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We left Carlisle around 7:30 on Saturday morning.  The journey to “the Cape” with my sister was a time I was looking forward to.  We hadn't been together on a vacation without family for many years.  After a few pit stops for food and relief along the way,  we arrived in Dennis Port, Massachusettes around 3:45pm and met Don and Kay Brandt at their cabin to get our keys and information packette about the area.

Here is a glimpse of the cabin we stayed in.  This is right after we had unloaded the car and put nearly everything on the table.  In the background, is my sister, Rita.  We had plenty of snacks and food to nibble on throughout the week...plus that all important product:  Coffee every morning!

I'm pretty sure our mother back home thought there might be a few disagreements between us; but I think we were both looking forward to getting away to relax without any drama.  My sister, Rita, loves to read books and brought along four books to go through as I painted plein air seascapes and landscapes each day. 

This first day was spent getting settled into our nice little cabin.  In it, there was a lovely open room with a vaulted ceiling and fireplace that was open to the kitchen area also.  Off from the kitchen was the bathroom with an updated shower/tub combination and pedestal sink.  It was quite nice and we had plenty of hot water for showers.  I'm a night time shower person and Rita was a morning shower person so our time in the bathroom never conflicted. We ate at the Swan River Seafood restaurant for the early bird special with Claire and Conard, Clare and Johanna M

At days' end, we were both pretty tired from the long drive and got to bed early setting our alarms for 7 am.  By morning, the automatic coffee maker was brewing the strong coffee to our delight.