4th of July on Cape Ann

We spent the 4th on the ocean and on Cape Ann, thanks to the hospitality of Dennis's parents! We swam in the pool, in the freezing cold hypothermia-inducing ocean, and we were even bit by sand fleas while wading off the beach finding beautiful seashells. The beaches were full of every type of medium to tiny-sized dog, as well as a lot of swimsuit-wearing people and boats anchored in the sand.

We also took in the views on the water, and since we had traveled in two separate groups, when we traded places and swam to the shore or to the boat, we couldn't take our stuff with us! So when we put on dry clothes to warm up - they weren't ours! It was kind of fun to put yourself in someone else's shoes . . . literally.

On the cape, they have fireworks and a giant bonfire with 1800 wood pallets, and a wooden sculpture on the top that burns throughout the evening. In the recent past, the wooden sculpture was of Frosty the Snowman, but so many of the kids started crying when they saw Frosty "melting" that they had to save Frosty's life.

Note to self: don't burn effigies of anything from children's literature. It will traumatize the children.

;)