Aidan - Flat Stanley visited Cape Cod, Massachusetts!

We do not have many family members so when Aidan's teacher told us about the Flat Stanley project I got nervous.  I was worried that his Flat Stanley would not have the opportunity to visit many places.  I decided to post the project on my Facebook page, as well as the Coast Guard Spouse page I belong to (Aidan's dad is in the Coast Guard).  I was so overwhelmed with the responses!  I am truly thankful to our friends and family.  Most importantly, I'm so grateful to our Coast Guard family for coming forward and volunteering their time to help with this project.  

Flat Stanley in Mashpee, Massachusetts spending time with the Macintire Family. 

Flat Stanley visited Mashapee, Massachusetts and spent time with the Macintire Family. Mashpee is one of only 15 towns on beautiful Cape Cod, about 60 miles from Boston, the capital of Massachusetts.

Cape Cod is a cape jutting out in the eastern part of Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Cod is an island separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Canal. To get to the cape you have to go over one of three bridges, the Bourne Bridge, the Sagamore Bridge or the Cape Cod Railroad Bridge. The cape is a peninsula with two smaller islands in it's region, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The only way to get to those islands are by ferry or plane. The Macintire Family has been to both and they are very pretty and have some of the most beautiful beaches.

We cannot thank the Macintire Family enough for their time and hospitality! What an amazing family!  

This is the Bourne Bridge, one of the three bridges that connect Cape Cod to the mainland of Massachusetts. It was built in 1933 and was opened to traffic in 1935. It is 2,384 feet long and is always open unless the the winds are 70 miles and hour then it may be closed for safety reasons. The water under the bridge is the Cape Cod Canal. Lost of boats and ships use the canal everyday.  He couldn't believe how big it was!

This is one of the Macintire Family's favorite beach, Old Silver Beach in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
If you ever come to Cape Cod you need to come to this beach!  In the summer the water is really warm and there are great waves!

Flat Stanley had a great time at Old Silver Beach!

Flat Stanley visited the Woods Hole Science Aquarium, the Macintire Family's granddaughters favorite place to go to when she visits. There are about 140 species of marine animals that are found in the Northeast and Atlantic Ocean. 

This fish looked kind of cool and I think he was checking out Flat Stanley to see if he could eat him. Luckily, Flat Stanley was on the out side of the tank.

This rock Flat Stanley is sanding in front of is at the finish line of one of most popular road races in Massachusetts, The Falmouth Road Race. It is a 7 mile race that starts in Woods Hole by the aquarium and ends in Falmouth at the Falmouth Heights Beach. The race started in 1972 by a couple of friends and has grown over 41 years to one of the most popular races. Now over 10,000 runners run in it every summer in August. The Macintire Family has participated in this race twice.  Over the years some of the best American and international runners, including past and future Olympic athletes have run this race. 

Flat Stanley enjoyed Falmouth Heights Beach!

If you look way out in the ocean you can see Martha's Vineyard.

It wouldn't be a trip to Cape Cod without stopping by a lighthouse . This is Nobska Lighthouse, in Woods Hole.  It was built in 1876. The Commander of the US Coast Guard Sector of Southeastern New England lives in the lighthouse keepers house. How cool is that!

Flat Stanley looks really small in front of the lighthouse!

The Macintire Family is so fantastic!  Not only did they show Flat Stanley all around Cape Cod, they put a Patriots shirt on him and took him to Gillette Stadium! It was the playoff day and even though the Patriots didn't win they thought they would bring Flat Stanley and show him the stadium. Flat Stanley thought the stadium was pretty cool and was happy to see where Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots played. 

Foxboro is about an hour ride from Mashpee. Gillette stadium has 68,756 seats for football games. The New England Revolution soccer team also play their home games at Gillette Stadium. 

Flat Stanley had so much fun at Gillette Stadium!