We went to the Cape Cod National Seashore and it was awesome! We didn't swim in it but we did walk along it for quite a while and picked up shells and rocks along the way. And got wet. Very, very wet. At least from the waist down. That was mostly a mistake though. The tide was coming in and sometimes the waves came up higher than I expected. It was COLD, and even though the day got very warm I don't think it ever reached a point at which I would have liked to swim in it. Towards the halfway point of our walk we saw these:
Seals! We have no idea what kind, but it is likely they were harbor seals.
We checked out the Nauset Light and the Three Sisters as well, but they were one beach up from our original parking spot, and after what the first beach did to my toes (I don't want to talk about it and you don't want to hear about it, trust me) we didn't go back out to the beach.
By that time we were getting hungry but it wasn't quite 5 o'clock which is when dinner at our restaurant of choice, the Bookstore and Restaurant, was set to start, so we stopped off at the Chocolate Cafe in Eastham and got truffles the size of a golf ball. This is not a joke people. They were massive. And so good, I didn't even get a picture. Don't worry, that's the only time I missed getting a picture of the amazing food. I got a Wicked Chocolate truffle of course, but the Resident Taste Tester tried Cappuccino and the Taste Tester in Absentia had a Peppermint truffle, which were both covered in white chocolate. I prefer dark chocolate any day!
That got us to the Bookstore and Restaurant just about on time. It overlooked Wellfleet Harbor and had two stories. As a rule, if a place has two stories I sit on the top story on the balcony. How else are you going to see anything but the parking lot? It really, really paid off this time. A beautiful view, warm temperatures with a breeze, and oh...the food...
The bread was a lovely crusty little thing, and the oil (which I don't recommend choking on, like I did. It is much tastier in the stomach than the lungs.) is a lovely olive oil, paprika, herb concoction. The bottom picture, the surf and turf, is apparently one of their specialties, done a different way each day. I can't remember the specifics of this one - grilled, maybe? But the Taste Tester in Absentia sure liked it. The middle one though? The one that looks like I just single-handedly destroyed five species at once? Well...I hate to say it but those were the tastiest five extinctions I ever met. Shrimp, mussels, scallops, clams, and cod in a buttery herb sauce. I think the people at the next table might have been considering getting up to leave before their meals came as I attempted to drain every last bit of my sauce with a clam shell.
Ordinarily the Resident Taste Tester and I will pick two different dishes and share, but boy was I glad he chose the Fish Pot too. How else would I have been able to con that last scallop away from him?
After such a big dinner I think we were all wishing for a nice drive back to the apartment, but the Cape wasn't about to give us any such thing.
But we made it and when we did...
How can you turn down key lime pie? Needless to say, I heartily recommend the Bookstore and Restaurant. A bit pricey perhaps, but would you expect otherwise for good seafood on the Cape?
That's enough food for now. Day two will be forthcoming. In the meantime, are there any recipes/things to try/recommendations that you would like to see me test out and post? Due to the aforementioned 101 degree days the Resident Taste Tester and I have purchased a window air conditioner. I do not expect it to bring the house down to 68, but I do hope that the upright and chest freezers don't die and, perhaps, I'll get to cook. Man, I wish this weather would go back where it belongs...
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