going to be a great weekend. We had a gorgeous house to stay in, great company and plans for lots of outdoor activities.

Saturday morning we headed out to the beach for some surfing. Marc was super excited to get back in the water with Bill who was his best surf buddy back in San Diego. I on the other hand was super excited to catch some of the surfing on my camera. You know the good and the bad.

Best Picture Ever. (1) Marc's position (2) The laidback surfer  (3) The seal

After surfing we headed to Cafe Chew for lunch where I had a delicious chicken salad stuffed half avocado. It was delicious and it was the perfect temperature to sit outside and enjoy our lunch. Not too hot but just sunny enough with a cool breeze blowing across your shoulders.

Bill and Jess waiting for the slow riders. 

Fueled up for the afternoon we briefly stopped back at the house to pick up the bikes and then headed out to the canal for an 8 mile bike ride. I can't think of the last time I was on a bike but it quickly became apparent that Marc and I were weekend riders while Bill and Jess were more the century ride experienced bikers. I mean a quick comparison of our calves alone said it all. The canal was absolutely gorgeous and we rewarded ourselves at the end with a stop at Joe's Lobster Mart to purchase some lobsters for dinner.

The rest of Saturday evening was spent eating, drinking, walking to the beach, more eating, more drinking and lots of relaxing. We indulged in lobsters, steak, 5 kinds of sausage, and baked potatoes. It was phenomenal. Although I do believe we were all in some sort of meat induced coma when we rolled into bed later in the evening.

Our favorite East Coast treat. 

Kinda hard to see but that's 12 sausages and 1 steak cooking. 

The beach walking distance from the house we stayed at. 

Definitely enjoying ourselves. 

Sunday morning we were able to sleep in a little. When I asked Marc if he was ready to get up his response was "Only if they don't make me exercise more". But we had already decided the day before we were going to spend the morning stand up paddle-boarding. So after a delicious breakfast of local pastries and muffins we headed out to rent our SUPs. We headed out to Town Neck where there is a canal that is perfect for stand up paddleboards. After a brief tutorial on how to use the board, we headed up the canal. I was a little wobbly when I first stood up and had a brief moment of fear that the entire hour was going to be like that, but once we got moving I found it to be a lot easier then I had expected and thoroughly enjoyed gliding through the canal. The way out we headed against the current which made for a few tricky parts where I felt like I wasn't even moving but it only made the way back easier as we glided with the current.

The canal snaked back and forth through the wetlands/march area. 

The canal has shallow edges so we had to make sure we stayed near the center of the water. 

In the top left you can just about see the beach where we started from. 

After paddleboarding it was time to pack up the car and head out of town. The traffic off the cape gets pretty terrible on weekend afternoons so we decided to hit the road around 1pm. Since we hadn't had lunch yet we decided to find a Chipotle, our favorite place to stop when we're not in Vermont, and ended up finding a shopping center. We spent the last of our crate and barrel gift cards from our wedding, bought some Icelandic yogurt from Whole Foods and found out that we had a dividend check waiting for us at REI. It was quite possibly the best way to avoid traffic through Boston on our way home.

All in all it was a fabulous weekend and we really can't wait for our next trip with Bill and Jess.