Cape Cod

Over many years we eventually become bored with what our town or state has to offer us, due to the fact that we see or experience these places every day and they're familiar to us. Most everyone living in Massachusetts has been to Cape Cod. For some reason though, most people don't find themselves getting bored at the Cape, no matter how many times they have gone. Whether it's the beaches, activities, or people you spend time with there, Cape Cod is a special (and common) vacation spot for many people.

I have gone to the Cape multiple times to visit my family on my dad's side. My grandparents and aunts all lived down there at one point in time. I don't know if everyone enters the Cape the same way, but for me, crossing the bridge leading to the rotary at the bottom, gives me the same excitement every time. I'm not sure if it's the view of the water or the bushes trimmed to form the letters of "Cape Cod", but this excitement rush happens every time. Being with my family at the Cape was also a reason I looked forwards to these mini vacations. After a long period of time, my sister and I would be able to catch up with my cousins. When we were younger, we would play "Cops and Robbers" or "Tag" in the yard. As we got older, we would walk down the streets to the small beach on a pond, and spend the afternoon just relaxing and having fun. A couple of times my mom would take my sister and I downtown to do a little bit of shopping. Having fun and spending quality time with my family was one of the reasons, going down to the Cape for vacation never got old.

When I was a Girl Scout, we would always go on a camping trip in the spring, close to summer, time. Originally we would go to the actual "Girl Scout" camps that they had available around MA. After two years though we would get bored of the same place, so we started to go to Nickerson State Park. We had to make our own fires and pitch our own tents. It was a much better experience than going to an already set up camp. During these brief camping trips we would cook over an open fire, roast marshmallows, and take a swim in the nearby lake. My favorite part of these trips were that for one evening we would leave the camp ground and go to the beach nearby. The beach we went to had a long boardwalk leading to the sand and than the water. During low tide you could walk 200 yards out and only get wet up to your knees. It was so much fun to be with friends on the beach, in the ocean, or on the jetty. Taking a weekend camping trip with my friends is one of the many memories I have from going to Cape Cod.

Going camping, visiting relatives, and wading out in the ocean are all activities that my family and I do time and time again down at the Cape. Spending the time with your family, immediate and extended, are really important moments to treasure. Vacation spots always create new and hold old memories for every person. I don't know what is though, the Cape will always create new memories for me, and I will never get tired of vacationing there.

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