Grocery mishap #1–Alex and I went to Angel Foods, which is a great gourmet deli/market, but not the place to do your week’s groceries! We didn’t know where the other grocery stores were, besides the two gas stations adjacent to where we’re staying. I’d already stopped there for basics–eggs, milk, and bread–but we still needed meals for the majority of our stay. We ended up spending over $80 for three bags of groceries, and just got lunch meats and snacks!
Graem’s first beach day! We went to Herring Cove beach, which was packed. We are so glad the guys brought their National Parks Pass, because it covered the $15/day fee we would have paid otherwise! The sand and water were actually at the perfect temperature–we didn’t burn our feet walking across the beach, and we could actually go swimming! Graem loved it–she was mesmerized by the waves, and loved splashing in the water. She also ate as much sand as her little heart desired, and pooped it out the next day.
The only unfortunate event was when the wind picked up a little and blew the umbrella over, and the pole hit Graem square in the head as I was in the middle of feeding her. She wailed a little but was fine. We all got a little summer reading in, and just had a great time. We also met Nina and her son Sam from Ithaca, which was serendipitous–I only knew her from an email, but Shawna somehow put two and two together and guessed it was them. Luckily she told us where the local grocery store was so we could do some normal shopping!
After getting in from the beach, we all took our showers and rested up a bit, and Alex made us some fabulous mojitos with fresh mint from the garden. We then left to walk on Commercial and find a place to eat. We passed several places until we finally decided to stop at Bayside Betsy’s, mostly because there wasn’t a wait and it didn’t look too busy–it was already 8:30 or so and Graem could break down at any minute. The moment we walked in, Betsy (I assume THE Betsy) grabbed Graem, went to the cash register to get some money, gave the bills to Graem, and walked away with Graem to give the patrons their change! Betsy totally loved Graem, and kept checking in on her. Our meal was pretty good: the Vietnamese shrimp satay were tiny, so I wouldn’t get them; the guys got some lobster bisque that was good; Shawna got the lobster alfredo; I got the broiled seafood medley–greasy but yummy; Alex got the scallops with chorizo over fettuccine–the red sauce was pretty good; Dom got the stuffed flounder. Our server all but disappeared for the second half of our meal, but by then Graem had fallen asleep in my lap and I didn’t care about much else.
Once Graem’s asleep, life gets much easier: I was able to just carry her in my arms and keep her asleep, and we continued shopping up and down Commercial. When we got back in, we laid out our daily agenda for the rest of the week, since there were some things the guys wanted to do that we didn’t (or couldn’t, with Graem).
