Cape Cod Sand

"They say once you get Cape Cod sand in your shoes, you'll always come back."

My grandma used to tell me that all the time when I was little. She and my grandpa came here for their honeymoon. It rained the whole time. "But," she said, "we had Cape Cod sand in our shoes. And they say once you get Cape Cod sand in your shoes, you'll always come back."

I think I was born with Cape Cod sand in my shoes. Of all the places I've been in the world, this is my absolute favorite. As soon as we drive across the Bourne Bridge and are greeted by the "Cape Cod" shrubs (yes, they really are shaped to read "Cape Cod"!), it's like everything else melts away and I have a new lease on life.

Driving around town, walking to the town cove, watching the sun set over Rock Harbor, listening to the waves crash on the shore at Nauset Beach, swimming in one of the many ponds, playing mini-golf after a day at the beach or playing card games around the dining room table-- these are a few of my favorite things about the Cape.

I'm on the Cape for the week, and it feels wonderful. I can't explain why I feel like a different person when I'm here-- why life makes more sense, why I am totally relaxed, why everything is more beautiful and I can think more clearly than anywhere else, why the Cape Cod air soothes my soul. But it just does.

My theory is that once you get Cape Cod sand in your shoes, you get it in your soul as well.

It's good to be back.