Thomas Hinckley Grave Site
in honor of memorial day, we drove up to barnstable, mass (which is in cape cod) and located the grave site of patrick's 9th great-grandfather, thomas hinckley. thomas hinckley was a governor of the plymouth colony in the 1600s. gracie enjoyed finding all the other hinckleys that were also buried at the cemetary (she is pictured next to an elizabeth hinckley marker - her middle name is elizabeth). there was even a hinckley pond nearby. i told pat that deep down, he is a northeasterner!
After the cemetery, we drove to THE BEACH.
at first, evan didn't like the sand too much and got some good exercises in by holding his legs up in position pictured above. but after about 20 minutes or so, he warmed up to the sand and had lots of fun (as pictured below).
LOW TIDE
the tide was very low (that means the water was far away, right?). anyway, there was so much space for the girls to run around in the mud and splash in puddles. you didn't have to be by their side the whole time. it was great. they also met some other girls who showed them how to find crabs under the sand. i found two small crabs myself but forgot to take a picture of all the crabs they had gathered (i think my girls just helped look for them in the sand and then let their newly found friends pick them up.) it was a great afternoon.
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