Day Three - What is That Smell?

Day three dawns bright and early, with the promise of rain heavy in the air. I run down to the bathrooms, and barely make it back before the rain begins - thankfully, we've been faithfully preparing for rain each night, so we're covered.

I finish up a good book while Si slumbers on, unperturbed by a little rain. Must be the Eagle scout in him. After a little while, the rain lightens up, and I decide this is a great time to make those scrambled eggs on the grill. We try... and fail. I cannot tell you how difficult it is to make scrambled eggs in a frying pan on the grill. Oh well. We get showered and changed and hang out in the tent some more when it starts to rain again. Eventually, we decide to drive down 6A and see what there is to see. I open the car, and find to my surprise - it smells SO bad in the car. I left the fishbones in the car, in a plastic bag, within our beach bag, and it is not a good situation. We air out the car, and throw out the fishbones which seemed so cool at the time. Finally, we're on our way. We stop in quite a few shops, and purchase a great starfish photo frame, and stop in this great new age shop, where we spend at least a half an hour pouring over their goods.

We grab lunch at the Sandwich pizza shop, and continue our trek up the coast. Without a lot to do, we take our time meandering, stopping where we want to, and not stopping where we don't. A few hours pass, and we decide to head back, but not wanting to head back to camp, we're not sure where to go. The Cape Cod Guidebook will tell us!

Apparently, in Sandwich, there used to be a glass factory. Since MA seems to be big on museums, there is a glass museum, which to be honest, Si and I wouldn't care less about - except - they offer a glass blowing demonstration. $5 admission, and we're in. We meander the cases of glass before the real show begins, and we get to see a live glass blowing demonstration. Here are some photos that I took of all the different types of glass they had:

Custom Blown Witching Balls

Very old glass - contains Uranium, and when set under a black light - glows!

How cool is that! Anyways, time for the glass blowing demonstration - have you ever seen one of these? It's insane. Absolutely amazing. This woman was a true artist. Right before our very eyes, she shaped, molded, pulled and pushed this molten glass into the shape of an adorable fish. Since the glass has to be melted down at 1800 degrees, it takes a while to be cooled down. We approached her after the show and told her that we could think of nothing more amazing than to actually purchase the fish that she had made during our visit. She's setting it aside for us, and we pick it up tomorrow!

Following that, we felt triumphant! We walked into a few more shops, grabbed a bite to eat, and headed back to the campsite, where we stoked a fire and made smores.

After smore making, we've got a bit of daylight left, so we head for Scussett Beach, were we find... no one. Being the only couple on the beach as the sun sets makes us feel giddy and full of life. We wander around like little kids, collecting shells and chasing the ocean back and forth as the waves crash against the beach. It was the perfect end to a lazy day.

It's extremely windy out, and expected to thunderstorm, so we've packed most things away in the car, with a back up plan ourselves if we become completely overrun with a downpour. Boston tomorrow - can't wait!