Scusset State Park, Cape Cod

Scusset State Park Beach

boats going through the canal

Scusset is on a gorgeous beach and the Cape Cod Canal.  The 8 mile Canal cuts between both sides of the Cape and the tide goes up and down, so the current is very strong.  Lots of different fish running through!   We went biking to the Sagamore Bridge – about 5 miles there and back. 

The Bluefish story.    After a little mishap with the original saltwater rod, we went to the store and I bought a new rod for my deep sea reel.  We went to the pier, and the bluefish come in packs and you can see all the little fish jumping out of the water.  Whenever you see tonnes of little fish jumping down the canal, you wait and cast it into that group.  I hooked a gigantic bluefish and it fought really, really hard.  It took a long time and it almost went under the dock.   The reel was bending and I had it on full drag, and it was killing me.   We were using a lure that I pulled out of the water when I was snagged, and it was really good.  It was a swinger.   Right when I was pulling up the dock, it was suspended half way up – it snapped and fell into the water and I lost the fish.     Next time I will bring a net and try to get the fish  up quicker.  Today!  

trying out the new rod!

a bluefish - but not the one we caught - ours was bigger!

on the beach!

 

The way the fish were running, one man said we |”could throw the kids in and we’ll catch something!”

 

Lobster is $3.99/lb at Market Place grocery store!  We've had it twice.  We got 4 for less than $20!

Nickerson State Park, Cape Cod

We are at Nickerson State Park in Cape Cod.  It is  mostly tent camping, although the sites are huge, at times it can be tricky getting a trailer into the sites.  You walk to the closest gazebo and there are trails leading down to the ponds, which are like small lakes.   Very clean.  Apparently salmon and trout, but we didn’t catch any! 

the ponds - Cliff Pond

Rock Harbour

Trent loves Scallops!

A story:  Today my mom decided to take us on the store on our bikes.   Then when we got on the path, she said, we’re alomost there, just a couple more minutes.  5 miles later, we were still biking.   There were some pretty big hills with signs on them that said Danger, steep hill, use at own risk.    Trent and I started speeding down the hill, and at the end of it were very sharp turns.  When we were going down the hill about 7 bikers were going up at the turn, and Trent slammed on the brakes and went into the bush and I slammed on my back brakes and everyone started looking at me and I did a 360 around someone, and went into the bush.   The moral of the story is:  look at the hill before you go down it, or you might have an accident. 

Then it took us about an hour to get to the store.  When we were about  1 minute there, Trent turned around and went home.    Then it was just me and my mom.  We went to the store and I got lots of candy and freezies and then we had a huge bike up the hills.   Moral of the story is:  never give up. 

There are very nice ponds here which have lots of fish in them and my brother got a new reel, which is a baitcaster.  He went to go try it and it was awesome.  He can shoot like 100 feet.  Trent is fishing now with Dad in the pond. 

Got lobster – at the end we had butter up to our elbows!

Went to the usual great places.  Rock Harbour for the sunset  - although it was a cloudy day.   The Lobster Claw restaurant – where we liked to eat scallops, baked scallops, fried clams and tonnes of seafood.  Tried everything!    Nauset Beach – it was a cloudy day.    Saw a huge group of seals going by.  We got lobster. 

Normandy Farms, Foxboro, Massachusets, 10/10

Normandy Farms is a pretty amazing Campground!

This is are favourite  camp ground!  We should have booked for longer.

Are camp site wose proty good,there were lots of trees and rocks.They pute a bike park in the camp ground,at the beging of the track there ar 5 big jumps.There ar lots of miny jumps and medium jumps,there was tow bilt up banks on the terns and on one of them I went to close to the side and,my tire slipped,my bike spun on top of me and my leg got wedged in my gears and it riped some of my skin off.My chain came of and wen I was trying to fix it I got a stick stabbed me in the foot.

will landing a Olly!

Will is okay now, but the boys really enjoyed the bike park.  It was filled with tonnes of boys their age. 

trent on hill

Indoor Pool and hot tub

The indoor pool and hot tub.  There are 4 pools all together. 

are site in the middle of the campground next to the park

It pays to be a giant in the 6-12 category!   Won the first two rounds, lost in the championship. 

in the indoor pool it was fun

noodle mania

it was crazy

The main lodge at night!

 There was a dart tournament.  Both boys did really well and ended up in the finals, and then Will was the big winner.  He won a GIANT lollipop!

me doing darts

An amazing basketball court - the boys are really enjoying it!  Tonnes of activities for kids and you can be as busy or as quiet as you want. 

The Villages at Turning Stone, Verona, New York - 10/10

 The Villages at Turning Stone is run by the Onedia Nation as part of the Turning Stone Casino Resort Area.   The campground is about 5 minutes down the road from the casino.   They have poured money into the campground, probably to encourage people to go to the casino!    (Mom)  The resort is super clean, well-maintained, and very friendly.  They gave us whatever we needed - tennis rackets, balls, etc.

They had a fishing pond with bass.  Trent caught a little one.

The good things: The good things  about this park is that there is a big pool and a hot tub. There is a big play ground; there is a tennis court with a basketball court also.

What could be better: I think they they should let children In the hot tub And the rest is pretty good!

A funny story:  I was on my ripstick and I past another girl on a ripstick and as soon as she said hi, she hit a rock on the road and she flew off and hit the ground.  She was hurt.  (Not so funny if you were the little girl -Will!)

What I love about this place – everything!

Played a lot of basketball! 

Great place to learn tennis!

Testing out our Lego inventions

Inside of the casino where kids could walk!

At the Casino, Mom lost her free $20 in 8 minutes!

A view of the pool from our site.  The sites are spaced far apart and have lots of room for running around.

Wellesley Island State Park, New York

This state park is just over the Ivy Lea Bridge in the Thousand Islands.  It is on Wellesley Island.  You can see many of the Islands and it is a massive park.

Our site was big and grassy with a huge place to play

Beautiful sites on the water for tents and smaller trailers

 

Sarge loved it there but, he got a ripped muscle and at first he cold berly move. Sarge loved to jump off the rocks into the water.

The docks were awesome there because there were some preaty cool boats there.Me,Will Birmingham,and my brother Trent went fish for some base!It was really fun,a lote.

 Are camp site was awesome, we were on number
42.It was vary gracy,we played football and baseball.It wos fun.









Swimming on the rocks:

Biking: It was fun it was the first time we brought are bikes -  there was so many places to go we went to the park, down by the water to look for fish and it is a lot faster than walking.

Hiking:    Amazing trails that start at the Nature Centre:  We went on the Eel Bay loop which follows the water and there are many high cliffs and neat rocks to climb up.

Sarge giving Dad a kiss from the rocks

 Things to do:  go to Alexandria Bay which has lots of boaters and a great beach and park.  Go to Watertown for shopping and dinner - we went to CiCis.

Sitting on a cliff.  This was actually very high up.