journal\\\nantucket - day 3

last day, leggo :)

~Day 3~

on our last day, we woke up, took down tents, ate breakfast, did chores, and mostly cleaned up.  the tent i slept in took maybe 10 minutes to take down.  daddy's and derek [my brother]'s took quite a bit longer...lets just say they aren't know for being efficient.  one of the kids, the 'firemarshall' took the liberty of burning anything that was paper.  it was a pretty nasty fire considering the stuff that was being burned ranged from cardboard boxes to used tissues.  everything was to be loaded onto a u-haul that would take the luggage back home. 

then we were set free into town to get lunch and return our bikes. our camp site looked empty, like the wild without the speckled color of our tents.  we went at a rather fast pace so that we would make it into time with time left to walk around.  i enjoyed the speed but a couple people in our group could not keep up, so we lost time anyways trying to find them.

the road to the bike shop

we were going so quick, i had a few close calls.  the drivers on nantucket aren't what one would call 'friendly'...   the cobblestone streets leading into town didnt' help either.

some mini heart attacks along the way

you see what i mean?!

once we got into town and recollected our group we headed towards the best ice cream shop in town: the juice bar but they were not opening until 11, the time we had to be at the dock waiting to board.  all of us [about 12 people] crowded around their entrance and waited.  one of the kids asked why we were waiting and i exclaimed 'because its like the best place ever' as the manager opened early so we would be able to have some before we left.  since i had not been here i asked what to get, and apparently 'the frazz' which is raspberry sorbet mixed into lemonade with a touch of sprite was the best.  they didn't have any sprite which is fine by me because i'm not a huge fan of fizzy drinks but it was still amazing.  we sat around enjoying our cool drinks and a couple kids visited a souvenir shop, but i stayed put.  i was soaking up the last few hours of my adventure.

we got to the dock on time and waited around for about an hour to board the ferry. before we left the harbour i made sure to get a couple more pictures.  i smiled into the sea breeze and snapped away happily.  then i got into the cabin and about six of us got a booth to play cards.  we played president for about a half hour until sleepiness over took me and i fell asleep.  it was the perfect way to end a great trip.

clearly i'm amazing at taking artsy pictures...

leaving the harbour

when i opened my eyes we were sailing into boston harbour.  as we were leaving hyannis, our carpoolers mentioned that the cape cod potato chip factory was nearby and daddy agreed to stop there and take the tour.  at first i thought they were not open because it was columbus day weekend, and they weren't open on holidays, but we we decided to stop by and look around anyways.

apparently we were supposed to follow the seagull

i didn't even have to follow the prints; my nose was directing me.

walking down the path of interesting facts about cape cod chips

found it!

it's ok we weren't really inside the factory yet

it was really cool watching potatoes sorted and dropped into vats of oil.  the smell was heavenly and i could not wait to get to the end to buy some.  i was amazed at how many potato chips were produced considering there is only one plant, the headquarters. these chips are available pretty much everywhere, and to think they originate from one place was mind blowing.  we got a couple bags of chips and left.

yum :)

it's officially done.  we had left the cape.  [couldn't find my camera until it was too late...sorry for the bad picture]

i was munching contently on my chips as we left the cape.  i only remembered to grab my camera but it was too late, but i managed an ishy picture.  i couldn't remember another time i was this happy and i cannot wait to go back next year.