I am a Cape On.....

[pmclaine]

I mean I am on the Cape.....

No propane, love cooking over oak and apple wood coals......

 

[sirhrmechanic]

I was trying to find the King if the Hill episode where Bobby gets obsessed with Capons after a visit to a local golf club.... but apparently no one has thought to pu a clip of that up on YouTube yet. And because I have not had coffee yet, I have capons (which are basically fancy-named chickens) confused with capers, which are silly little balls of decorative spice with little mor food value than kale.

So this will have to do?



Sick monkeys indeed!!!

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

PS. Looks amazing!

 

[Maser]

Only hamburgers and hotdogs get propane. Everything else gets charcoal and/or wood chips.

I do love my George Foreman grill though. Spicy sausage patties and LA style hot links are to die for on that thing!

 

[19Scout77]

Fancy chicken? It’s a rooster with its balls cut off!!

 

[pmclaine]

I was trying to find the King if the Hill episode where Bobby gets obsessed with Capons after a visit to a local golf club.... but apparently no one has thought to pu a clip of that up on YouTube yet. And because I have not had coffee yet, I have capons (which are basically fancy-named chickens) confused with capers, which are silly little balls of decorative spice with little mor food value than kale.

So this will have to do?



Sick monkeys indeed!!!

Sirhr

Capons are more than just fancy chickens......

PETA shudders at your misunderstanding the horrors of the animal world...

 

[pmclaine]

Fancy chicken? It’s a rooster with its balls cut off!!

and @sirhrmechanic no longer wonders why his hens are not laying.

 

[pmclaine]

Pre 0700 had the bacon and eggs eaten, already checking news and seeing whats in the PX to crush my wallet. Still havent heard from the guy selling the LMT barrel I posted Ill take it on, maybe he is the next cottage over........

Got the P47Dale ready to roll for when the kids wake up and want to pedal down to the corner store for shit food.......

@ArmyJerry this would be the mountain bike you sought if Cannondale did not succumb to weaselness and move their manufacturing to China. Mine is old enough to still fly an American flag proudly proclaiming "Made by Hand in the USA".

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Fancy chicken? It’s a rooster with its balls cut off!!

So baked Hokie? I thought that was a Virginia Tech student?

Damn... I need stronger coffee....

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

 

[pmclaine]

They are right!

Cape Cod’s New Normal: Sharks Are Everywhere

It is peak shark season on Cape Cod, and this summer, the huge animals lurking just offshore are an inescapable presence to the people on dry land.

www.wsj.com

Had one just walk down the street in front of the house........"Land Shark" probably....




Homeowner says his business is off this year a good percent. He figures its sharks but could also be the new since Dec 2018, 15% short term rental tax signed into law by Republican gov Charlie Baker.

Everything the Feds gave back in taxes has certainly been taken by the states.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

They are right!

Cape Cod’s New Normal: Sharks Are Everywhere

It is peak shark season on Cape Cod, and this summer, the huge animals lurking just offshore are an inescapable presence to the people on dry land.

www.wsj.com

Had one just walk down the street in front of the house........"Land Shark" probably....




Homeowner says his business is off this year a good percent. He figures its sharks but could also be the new since Dec 2018, 15% short term rental tax signed into law by Republican gov Charlie Baker.

Everything the Feds gave back in taxes has certainly been taken by the states.

They are trying to do the same thing here because the big hotel and resort complex owners are trying to hammer the B&B's which cut into their bookings. And with 'Air B&B' now considered a giant Wal-Mart-like Big Box Bad Evil Tech company... they are going after the tiny hotels with more energy. It used to be 'David vs Goliath' when big hotel owners complained about B&B's. Now the big hotel owners are crying "David" and AirBNB is goliath... Same with cab companies...

Guess who probably gave tons of campaign money to Mass Gov... Bet it was not B&B owners...

States are worse bloodsuckers than feds. And they are where the socialists are being grown. Esp. in Liz "Tonto" Warren-land!

Feel for ya Claine! We're being drowned under Eastern urban sissies and their commie ways.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Veer_G]

I fear this thread is full of Bosox fans.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

I fear this thread is full of Bosox fans.

Isn’t that the stuff John Kerry and Housewives of Newark keep injecting themselves with?

Sirhr

 

[Veer_G]

Isn’t that the stuff John Kerry and Housewives of Newark keep injecting themselves with?

Sirhr

 

[MtnCreek]

I didn’t know you could steer a chicken.

 

[pmclaine]

I didn’t know you could steer a chicken.

Takes a lot of them to make a full plate of "Oysters".

 

[Spblademaker]

Stayed in West Falmouth a few years back, for a family wedding. Nice area.

 

[pmclaine]

Stayed in West Falmouth a few years back, for a family wedding. Nice area.

It really is nice down here.

I have a mental block though regards what I consider "The Cape".

My ideal is Chatham "at the elbow" and all lands north of it terminating in "P-Town".

Nothing on the Bay side matters to me. Nantucket sound is the playground for Kennedys and Nantucket 1%ers.

Im fascinated by the eastern shore and the wild Atlantic.

 

[Spblademaker]

My wife used to go there a bunch prior to us meeting. She keeps trying to get me there for vacation. I love the area, the architecture and the food. Hate the people and the politics. Tough sell for me. Maybe once the kid’s away at college, I’ll let her drag me east of the Bay Area. I haven’t been out there since I was a toddler. Enjoy the trip. ??

 

[seansmd]

Wood bat baseball league that is semi pro, you can walk up day of the game, some great times out there. Great food, great bars, great beeches.

 

[pmclaine]

Wood bat baseball league that is semi pro, you can walk up day of the game, some great times out there. Great food, great bars, great beeches.

The field is just down the street. Lots of cheap entertainment to take your mind of the fact everything else is so expensive.

I guess people are cheap "stuff" isnt.

 

[pmclaine]

Front of the CP......

Owner calls this a "She Shed"......

With alarms, air conditioning and steel reinforcing Im thinking "Gun and Reloading room"

Lots of fog bank in yesterday so we decided on an exploring day....hike the beaches/dunes of Orleans...

The 1% are living on the edge.......

Rednecks are driven to the edge.....

Kids had lots of questions about sharks......

Cant they just see the shark fishing bobber and know they are like sunfish coming for bread at the waters edge?

 

[pmclaine]

Not a lot of people in the water.....Even Jabba the hut was staying out.....

But when it comes time to piss, sharks be damned, they will go in at least up to their waist.....

Their girlfriends were pathetic. They were squatting on the waters edge thinking no one knew they were pissing. A wave would come in cover them to the waist, the wave would recede and you would see the big stream of piss draining from the crotch. A my swimming area a big cesspool........Oh well, Id be lying if I said I didnt.

Some prehistoric citizens.....

The parents of this guy come up on shore this time of year, triggered by the moon phase. Along the bays they crowd the shore and blow eggs and cum to an extent they cloud the water. These things were almost hunted to extinction because their blood was invaluable/irreplaceable for a time in operating rooms checking for bacteria.

If I remember right Horseshoe crabs have no immune system yet they get no diseases.

There defense is to have their blood immediately coagulate and encapsulate any pathogen.

People could get rich quick blood sucking these things as their blood was worth hundreds per quart.

I think they have since come across an alternative to their blood and the blood they do use is harvested without killing the animals.

Neat creatures. Which of you is making plans to come swim the bay on one of their cum filled nights?


Nice to se that the one form of Patriotism the high falutin engage in is battling to see who can have the bigger flag - I endorse that competition.....

 

[pmclaine]

MIL insisted we see CG Lifesaving Station Chatham.

The boat my FIL served on - 44 foot, 300 series, 1st of its type......

The rescue of the Pendleton left here.....

at the local harbor Grady Whites compete with Boston Whalers to be the most prevalent boat....

This one will get you there pretty quick.....

 

[pmclaine]

Nauset Beach yesterday. A big long strip of Walruses finding there place in the sand....

This is during a shark sighting via aircraft. Everyone is out of the water and they are all pointing "There, Right there!" but there is nothing there.

The sharks dont jump out of the blue and entertain you. Everyone becomes an expert too, "Yes Ive been through a few of these. I know all about it......."

Sharks dont give a fuck. The Whites are out there swimming thinking "Fucking season is over. This is eating season. Im looking to eat shit until its fucking season again. Than Ill fuck something and its back to eating season. Man Im hungry. I must need to eat something because I dont feel like its time to fuck something."

They need to let me bring my M1 Garand to the beach.....



Nice thing about the sharks is it gives me clean real estate when the walrus return to their beach umbrellas....



very relaxing until my kids invade the magic....

and I sit and scan the water......(Warning! turn down the brightness on your screen!)

Fams was like "Dad, WTF is on your head?"

Totally functional headgear is the correct response.

Kind of whistles like a freight train at times with the breeze blowing through the vents, might explain why @MarinePMI could have hearing issues.

Im 51 now. Ill wear the hats I want and have others say "Damn, I wish I could wear a cool hat" besides its got an EGA on it - Fuck you if you dont like it.

Looks like Blue Oyster Cult is playing local, they have reached the vacation crowd scene.

I can picture it.......Lots of leathery tans to contrast against shockingly white hair. Women will tend toward white short and bright colors to accentuate the tan. Men will have white "Bullseye" goatees, a bandanna wrap around their heads and a "Laconia Bike Week" shirt of some vintage....



SJW will be triggered by the mocking of an Asian voice so they will be protesting outside the venue.

Dinner last night was in the Casa de Rental.

Much better food than the night before.

We went to "Mac's Shack" in Wellfleet, a regular of ours when down here. I think they have jumped the shark so to speak.....hour plus wait, which I dont mind waiting and having a cocktail but when we were seated they were out of the two meals my wife had chosen and they ran out of the salad I wanted - a fucking Bibb salad - how do you run out of a salad? Not impressed.

The meals at home have been better. The burgers were supposed to have a "secret seasoning" on them according to the butcher (hoping he had pants on under the apron). Ill call the "secret seasoning" all the shit in Italian dressing except dry and you let the burger juices become the oil. Good burgers but not secret.

Not going to make it to Saturday departure.....

 

[seansmd]

The only thing missing in that post was the lobster roll and fried clams! BOC at the cape cod Melody tent!

 

[pmclaine]

The only thing missing in that post was the lobster roll and fried clams! BOC at the cape cod Melody tent!

We will head to the Chatham Fish Pier at some point to see whats coming off the working boats and see the Grey seals up close.

Nickersons Fish Market there is good for the fried mollusks and anything crustacean. Bit pricey but they do a good job. I tend toward the broiled seafood these days not fried.

Today I think we will try and inland waterway beach so the kids can float their tubes followed by dinner at a Harwich place that is a yearly return to.

Id rather not even go out to eat. The salads Mrs. pmclaine is making and the grill fare has been much better. Drinks during the wait the other night were $50 - 2 Sprites, 2 Cape Codders and 1 Makers Mark - I can buy a bottle for that and sit in our rental screen porch reading about @ArmyJerry being perma banned.

Damn his name doesnt even come up in hot link now.

 

[seansmd]

Lived in West Dennis a couple of Summers while in college back in the 80's great memories! Enjoy!

All except 6 On the way home ?

 

[Seed tick]

Wait! AJ is banned! Dam I miss everything!

 

[VSP968]

Great pictures, PMC, thanks.

 

[supercorndogs]

 

[pmclaine]

Bacons cooked, eggs are on, coffee not bad this morning.

New LMT barrel is in route.

Yesteday we went t Morris Island in Chatham. It is just about the elbow on the Cape. Looking south I saw Nantucket Sound, between the Nauset/Monomoy channle to the east is the Atlantic.

For boats its a protected waterway of sorts because there is a barrier sand bar. All the locals say "Oh yeah, there are no sharks there" so the kids had less on their mind.

I told the kids "Michael was safe in the pond"




Scenery. The sand on this beach is like powder, very nice for the toes.

The channel break to the Atlantic....

An old Radome or some sort of aid to navigation....

Channel from Outermost Marina to the bay.....

The mainland across the channel...

 

[pmclaine]

Sea Eagle

A big Areys Pond Cat....Wish I hadn't have been stunned by how sweet the hull looked sailing buy and had of taken a good full profile picture. They are sailing south to Nantucket Sound....

If I could afford one of these I would be able to hire @308pirate to skipper it. Just have to get used to hearing every conversation start with "We were taught at Annapolis......."

The view from by the Radome....

 

[pmclaine]

Yesterday had too much fog on shore to be a beach day so the bikes came out.....

Many others disagreed, but we did some good site seeing....

US Coast Guard/Life Saving Station being refurbed...

Surfers without a care in the world....

Telling my son how during WWII these stations were likely loaded up with Infantry GIs and there jobs wer walking the beaches, likely with an '03. 24/7 of making sure the Cape beaches were patrolled looking for German sub crew and the like.

There are sunken U Boats just off the shore of the outer Cape. Down the road from where we are staying is the Marconi station/RCA that became a major listening station for all radio traffic in the North Atlantic. It was specifically geared toward capturing the transmissions of the subs when they would surface and burst their communications to Germany.

Germans pretty much left the Cape alone other than to watch for and sinking ships coming through the Canal or exiting Boston for the east.

In WWI though, Orleans the town we are staying in was shelled by a sub resulting in the sinking of the town tug boat.

 

[pmclaine]

Evening put us in the car and we went to visit the wild life at "P'Town"

Its a quaint preserved (but not reserved) old fishing village...

The things this sentry sees....

My kids dig the statues.....

and wonder at the other sights.....

 

[pmclaine]

A few years ago in P'Town we were stopping to get some pizza.

The pizza shop is BYOB and across the street is this liquor store....

I went in and got a bottle of wine.

The proprietor noted my USMC cover and asked if I was a Marine. I explained to him I had been in back in the 80s but wasnt "in" the Marine Corps right now. Always a little weird how to answer that despite the "Once a Marine, Always a Marine" thing.

He told me of his father that served in WWII.

His father, Arthur D. Swartz, was the OOD at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941.

In the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" his Mother and Dad are depicted sitting down to eat breakfast when the attack begins and his Dad rushes from the breakfast table to organize a fight.

He is mentioned in here and seems to have made a difference that day (Page 23 is start of his account)...

HyperWar: Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor

Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor(Marines in World War II Commemorative Series)

www.ibiblio.org

His Dad did a fantastic job keeping his head.

The cool thing is the shadow box the son has....

Other info I found on the net about his Dad includes he was hastily put into service with IIRC the "7th Defense Battalion" and sent to Midway.

Troops going to Midway were pretty much expendable. The powers that be thought it was going to be another Wake.

His Dad than went to Guadalcanal. I found a piece about him seeking out a classmates grave and when he saw it unmarked he personally ensured that a Star of David was placed to mark the grave. I think its neat that despite the shit of Guadalcanal where just eating was a primary survival struggle his Dad showed humanity.

He got banged up on Guadalcanal and was sent home to the Hospital in Chelsea/Charlestown.

The son says Dad "escaped" from the hospital. Stole some clothes off a locals clothes line and went to his home of record in MA where the shop keeper is pretty certain due to dates and ages that he was conceived.

Neat piece of hidden history Im very glad I stumbled into because of a hat.

I bought a bottle of this from the shop keeper....

Dinner last night was at the Casa de Rental....

Loving this grilling shit....

Mrs pmclaine has been crushing it in the salad department, veggies are really fresh down here right now....

 

[pmclaine]

as an addendum to the Arthur D. Swartz story.....

As we were talking last night the shop owner mentioned "Odd that the carriers were not at Pearl Harbor and all that was sunk were some older battleships"

I asked if his Dad had ever spoke of the theories that Pearl Harbor was a set up.

He mentioned his Dads comment that there is nothing more expendable to government than a "Jewish 1st Lt in the USMC" and I get the impression he did have his theories.

Sucks but makes sense.

Im sure LBJ was aware of what kind of games can be played and Gulf of Tonkin was just theater on a smaller stage resulting in the loss of close to 60K US lives.

 

[texastonk]

Great pictures and write up PMClaine. Never been to that part of the country but its on the list. I could do without the rainbows but the town and the beach with all of the history seems hard to beat.
Semper FI

 

[pmclaine]

Beach day yesterday. We went to Coast Guard Beach in Eastham.

Part of "YOUR" National Seashore.

.....or perhaps just the Kennedys wanting a bunch of land and keeping "you people" away from them.

My attempt at "Hopperesque".....

Edward Hopper would be one of my fav painters....

Im guessing edward Hopper had some sort of eye mutation that made him see the world through "polarized" eyes.
I dont think Polaroid had yet developed the "polarized" lens to filter light when Hopper was painting on the Cape but some how he saw a world that had bright colors as viewed through my polarized sunglasses.

A favorite of my wife and I that we need a copy of....

My shitty camera isnt sporting a polarizing filter so these pictures dont do the beach and sky justice.


Our right flank...

The encampment...

No Man's Land....

Seals approaching, dark shapes under the surface......

Better this than a dorsal and tail fin.......

 

[MtnCreek]

P’Town looks like it needs to get back to burning witches.

 

[pmclaine]

Went to a restaurant in Chatham last night that hits the right family spot notes - Del Mar.

Told they were all booked up we expected no seating.

We said "Fuck it" maybe someone will cancel despite the 15 person waiting list.

Hostess was able to immediately seat us in a big half moon booth with an hour to eat before the next reservation.

Before the waiter could even introduce herself, hostess told us the party had cancelled and the booth was ours as long as we wanted it - score!

Steak was good. Tried an Elijah Craig, double coffee for dessert and after....

Slo Karts....

 

[pmclaine]

P’Town looks like it needs to get back to burning witches.

You wonder what the Puritan Founders would think......

Shame of it is is that it is becoming what it was established to be against.

Im sure had my voting record been known I think I would have had some unwelcome attention. I think it was pretty evident with the straightnesses I exude anyway,

We watched a street performer do his dance routine (I am Snap Boogey, Did you all know I was #12 on season 6 of America's Got Talent - How about a round of applause for me!). It was okay to shit on white people and when Snap said "Come on white people you need to get some rythm - the crowd was murmurring in agreement "Yes, yes we really are unworthy".

Daughter asked me about a shirt imprinted "NO matter Who, Vote Blue". So I was able to give her a teaching moment about being a lemming and blindly making choices with no sound logical reasoning basis.

So P'Town used to be a place of acceptance but it is becoming one of intolerance.

Going to be great civil war someday.

 

[Alabusa]

Wow, what a write up and picture essay. Well done @pmclaine and Thank you for taking the time to share your vacation. All the best to you and yours!

 

[pmclaine]

Wow, what a write up and picture essay. Well done @pmclaine and Thank you for taking the time to share your vacation. All the best to you and yours!

I just consider myself fortunate the things I get to enjoy.

Dont really believe how lucky I am until I see the pictures.

 

[79steeler]

Awesome, thanks.

 

[broncoaz]

We will head to the Chatham Fish Pier at some point to see whats coming off the working boats and see the Grey seals up close.

Nickersons Fish Market there is good for the fried mollusks and anything crustacean. Bit pricey but they do a good job. I tend toward the broiled seafood these days not fried.

You're in my old hood at the Chatham pier. My grandmother's home was across the way on Barcliff Ave. Nickerson's has my favorite fried cod sandwich anywhere, pretty generous for $13. While at the pier be sure to shoot the fucking gray seals, they are destroying the fishery. When I was a kid there were no seals, when I was a teen there were a couple dozen seals, now there are 50+ thousand of them, eating everything in site and shitting enough to spoil the water quality. This video shows the magnitude of the problem.

If you like WWII history, check out the Marconi Museum in North Chatham, https://www.chathammarconi.org/, I think Bob Ryder's Inigma Machine is still on display. As for P-Town, I always have to make sure I avoid Bear Week, I look the part too much for that crowd. If you're in Chatham for dinner I'd always recommend The Chatham Squire, if you're looking for a great meal in Truro I like Blackfish.

The wife and I are heading to our family place in Harwich on Saturday. I spend a lot of time on the boat/beach anchored across from Outermost Harbor. We keep the boat in Ryder's Cove, the blue hull Welcraft just past the red nun in the east facing stream: http://www.ryderscove.com/ryders-cove-boat-yard-webcams Nantucket is about an hour run, great fishing is either 2-3 miles east or 8 miles south. I'll be chasing striped bass next week. My buddy runs a charter fishing business out of Ryder's Cove, Monomoy Sportfishing http://www.chathamfishingcharters.com/, Captain Darren is an awesome guy.

 

[seansmd]

Water rats

 

[Sean the Nailer]

@pmclaine

The time you had with your family, is fabulous. The pics and write-up that you're sharing here with is incredible. The little addition you threw in there regarding Station Chatham is 'next level' for us here. We've seen the movie a few times, the most recent being about 3ish weeks ago.

Even impressive'er was the history lesson from Pearl Harbor. That kinda stuff is what holidays and memories are made of. My opinion though, I didn't need to know that the 'rainbow brigade' was holding any meetings.

 

[pmclaine]

You're in my old hood at the Chatham pier. My grandmother's home was across the way on Barcliff Ave. Nickerson's has my favorite fried cod sandwich anywhere, pretty generous for $13. While at the pier be sure to shoot the fucking gray seals, they are destroying the fishery. When I was a kid there were no seals, when I was a teen there were a couple dozen seals, now there are 50+ thousand of them, eating everything in site and shitting enough to spoil the water quality. This video shows the magnitude of the problem.

If you like WWII history, check out the Marconi Museum in North Chatham, https://www.chathammarconi.org/, I think Bob Ryder's Inigma Machine is still on display. As for P-Town, I always have to make sure I avoid Bear Week, I look the part too much for that crowd. If you're in Chatham for dinner I'd always recommend The Chatham Squire, if you're looking for a great meal in Truro I like Blackfish.

The wife and I are heading to our family place in Harwich on Saturday. I spend a lot of time on the boat/beach anchored across from Outermost Harbor. We keep the boat in Ryder's Cove, the blue hull Welcraft just past the red nun in the east facing stream: http://www.ryderscove.com/ryders-cove-boat-yard-webcams Nantucket is about an hour run, great fishing is either 2-3 miles east or 8 miles south. I'll be chasing striped bass next week. My buddy runs a charter fishing business out of Ryder's Cove, Monomoy Sportfishing http://www.chathamfishingcharters.com/, Captain Darren is an awesome guy.

Barcliff Ave is some beautiful real estate. I hope Grams is still doing well.

In the dozen or so years we have been coming down here the growth of the seal population has been evident. Thinking the fisherman are feeling the pinch. We were at the pier today and the boats were full, full of dog fish.

Funny you mention Bear Week. It never fails Ill be down P'Town and someone will yell from afar "Phil!". First time it happened I was like "who the fuck down here is calling my name". It was my mail man, Guess he is a regular at the Post Office - pun intended. Guessed he was gay prior to seeing him there but it was bear weak and skinny, not 100 pounds wet Steve was down there with is Bear. The other night when we were down there it was my sons name that got called out. Father and wife of a team mate on his baseball team were having a coffee and saw us walking by.

We were fishing regularly out of Stage Harbor on "The Headhunter", stripers in the Monomoy rips. The Captain is a good friend of the family and really knew my FIL well. We took his boat out last summer and placed the FIL's ashes at Sea Bouy 3 (Bells). He was retired USCG from Chatham so they had a boat out there to render honors.

We were on Morris Island the other day watching boats tie on the Island outside Outermost Harbor. We will do that one of these years.

Had a bourbon in Harwichport tonight, little outdoor bar/coffee bar combination place. Great town. Will probably eat at "The Port" when down here next year.