Monthly Archives: August 2009
Woonsocket…where the heck is Woonsocket?
We left our RV park on Cape Cod heading northwest toward Rhode Island. We had a great five days ferreting out our old memories and adding new ones.
About 2pm we arrived at our destination, the Walmart in Woonsocket, RI.
We stopped off here so we could add Rhode Island to our ‘Stayed In” list and pickup our prescriptions. And Jan also wanted to get her hair and nails done.
We dropped off our prescription transfers and headed to grab a bite for lunch. We ended up at a really nice Italian place called Vecelli’s. We both had the Linguine and Meatballs. Really good.
After lunch, while Jan was getting her nails done, I was on the phone with American Coach, our home’s manufacturer, getting some information I needed for a couple of small repairs.
After Jan got her hair done, we napped for a hour or so, and then headed out to a movie, Transformers 2 – Revenge of the Fallen. A lot of fast action. Long, but not bad.
We turned in about 11pm, early since we didn’t set the TV’s up for just one night.
Tomorrow, back to Massachusetts…
We found it!
We spent our last day on Cape Cod driving around looking for the efficiency motel unit we stayed in here in 1972.
And we found it.
But the first time we had to do this morning was move. We only had our other site for 4 days and then someone else had it reserved. So we had to pack up and move down the road apiece from site 266 to site 2.
Site 2
Actually this is a better site for us, because it’s a pull-thru and had room behind it for us to hook up the toad (truck) before we pull out tomorrow.
After getting hooked up, we headed out on our quest. And first we found the motel, or what’s left of it, that we stayed in for a few days when we first got here. Apparently it’s no longer a going concern.
First Motel
Next we moved into an efficiency motel unit that had two bedrooms. We knew it was on the water, so we just kept checking likely areas, and there it was.
Cape Wind 1
Cape Wind 2
Cape Wind 3
We didn’t remember the name, but now it’s called the Cape Wind Resort. The place has expanded and the cranberry bog behind it is gone, but the playground area out in front where Chris played is still here. Chris turned four while we were here, so he probably wouldn’t remember the place.
We only stayed here a month or so, because the rent would go from $100 a month in the winter to $400 a month once the tourist season started after Memorial Day. That’s when we moved into the house we found a few days ago.
It’s kind of amazing that all these places are still here after almost 40 years, but then they’ve got houses around here that were built in 1675, so I guess it’s not that amazing.
Coming home we ate dinner at a pretty decent Mexican place called Sam Diegos. Not bad.
And tomorrow it’s off to Woonsocket…
