Journey to the corner of the Cape

We were in transit for 29 hours. That sounds like the opening phrase of an adventure movie in which we risk life and limb to save the day.  In truth, the only part that was remotely brutal was the red eye in which everyone around me seemed to be deep in Snoozeville. The reason I know this to be true? I was nowhere NEAR Snoozeville. Rather, I was hanging out in "I think the Benedryl had the opposite effect-ville".  Luckily, I wasn't the driver on the first leg of the journey from Phillie to the Cape. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me share the good bits (which were plentiful) with you.

We set out for Seattle. There was himself, a "mister man" amongst 3 women: Moi, Kari and Aileen. We were on a road trip and there was no denying it!!  

I love the way the duty free sign got juxtaposed on top of the WELCOME sign. It sums it up neatly doesn't it?

Road trip!! Crank up The Backstreet Boys and let's get MOVING!!!

We were given one last chance to change our mind.

But we were goin' for it. No holds barred.

So that we could see 2 of our favourite Americans: Paul and Lisa. But along the way, we had a very important stop to make in Bellingham.

Because we had to buy supplies for the journey. This is a box of sugarlove in which an almond is lovingly wrapped in coconut and then bathed in chocolate. It makes driving more fun. And more better.

This picture is worth millions of happy taste buds.

Lisa is a gardener. And while I do not like to get my hands dirty (truth - it's almost pathological), I sure respect folks who do. Because they grow things like this: 

Paul and Lisa took us to their favourite neighbourhood pub (also known as The Wegdie). 

The burgers were beautifully tasty (though not nearly as tasty as the tales told to us by Lisa which had us both spellbound and laughing so hard we almost peed). (photo cropped by blogger - I'll try to fix it later... or as they say on the cape "latah".)

Paul and Mister Man. 

Lisa mid way through the most outrageous wedding saga. 

Obligatory shot in which Mister Man sneakily steals the camera and takes a photo. 

Coming Next: the drive, the family - the fun continues. We are just about to blast out the door to Martha's Vineyard. Cape Cod kisses from Sugarlove Girl.

The Road Trip

Hello gentle readers!

Mister Man and I, along with members of the running posse will be heading to the U.S. of A. for the wedding of Tamara (member of the running posse) and Andrew (future husband of member of the running posse). We’re taking the red-eye from Seattle where we'll get to visit with our wonderful pals Paul and Lisa. Paul is like Mister Man's brother by another mother - they are so alike it's kind of freaky. (note the same piercing gaze exhibited by Mister Man and Paul in this photo. Or maybe they're just eyeballing a tray of food and beer about to make its way onto the patio.....). Lisa is cropped a bit in this photo. I'm not sure why Blogger does that...

We'll fly all night to Philadelphia where we’ll pick up our rental car (and perhaps a little cream cheese and/or Phillie cheese steak?) and we’ll be beetling eastward to join my family in Cape Cod for a few days.  We’ll be hanging out with The Mums (traveling all the way from Newfoundland ) and Paully and Michele who are currently doing a mini-sabbatical on the Cape. 

Here is The Mums. In Newfoundland. The place she will leave to join us on the Cape. In fact, she's there already. We are actually joining HER.

We'll be taking a few trips around the Cape where we’ll dazzle you with blog posts from hotspots like Martha’s Vineyard and “P-Town”. We’ll take a jaunt into Boston where I’ll get to expound on the brownies from that place at Faneuil Hall (and hopefully it hasn't been replaced by a KFC or something equally as awful)… 

I promise photos and stories and a sand dune or two. There'll be chowder and cantilever bridges and hopefully a couple of guest bakers when we finally reach our destination in Pennsylvania.  There’ll be a side trip to Gettysburg and so much more to share with you. So pop back. I may disappear for a day or two, but think of it this way, I'm just "on assignment in another country".....