Labor Day ‘09

How was your Labor Day weekend? What did you do to celebrate all that labor you’ve been putting in elsewhere?

Since you just clicked on a site called SaltyHedman.com, I’m going to go ahead and assume you’re at least slightly interested in what we Hedmans were up to?… Well Friday night included a planned run around West Barnstable with girlfriends, followed by a spontaneous bonfire on the beach in Sandwich with a larger group of pals – what cozy fun!

Saturday was a day of errands and food prep for the big adventure we were to embark on Sunday morning. Months ago, we reserved our spot on a small island off the coast of Falmouth/Mashpee, MA. Washburn Island is part of the larger reserve called Waquoit Bay Estuary…. and it is approximately two miles long with 11 primitive campsites. As luck would have it, and the season winding down, we actually were one of only three or four boats overnight on the first night, and Gary and I were alone with just our dogs on the second night! What an incredible heaven for the dogs (we had four total), who ran around mostly off-leash to sniff trees, splash in the ocean and – in Bromley’s case – roll in human feces and eat dead bunnies. Blech.

If you are interested, make your reservations very early in the year next year. Particularly if you’re looking for a Friday and Saturday night, which we obviously didn’t get this time around. The island is now closed to campers for the season. We shared the trip with our friends Jess & Nate and Alicia & Tim, and dogs Kenai, Shiloh, Brewer & Bromley – but we look forward to being able to include more of you next time!

By the way, Washburn Island is one of those things that makes me completely doubt my first 18 years on this peninsula. I don’t know what the heck my friends and I were doing all those years that we never kayaked Scorton Creek or camped on a desolate island.

Anyway, I hope you had a relaxing and uplifting mini-vacation yourself over the weekend, and that you’re enjoying the crisp September air that blew right in!