Those Were the Days

Saturday Paul, Emma, and I went to a cookout at a military recreation spot near us. It's for military and their dependants and it's on the beach in Cape Cod. We'd never been and wanted to check it off our New England bucket list so when I found out they were having a surf and turf cook out I signed us up.

I wasn't sure what to expect because military stuff is sort of hit or miss...either great or awful. Surf and turf cook out was GREAT! It was a beautiful day, the covered picnic area overlooked the ocean, and for $25 you got a whole lobster, a steak kabob, a baked potato, a corn on the cob, a roll, cole slaw, clam chowder, watermelon, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. And it was sooo good!

I think we were the youngest people there, but we sat with the nicest couple (he was retired army) who were staying in a cabin there. They let us use their cabin to use the bathroom and get changed into our bathingsuits after we ate which I thought was amazingly nice. Of course they were from Atlanta and it was felt so good to have lunch with some good ole southern folks. And explains the letting strangers use their cabin.

I am wicked nosy and was curious to see the inside of the cabin. It was definitely nice and I think we'll be trying to go for a weekend at the end of the season.

The beaches up here leave a lot to be desired. I guess if you're from the north and it's all you know then they are good enough, but if you're from Florida then they are disappointing. They are very small (no miles of white sand), you have to cross a rock barrier to get to the water, and the water is full of rocks and it's cold! Did I mention the great white sharks? That's why we want to go back at the end of the season. We figure we aren't swimming anyways and the cabin has a fireplace.

So, when we were sitting on the beach with all our beach toys, playing with Emma, fat bellies hanging over our bathingsuits, me in my tankini there was a huge group near us playing corn hole. They were probably in their 20's, all fit, all tanned, drinking beer, having fun, and as I watched them I thought those were the days. I remember those days! Where did they go?

Then I look at my Emma, covered in sand, with her swim diaper making her bathingsuit into a thong, eating whatever she can find on the ground (yum sand) and I know with all my heart that I wouldn't go back to those days for nothing. And I was so happy for those 20 year olds because they are having the grand time that they are supposed to be having right now, but I was even happier at the grand time I'm having right now.