We left Mr Obama's home town of Chicago and headed off on a jet plane (Jet Blue Airways in fact!) to Boston, Massachusetts. Very impressed with Jet Blue, even though it was a budget airline, it was probably the best experience we have had flying in the US so far! From Boston we took a coach to Hyannis on Cape Cod where we were loo
king forward to a relaxing week by the coast. The beach was a short walk down the street from our apartment and was just how we imagined it - long stretches of white sand, wooden piers leading right down to the water from various oc
ean front properties and lots of boats bobbing about on the water. We took a few long walks along the beach and even found a ready made spot to take a break. As you can see on the photo CK took the opportunity for a quick nap! Having got my confidence driving on the other side of the road up in Alaska, we decided to hire a car one day and drive up to Provincetown right on the very tip of Cape Cod. There was a bus that went up there in the summer but they
changed the schedule at the beginning of September which made it pretty impractical to go by bus (unless you wanted to stop for the night!) so dri
ving was really the only option! Provincetown was very touristy but very cute. Lots of typical Cape Cod timber clad houses and picturesque leafy lanes. The town was full of all the usual kind of souvenir and gift shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. We did find a homemade ice cream shop where CK thought it only polite to sample the local produce - she did ask
for vanilla but got peach & mango instead - Hmmm, not sure what happened there! We checked out the local beach where the houses fronted right onto the water with great views! A couple of days before we left Cape Cod we decided to take a trip over to Martha's Vineyard (where all the rich and beautiful people go! And where Mr Barack Obama has just been on holiday! Well, if it's good enough for the President it's good enough for us!) It was also where the film "Jaws" was filmed (only just found that out! But we didn't go in the water anyway!) We were
floored initially by the $69 cost of a tourist cruise boat over there but then found that we could get a local bus to a place called Woods Hole for just $2 and then catch the steamship ferry over to the Vineyard for a mere $15! We do love a bargain! As we approached Martha's Viney
ard on the ferry we could see all the huge mansions fronting the ocean, some with their own private little beaches. A highlight of our trip to the Vineyard was visiting the Gingerbread Cot
tage Colony. I had seen some of the cottages on a leaflet but thought it was just a row of maybe half a dozen houses. When we got there we realised it was a whole community of over 300 cottages - all painted up like Easter Eggs in bright colours with flowers everywhere and cute porches complete with rocking chairs and swing seats. It really was a fascinating sight! Like being in fairytale land or Alice in "Alice in Wonderland"! The area was a former campground for Methodist church retreats
more than 100 years ago. The cottages were built in the mid 1800's by members of the church community. The houses have been passed down through generations of families and are now mainly used as summer houses, only a small number having been winterised so enabling permanent residency. It's an enchanting place and we were glad not to miss it!
We left Mr Obama's home town of Chicago and headed off on a jet plane (Jet Blue Airways in fact!) to Boston, Massachusetts. Very impressed with Jet Blue, even though it was a budget airline, it was probably the best experience we have had flying in the US so far! From Boston we took a coach to Hyannis on Cape Cod where we were loo
king forward to a relaxing week by the coast. The beach was a short walk down the street from our apartment and was just how we imagined it - long stretches of white sand, wooden piers leading right down to the water from various oc
ean front properties and lots of boats bobbing about on the water. We took a few long walks along the beach and even found a ready made spot to take a break. As you can see on the photo CK took the opportunity for a quick nap! Having got my confidence driving on the other side of the road up in Alaska, we decided to hire a car one day and drive up to Provincetown right on the very tip of Cape Cod. There was a bus that went up there in the summer but they
changed the schedule at the beginning of September which made it pretty impractical to go by bus (unless you wanted to stop for the night!) so dri
ving was really the only option! Provincetown was very touristy but very cute. Lots of typical Cape Cod timber clad houses and picturesque leafy lanes. The town was full of all the usual kind of souvenir and gift shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. We did find a homemade ice cream shop where CK thought it only polite to sample the local produce - she did ask 
for vanilla but got peach & mango instead - Hmmm, not sure what happened there! We checked out the local beach where the houses fronted right onto the water with great views! A couple of days before we left Cape Cod we decided to take a trip over to Martha's Vineyard (where all the rich and beautiful people go! And where Mr Barack Obama has just been on holiday! Well, if it's good enough for the President it's good enough for us!) It was also where the film "Jaws" was filmed (only just found that out! But we didn't go in the water anyway!) We were
floored initially by the $69 cost of a tourist cruise boat over there but then found that we could get a local bus to a place called Woods Hole for just $2 and then catch the steamship ferry over to the Vineyard for a mere $15! We do love a bargain! As we approached Martha's Viney
ard on the ferry we could see all the huge mansions fronting the ocean, some with their own private little beaches. A highlight of our trip to the Vineyard was visiting the Gingerbread Cot
tage Colony. I had seen some of the cottages on a leaflet but thought it was just a row of maybe half a dozen houses. When we got there we realised it was a whole community of over 300 cottages - all painted up like Easter Eggs in bright colours with flowers everywhere and cute porches complete with rocking chairs and swing seats. It really was a fascinating sight! Like being in fairytale land or Alice in "Alice in Wonderland"! The area was a former campground for Methodist church retreats 
more than 100 years ago. The cottages were built in the mid 1800's by members of the church community. The houses have been passed down through generations of families and are now mainly used as summer houses, only a small number having been winterised so enabling permanent residency. It's an enchanting place and we were glad not to miss it!
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