Day 22, July 31, Thursday, Bellingham, MA 

We drove to our nephew Jamie’s new house about 20 minutes away and met with Kathy and Bob, Rosemary’s sister and our brother-in-law.  We had lunch at the Medway Café were we also met with our sister-in-law, Amy.  Amy recently lost her husband Johnny, Rosemary’s brother.  After lunch, we all visited Johnny’s grave site at Lake Grove Cemetery.  The three girls spent hours talking at the cemetery with a light rain and a cool temperature.  We said our goodbyes to Amy and it was time for dinner.  We had Jamie join us at the Lilac House Chinese Restaurant.  After dinner we returned to Jamie’s house and met Jamie’s fiancée Amy (not our sister-in-law also named Amy).  The engagement began just this past Saturday when Jamie popped the question.  

Day 23, August 1, Friday, Bellingham, MA 

We spent the morning with Kathy and Bob at Jamie’s house.  Jamie joined us in the afternoon and we drove to Mashpee on Cape Cod to visit our nephew Brian, his wife Christy and their two kids, Kaiden and Lana, ages 3 and 1.  Christy cooked a good spaghetti and meatball dinner.  A lot of catching up since we had not seen Brian and Christy since their wedding in 2019.  Also a lot of playing with the kids.  A wonderful day with family.

Day 24, August 2, Saturday, Bellingham, MA 

Rosemary and I drove to Boston today about 47 miles from our campsite.  We parked at a parking garage near Faneuil Hall and Quincy Marketplace and arrived about noon.  The Marketplace was jam packed with people and we quickly decided to move on.  We walked to the North End which includes Little Italy.  Our first stop was to famous Mike’s Pastry.  We tried on a prior visit to Boston to go there but the crowd and line was way too long.  Today the line was only about a dozen people outside the door so we waited.  However, once inside the place was packed but we waited it out and bought a chocolate chip cannoli, an almond croissant, a rainbow cookie and an almond biscotti.  We then walked to Villa Francesca for lunch.  We had eaten there before and had a good experience.  Rosemary and I shared a salad and the chicken parmagiana.  The portions were huge and delicious.  We ate it all and both of us were stuffed.  We continued walking around and found a nice shady bench to eat our cannoli.  The cannoli was very big and I would rank it as the best one I have ever had.  We spent the afternoon walking around Boston including the Boston Commons and Public Gardens.  The weather was great with a high of 72 and we had a very pleasant day.  The only downside was several traffic slowdowns both coming and going.  Dinner in the coach followed by the almond croissant which disappointingly had an apple filling not almond paste.  

Day 25, August 3, Sunday, Bellingham, MA 

We spent today in Rockport, MA, with Kathy, Bob, Jamie and Amy.  Beautiful weather for our walking around the town.  Lunch at The Fish Shack where Rosemary and I had lobster rolls (no mayo but melted butter on the side) which were piled high and delicious.  The lobster rolls looked so good we dug right in and forgot to take a photo which has happened at quite a few meals on this trip.

Day 26, August 4, Monday, Bellingham, MA 

A relaxing day with Kathy and Bob.  The afternoon was spent at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlet Mall.  Jamie and Amy joined us for dinner at 110 Grill.  Alas, after dinner we said our good byes.  We our hopeful that we will see Jamie and Amy soon at their wedding.  The time spent with our family was very precious.