Yay!! Time for a weekend trip to someplace neat on the East Coast! 🎊

My sweet friend Camilla was able to fly in from DC to join me on this trip. We stayed in an Airbnb in West Yarmouth that was charming, and in a beautiful neighborhood with the well known Cape Cod style houses.

We lucked out with awesome weather the whole weekend, which felt extra special to me because Maine has been glooooomy lately! 🌧️

Edward Gorey

Camilla introduced me to this interesting and eclectic artist, author and Tony award winning costume designer. His home in Yarmouth has been turned into a museum. I recognized several of his animations as the intro for PBS Mystery movies, which was fun surprise. Our tour guide, who also happens to be his cousin, gave us a tour around the museum along with a history of his life and works. They had a delightful little gift shop too. 😀

Dune Tour 🐚

The Provincetown Dunes are a protected part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. This fragile ecological system has been protected and preserved since 1961 after heavy use of dune buggies in the area began to destroy the landscape. A 4 wheel drive vehicle and reduced tire pressure (down to 11 psi), as well as permits, are required to see these beautiful dunes.

We took a sunset tour and learned about ship wrecks around the dunes and life saving shacks that were built to help those who survived the wrecks. Some of these shacks still exist and in the 1900s, became a haven for artists and writers during Cape Cod summers.

The dunes are home to several cranberry bogs, which are free to collect if you are willing to hike into the dunes!

Sunset on the beach 🌅

At the end of the tour, we lucked out with a clear and peaceful sunset on the beach! It gets pretty chilly after the sun goes down!

Nantucket! ⛴️🌞

All I knew of Nantucket prior to this trip was from what I saw on the 1990’s sitcom Wings. Ha! 😂 Did any of you see that show? It presented a fairly modest depiction of the island and a little airport there.

However, in reality, Nantucket is boujee! 😉 It’s expensive to live there and from what we heard, it’s a hot spot for the super rich, who like to ‘summer’ there. But! It is possible to take a ferry for a day trip and not break the bank. We bought tickets in Hyannis and got to explore the little down town, which is quaint and lovely. They had a daffodil festival last weekend and there were still remnants of these in the flower pots that decorated many businesses. 🌼

People were friendly, the shops had lots of unique art, and Camilla got a chance to sample a lobster roll and oysters. 🦪

Thanks for checking out the blog! Happy Spring! I hope everyone is doing great! 🌺🌻