Vacations Basics

It's important before diving deep into the more ethereal topical matter that readers understand the basics of vacation for me and Jeanne. This, of course, can be different for every vacation but for this vacation the basics are clear: Eating, Walking, Picture Making.


Understanding those things before proceeding will help one comprehend the the rich lessons and experiences of this vacation. So, as you can see from the above picture, eating was preeminent on this trip. If you can comprehend this one photo you'll not need to wonder too much more about the eating part of the trip. What lies in front of Jeanne is an order of Fish & Chips from a little dive of a restaurant located right on the seashore in Rockport, Mass. The name of the place is the Lobster Pool. That might be significant for any of you traveling to Rockport in the near future because it is not to be missed. Yes, a single piece of lightly breaded, deep fried cod more than covered the 10" plate and under it was a full order of hand-cut fries, all of it soaked in malt vinegar and then covered with tartar sauce. In the foreground are the sweet potato fries, because there just wasn't enough to eat! What you can't see are the bugs eating our legs and the old picnic table, shared with other patrons, for seating.
Some of you may be gagging right now while others of you are jealously remembering the best fish and chips you ever ate and calculating how long ago it was. But what you must understand is that earlier that very day, Jeanne and I had walked perhaps 10 miles while investigating Salem, Mass., so we had a few calories to burn. Which brings us to the picture making portion of the trip.
This doesn't really take a lot of words, except to say that fish & chips, no matter how good, taste so much better when this is the view from the table. Wish you were there with us!

PS - it was a trip full of blessings. We entered Rockport on the east side and could tell by the directions that the restaurant was on the west side. I said to Jeanne on the way there, "too bad we won't be able to look west across the water to see the sunset." Well, apparently Rockport is bounded on all sides by ocean, because we looked directly west across the water even though it is located on the extreme east side of Mass. :)