Bass River, Cape Cod

So I'm a little behind in posting our latest travel adventure, but, well, life slows when you spend a week on Cape Cod.
Ben had already been on the East Coast for the previous week and a half. I managed to convince him to pick me up at Logan late at night, which worked out well as my cousin and boyfriend were also able to rendevous with us in Boston. It made for a fun late night drive to Ben's family's Cape house!
We managed to convince a few more friends to join us during the first weekend and enjoyed sailing, kayaking, the beach and feasted on lobster and fish. The week continued with a few less people, though friends from California made the trip out for their first Cape experience. Unfortunately their son got sick while they were there and had to make an emergency trip to Children's Boston mid-week (all is okay now!).

Ella playing on the home made playground

We had thought our week would be friend filled but instead we had a mostly quiet week in the large old house by ourselves. Which also has its perks. Ben and I were able to take the kayaks across the river to West Dennis and check out all the mansions along the water. Of course we neglected to take tides into consideration so our return was a little slower from the incoming tide but we eventually made it back to our dock.
In the past our visits to the Cape have always been full of friends and family, while this trip ended up being a much slower pace than usual. We spent one day just sitting on the dock, reading, waving at the tourist boat that occasionally cruised by and watching the sailing school kids learn how to capsize and then right their boats, over and over and over again.
The week wrapped up with an overnight stay with family in Boston, which included a torrential downpour (I can only assume that Boston was reminding me why we left).
Our list of must do items in S. Yarmouth:
Salt Water Taffy
Visit to the local creamery
Visit to the local bakery
Kayak around the river
Have Ctenophora (Comb Jellys) wars with your cousin