What I did on my summer vacation by Evie McDonald

Make way for ducklings? Make way for Evie!

This week the family took off for our first vacation, National Lampoon-style. We headed up the coast to New England, trying to escape all the rain. First stop was Spring Lake, where Popi and Grandma Bee-bee loaded us up with ham & cheese sandwiches for our trip up to Boston on Sunday. We visited Katie and Christian in Somerville where I had my first encounter with a cat.We had a lovely time walking through the old haunts, from Faneuil Hall through the Downtown Mall to the Boston Common to Newbury Street. We had dinner at one of Mom & Dad's favorites, Tapeo's, but I slept through the pitchers of sangria and tapas.


The next morning it was a little cloudy and dreary, so we explored the new parks above the Big Dig before heading to the New England Acquarium. We saw penguins, sharks, and lots of jellyfish. I had the most fun at the touch and feel tank, where I put my hands right in the water to feel a starfish. Then Mom and Dad shared their favorite Boston foods with me - an Anna's Taquiera burrito and Dino's meatball sub from the North End. Then we were off to the Cape!

The sun was shining so our first activity after checking in was a trip to Pirate's Cove to play some miniature golf. I came along in my stroller and laughed at Mom's and Dad's moves on the putting green - for some reason I found their actions hilarious. The next day we had breakfast in Harwich at Bonatt's, home of the melt-away. I ate a whole bunch of hashbrowns all by myself, and about, oh, 35% of them got into my mouth and not on the floor. The sun had come out by the afternoon so we went to the beach in the afternoon, and then at night we drove out to Wellfleet for my first drive-in movie to see "Up"! Well, it still counts if you sleep through it, right? The next day was beautiful so we spent lots of time on the beach before checking out a Cape Cod League baseball game.


On our last day in the Cape, we took the ferry to Martha's Vineyard, where I took a ride on the country's oldest carousel. At first I was a little scared but thankfully Mommy held me tight.