Yesterday we took the kids to The Adventure Park in Sandwich, MA, on Cape Cod. Unfortunately, when we got there we could hear thunder. It wasn’t super close, but as safety experts say, “If you can hear thunder, you’re close enough to the storm to get hit by lightning.” The park’s rule–a totally reasonable one–is that nobody’s allowed on the course until 30 minutes after the thunder, and every time the sky rumbles, the clock gets reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather than wait for who-knows-how-long, we headed over to the neighboring Heritage Museums & Gardens, only to find that they were also closed due to the weather. They have indoor exhibits as well as the outdoor gardens, but I guess they close everything rather than risk people getting struck by lightning on the grounds. I can’t say I blame them. Just before we left, we saw a bolt of lighting that made us strongly feel the need to not be outdoors. So we consulted my phone for local indoor activities, and that’s how we found out about the nearby Sandwich Glass Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sandwich Glass Museum is not a huge place, but they’ve got some great displays, including several with an audio component (those were fun!), a stunning special exhibition of glass by Josh Simpson<\/a> (through October 31), glass-blowing demonstrations every hour on the hour, and a gift shop. We had a good time, except Livia, who hadn’t wanted to go to the glass museum at all. She got even more upset when we told her that we weren’t going back to the adventure park. We weren’t happy about missing the adventure park either, given that it had been our goal for the day, but we’d spent longer in the glass museum than expected, and the hour had gotten too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An employee of the glass museum recommended Seafood Sam’s on the Canal as a good casual seafood restaurant, and we went there for dinner. The food hit the spot. Then we headed home, promising Livia we’d take her back for her aerial adventure soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday we took the kids to The Adventure Park in Sandwich, MA, on Cape Cod. Unfortunately, when we got there we could hear thunder. It wasn’t super close, but as safety experts say, “If you can hear thunder, you’re close … Continue reading