Monday May 2nd 2016

When I woke up this morning it was very foggy. A quick check of the TV news and weather indicated that it was either raining or foggy in all of eastern New England. I went back to bed. There was nothing urgent requiring me to get out on the highways in lousy conditions.

Army Corp of Engineers Canal Patrol boat

A Police boat in the Cape Code Canal. I have never seen one of these in the Canal before. I don’t know if it belongs to one of the towns, the state police or another agency.

When I finally got up had breakfast and was ready to start the day it was around 11AM. I started to take a walk along the canal but was deterred when it started to rain. As an alternative, I got in the car and drove to the other side and end of the canal. Not much was happening in the Sandwich MA area of the canal either.

A lobster boat leaving the Sandwich MA boat basin. Notice how the visibility is impacted by the fog.

Lobster boat and commercial fishing boat passing in the East entrance to the Cape Cod Canal.

The only use of the canal was by the commercial category of traffic. All of the recreational use was sitting out the weather. The Army Corp of Engineers Canal Patrol boat and a police boat were out in the canal down near the campground. Up at the Sandwich MA boat basin, a lobster boat and a commercial fishing boat were in motion. The lobster boat was heading out to check pots I’d guess and the commercial fishing boat was returning to port.

While I was out I stopped at a grocery store to stock up on a couple of items. Monday must be a big shopping day, unless tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I lost track. The store was a mob scene. Aisles were filled with shopping carts and stock carts. Every check out was in use with several people in line. Most of the clientele seemed to be senior couples that needed to debate the merits of every selection. You’d have thought there was only one grocery store for miles around but there are several. Even after I’d checked out, it took a couple of minutes to get through and around people to get out of the store and it was only about 15 feet.

Tomorrow is forecast to be more of the same, but I really shouldn’t hang out in my RV home another day. I have things that I need to keep working on.