August 5, 2012

Views from the Cape...

Oh my goodness! 

We had the best time on our vacation in Cape Charles. And I have to tell you the weather was sunny and breezy every single day. We take a family vacation most every summer and we've been very lucky every single year with the weather!

1920's bungalow.
This is the house we rented. I don't think my Mom left this porch much the whole time we were there. She sat there doing her word puzzles and enjoyed the breeze. You can see her head just slightly poking over the left rail by the window and my godson Gerard at the door.

view looking up the block
The people of Cape Charles very friendly. Many of residents would walk past the house saying hello while either taking their daily walks or walking their dogs. Like most beach towns many people walk or ride bikes but in this town you can also rent golf carts to get back a forth to the beach with all your stuff. We actually just piled in Gerard and Denise's van with all our chairs, umbrella's, coolers, floats, towels and other junk.
this way to the beach
This shot is the view looking down from the front of our house the two blocks to the beach (zoomed). This gazebo is the beach entrance. We chose to hang out on a beach a couple of blocks over where we could spread out a bit more. 

The beach tended to be narrow in some places although the sand is wonderfully white and soft. The water is also quite shallow and you could walk FOREVER to just reach waist high water.  The water was pretty warm too; I would guess due to the unseasonably warm weather. It"s quite possible it could be warm every summer. I really can't say since this was my first visit.

sushi anyone?
This gull just swooped down and scooped up this fish and snacked on it right in front of where we were sitting. 

live crabs

If you are at all familiar with the Chesapeake it has a reputation as a source for wonderful fresh seafood, specifically blue claw crabs. Bill went out one day and purchased this bushel of crabs (approx 6-7 dozen) straight off the fishing boat. They are lively little suckers trying to run away and dashing all over the front deck of the house trying to latch on to toes.

My brother Gerard, bless his heart worked his rear off cooking them in a variety of ways. One night; crabs with pasta in a fresh marinara sauce and the next day for lunch tossed cold in a lemon-herb and olive oil vinaigrette YUM!  ( pictures in another post)


Sorry but! Doesn't this cloud kinda look like the shape of Virginia? 
Well it did to me... but then again it might have been the beer :)



I sat on my chair on the beach under the umbrella and took a lot of pictures.  Most every picture that I'm publishing today are ones I took of strangers and scenery of the beach. There might be an exception or two. In a later post I'll get to showing you some pictures of the family.


I really thought this shot was kinda nice and I love how the sun glistens off the water towards the end of the day. This is just a couple of strangers on the beach walking the forever walk. Like I said the water is very shallow in the Chesapeake but it's good for the legs. I can't say we didn't get exercise.


That is my niece Sydney walking out with her sisters float to cool off. Some of the days although breezy were quite sunny and hot. Umbrella's were necessary as was plenty of sunscreen!


Boats would come in towards the shore frequently and people would walk out to them visiting with their friends.  Every once and a while all the people gathered round would have to push the boat so that it could get to deeper water so it could put its motor down leave the shallow areas.


This is what its all about isn't it? Just relaxing in the water with your gal pals...This group of ladies were at the beach every day with a larger family group and usually sat next to us under some big tents with their husbands and kids.


I probably took 150 or more pictures while on vacation. Don't worry I won't show you all of them, I promise just a few favorites.  The town of Cape Charles is a nice lazy beach town with quaint shops, churches, seafood restaurants, pubs and all streets lead to this beach. No stress here!

21 comments:

  1. Great photos! I like the one of the pelican and the fish and the couple walking out into the water. I just got back from my summer vacation too, but mine was in Indiana, so there wasn't quite as many photo ops:)

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    1. Welcome back I hope you had a nice vacation! I liked the couple picture too, kinda wished they were holding hands but it was a nice shot. My niece took the bird/fish photo will pass the word.

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  2. what beautiful pics! I love the glistening water too. That is a wonderful front porch, takes me back to my childhood days when we had front porch like that in rural Indiana. Looks like a dreamy vacation. :-)

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  3. sounds delightful. love that second last picture

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    1. It was nice, and thanks for the compliment on the picture!

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  4. Wow! Simply amazing sounding vacation!

    Can I come next time?

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    1. Sure pull up a beach chair, an umbrella and a cold one!

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  5. I absolutely love it. The photos make it seem magical, and oh how I love that porch!

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  6. so how delicious was those crabs? They look so yummy!

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  7. Awesome photos....I swear I could smell the suntan lotion/sunscreen-ha ha!

    You guys must have had a ball!!!!!

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    1. Now i need a vacation from my vacation, yawn!

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  8. And this is why I want to move to a beach--soon!

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  9. Lovely photos. I love the house it's like something from a movie set.

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  10. ---beautiful shots <3

    I love the seagull w/ the fish in him mouth! x

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  11. Gorgeous pictures and just love that front porch. Got a peek at your momma! Yum on the crab front and you had me at the glistening water. I'm so happy you had a splendid vacation, Jen. Good to have you back, though. Missed you ;-)

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  12. Sounds like a great vacation. I've heard about Cape Charles before ... maybe next year we'll go too.

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  13. Beautiful pictures!!! Glad you had so much fun!!

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