Kyle Visits Gloucester

Last weekend Dee and I flew up to Gloucester, Mass., a lovely little sea port town just outside of Boston, to vacation with the Scanlan family. Did you know that The Perfect Storm was set there? Now you do. Anyway, Dee's parents rented a crazy-big house on the ocean, which outside of prime rental season is occupied by vacationing priests. How would I describe the place and coastal New England in general? Well, the words 'quintesential' and 'picturesque' and 'post-card friendly' come to mind. The house itself plenty of space for the large family crowd, a wonderful view, and a great location near the town and beaches. We took plenty of good pictures, rode the St. Peter's carnival, ate some tasty food, drank a lot, visitited family a lot, baked under the sun, climbed the rocky shores, waded in the freezing cold ocean water, became overwhelmed with the size of Dee's family again, then settled into it, then enjoyed it all within a few minutes, saw Dee's younger cousins who are growing up fast (they all do...sob) , decided New England is a fantastic part of the nation, and, finally, returned home to our stir-crazy cats and leaky air conditioning unit. It's very, very leaky I'll have you know.