The wind was howling on Cape Cod, rain was pouring down, and a banging kitchen shutter was making a terrible racket. We were afraid our visit to our friends’ beach rental cabin would be a disaster, even though we did bring an umbrella. Our first visit to a beach was so cold and windy we nearly blew away. The lifeguards were huddled in a car playing cards.
But the weather improved and our “Cape” experience turned into a memorable one.
Traveling is the theme of our library’s Summer Adult Reading Program and it seemed only right that we check out some parts of the country outside of our own. On one of the rainy days I couldn’t resist dropping in to the local library in Truro. It was well stocked with new books and lots of local art on the walls. They had a Summer Reading Program too, also with a travel theme.
The library is part of a group called the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS). Much like our library system the folks in the far reaches of the Cape share books with other libraries located in larger cities. And it has Wi-fi.
With the improved weather the next day we rented bicycles and got to experience the smooth, well-maintained bike trail that runs all the way down the Cape.
A Scrabble game I was playing with my friend Ann was close near the end. I tried the word “Jule” in the corner with a triple word score. Ann looked at my word (she was planning to use the same triple word) and said “Yes, it’s a word” and I got a nice 32 points.
A few minutes later our daughter walked by our board game and commented, “Didn’t you mean ‘Joule’ the unit of energy of one newton force moving one meter?” The physics student was right, of course and Ann moaned that she lost the game on a “cheating word.”
Plane, taxi, ferry, car, bike, ferry, commuter train, subway, Amtrak, bus and back on the plane. Nearly every mode of transportation possible. Not bad for one week. We also managed to eat oysters, halibut, scallops and lobster during our short visit.
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