A vacation from our vacation

August 1, 2014

“Oh no, school starts again this month!” Alex complains.  I guess vacation can’t go on forever.  Today we went to the beach at Nantucket, and that was amazing.  It was the first truly relaxing day of our vacation.  The water is much warmer than Northern CA, but a little colder than South Carolina – perfect for boogie boarding and body surfing.  We all played for hours.  Peter’s brother David lives next door so he and his son Luke joined all of us and Peter and Allison at the beach.  Amazing day. 

Then Dee, Mike, Becky and I went into town for a little while to walk around, and we found the house that Kit lived in on Nantucket.  They sold it in the early 50s for about $5,000.  Today it’s worth in the ballpark of $3 million.  Ouch!  Could have been...  I will say that I enjoy the beach and out of the way location of Peter and Allison’s house much better than the town.  The 3 Rolls Royces we saw, countless Land Rovers, pink bermuda shorts with button-up dress shirts, deck shoes and no socks just isn’t exact a lifestyle that I relate to very well.

This evening David’s family including his wife Ann and kids Claire and Luke came over to visit with all of us.  It’s been really fun connecting (or reconnecting for some) with family.   What a great time we’re having on Nantucket!