I Am The Messenger

Vacations are always too short.

Megan and I just got back from a week long trip to Massachussetts. For the first time in a while we had a family reunion. Megan and I also took off for the Cape (Cod) for a couple of days to spend some time together as part of an anniversary trip. It was refreshing. Our hotel room was free as we are a part of a points system with Priority Club. We stayed at a very nice Holiday Inn…which doesn’t sound nice, but it really was a nice hotel. The Cape can be expensive in the way of food. A simple milk shake and sandwhich meal and fries meal for the 2 of us at Cooke’s  cost us almost $30. Talk about highway robbery. And speaking of highways, we took 28 south, hopped onto 6A and drove all the way up to the very tip of Cape Cod (we rented a car for a couple of days). We ended up at a beach at about 6pm and played in the Atlantic Ocean a little bit. In Provincetown, we drove the town a bit and ended up walking on a jetty. The jetty as we soon found out was probably a mile long, stretching out toward the peninsula. We walked about half of it and turned around.

Being away from everything with just Megan was extremely relaxing. We didn’t have a schedule, a set place to go, we just hit highway 28 and drove. It was the ultimate in “getting away from it all”, and you’ve gotta love driving on a strip of land wedged between water.

Back with the rest of the family there were BBQ’s, swimming, Super Smash Brothers Melee, and good conversations. My family is filled with amazing cooks. My Aunt Michelle makes an amazing Quiche. We stayed with the Lathrops for the days we weren’t staying at the hotel on the Cape. Megan and I were very greatful to the Marbles and Lathrops for all of their hospitality. We ended up avoiding Boston this year, and it ended up being kind of nice. We usually end up taking the train into the city at least once on most trips, but this year it was nice to just stay away from all of the hassles of the big city. I feel so relaxed after coming back. We took some family portraits at Sears and took lots of pictures. If I ever get around to it, I’ll post some up here.

Other new things, I’m currently reading John Adams, written by David McCullough. David is an excellent storyteller and I highly recommend his 1776 book. John Adams is a little bit of a slower read, but it is still good nontheless.

I always like to read books involving New England history when I head over there. It gives you a different perspective on the place.

Also, if you haven’t already gone out and bought it, I highly recommend getting Coldplay’s new CD: Viva La Vida.

It is easily their best album yet as their last releases were only ‘good’. This latest endevour is excellent and they do more experimenting with music and different sounds, while still maintaining that Coldplay signature sound. The album has a very vintage/ancient feel to it. It’s a great CD to listen to when you’re surrounded by history as I was this past week. It will forever be the soundtrack to an amazing vacation, its epic sound frames the sight of an awesome thunder/lightening storm I viewed from a plane, and be the flowing backround music to the road trip up the Atlantic coastline with my wife. I will always have a deep sense of love for her whenever I hear it.