everyones taking everything they can

Leaving stormy New England to start the New Year in the sunny coast of Florida.

Winter Is Here!

Bitterly freezing winds numb my body each morning lately. You can tell Winter has come...and is here to stay. It was a wonderful fall though, full of adventure and new places and faces.


We started off Autumn by touring a Cranberry Bog. They gave out lots of samples, rides around the land, and offered helicopter rides too! We took our time exploring and enjoying the view.

A buddy from work has been showing me around the Cape. He is a local, super informative, and full of fascinating stories. His company is enjoyable, and we've been on a couple really chilly hikes, but funny stories, laughing and the geniality of friendship creates warmth.

I've also been cooking feast lately, trying to plump up for the harsh winter!  haha

emmmm cranberry stuffing filled chicken with yams :P''

New England is gorgeous. From the colors to the homes, it is hard not to be in awe around every corner.

^ ship hull buried forever on the shore trying to escape 

Poor dead seal....we concluded it was a shark attack that got this big guy, right in the side.

Its so fun to walk along the shore and look out, seals float along looking right back at you :D

All in all, this has been a great place to live...and I will be sad to leave, for once. 

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Scargo Hill / Fort Hill Trail

We finally both had a day off together! We went to the 'highest point' in Cape Cod called Scargo Hill...being from Arizona...this is a mere hill, but a beautiful look out non the less :D

* We chucked our pumpkins off the top of the top to watch them splat *

    After Scargo Hill we headed north to Eastham to Fort Hill and walked the Red Cedar Trail. Greeting us as we arrived was a French Second Empire styled historic home from the 19th century, that belonged to an old whaler named Edward Penniman  (click to find out more). The house was gorgeous, spooky and lightly but beautiful dilapidated. We were sad to not be able to tour the inside.

The Red Cedar Trail is just walking distance behind the home, near another beautiful house that sits almost on the coast line. There was a sense of calm and peace back there.

There was Poison Ivy ALLLL over the Red Cedar Trail. We were careful not to get off the path.

    After finishing the trail we walked around the Fort Hill in which the Red Maple Cedar trail is located on. Back in the day Fort Hill and the land of Nauset was desired for its good soil by the Plymouth colonists. It used to be covered in forest, corn, rye, and hay pastures, with orchards, vegetables, gardens, and even grazing cattle and sheep. However this was during the pre-petroleum age, so naturally, most resources were soon depleted- the red maple cedar swamp was cleared of its trees and the salt hay was harvested.
   Eventually the people realized, within three decades of settlement, that wood was becoming scarce so the town passed a law to control over cutting. To this day the field is left open as a reminder of past times, and the Red Maple Cedar trail is looking great! It was a beautiful, easy walk, on a lovely autumn day. Massachusetts is full of so much history its intoxicating.  :)