Mary O' Malley Memorial Park |
Mystic River from the park |
Congregation Agudath Shalom |
Iglesia la Luz de Cristo, 738 Broadway |
Temple Emmanuel, 60 Tudor Street |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church |
Nativity of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church |
My friend got the Steak and Eggs (grilled peppers n’ onions, two eggs, home fries and toast),
while I got the Cape Cod Reuben (golden fried cod, coleslaw, Swiss cheese, Thousand Island dressing on a grilled bulky roll).
Her steak was actually really tasty, while my fish was pretty bland, even with the Thousand Island dressing.
After our breakfast, we headed out to the shack by the water where we were to rent our jetski from. After signing the various waivers and putting on life jackets, we went out to take a look at the machine and learn the controls.
Definitely much simpler than a motorbike, with start and stop buttons, an emergency stop link tied to our hands to turn off the engine if we fell off, and the accelerator being where the brake usually is.
According to the instructor, it is actually pretty hard to tip the jetski over, but it still somehow felt wobbly as I stepped onto it. After both of us were on board, our instructor then left us to our own devices for the rest of the hour, telling us to avoid shallow areas and maintaining no wake (going really slow) in between the red and green buoys until we headed out into the deepest area of Lewis Bay, where we would be free to go full throttle.
Lewis Bay Lighthouse |
After finally heading back to our start point and giving back the jetski, it was time to hang out at the beach for a little, heading to Kalmus Beach. While my friend basked in the sun, I walked around and took pictures for a bit,
catching sight of a jellyfish in the clear water,
and passing into Veterans Park Beach right next door as well.
At this point, my friend decided that it was too hot to stay in the sun, so I hurried back to her and we headed out to downtown Hyannis to have some lunch and ice cream at Columbo's Cafe and Pastries, a decently decorated place.
We weren't really hungry due to our heavy breakfast earlier, so we decided to get small portions, getting the Long Stem Artichokes (wrapped in prosciutto, served with mixed greens and grilled with balsamic reduction)
and the Chicken Walnut Ravioli (in sun dried tomato and spinach cream sauce), both of which weren't too bad.
For ice cream, we decided to head up to the counter to choose our flavors, my friend going with Mojito and I choosing Hazelnut, both of which were really tasty, especially the mojito, which I have never had before.
Overall, a decent place, although I recommend the ice cream over the food.
After lunch, we walked around town for a little bit before heading back to the Boston area to drop my friend off at home.
Bird Statue, 529 Main Street |
The views of Towner's Pond were pretty good, although some parts of the trails were pretty overgrown with fallen trees and hard to traverse.
I then hiked all the way to the viewpoint near Third Pond,
which was pretty good as well.
Finally, I headed into the Mount Hood Memorial Park area, passing by First Pond
and the golf course clubhouse.
At this point, I decided to head all the way back to my car using the roads here, and drive back to the parking area to resume my exploration of Mount Hood.
After getting back to the golf course, the path I took to find the Slayton Tower is shown below in pink.
After taking in okay views of Third Pond,
From here, I headed all the way back to my car, heading next to dinner at Porto Bello Ristorante, a pretty decently decorated Italian restaurant in the town of Wakefield.
the Lobster Bisque,
and the Costata Fiorentino (Grilled porterhouse steak topped with sautéed onions, portabella mushrooms, garlic and basil; served with roasted potatoes) for my main dish.
The sauce for the shrimp was really tasty, and I actually used it to make the bland soup taste much better. The steak was excellent as well, together with the mushrooms and potatoes.
Finally for dessert, after seeing the selection brought out on a platter for me, I decided to go with the Limoncello Cake, which just made up for the saltiness I had in my meal.
With that, I called it a day, heading back to Boston to stay over at my friend's place before food truck stuff tomorrow.
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