1. OCEAN VIEW DRIVE
By Bobby Peterson
It was a beautiful day on Cape Cod. Wellfleet had sunny, clear
blue skies with a beautiful ocean breeze. My adopted moms Barbara
and Betsy said to get into our 2003 baby blue Dodge Caravan. Betsy is
5 foot 4 inches tall and very athletic. She is the executive director of
the Boys and Girls Club of Chicopee. Barbara is 5 foot 6 inches tall
and traditionally built.
I hopped in the minivan where my two foster brothers were,
Elijah and Everett. Elijah is 5 foot 6 inches tall, athletic, 13 years old
and has the same amount of melanin in his skin as Nik Smith. Everett
is 5 foot 3 inches, 12 years old and has more melanin in his skin than
Elijah and Nik Smith. He is skinny.
My mom Betsy put my golden retriever Sarah and my miniature
schnauzer Riley in the back of the minivan. We were going to the
beach.
Sarah has short legs and a long body. Not like a daschund but a
little shorter than an average golden retriever. Riley is a rare color for
his breed. He is all white and has a short body and longish legs. He is
much smaller than a standard schnauzer.
We went up and down a couple of streets and made it to Ocean
View Drive. We turned left and went down Ocean View Drive. The
view is amazing! We went all the way down the street until it turned
into Gross Street and then pulled into the Newcomb Hallow parking
lot.

2. I jumped out of the car and raced down to the beach. I took my
shoes off to feel the sand. It was soft and fluffy and puffy. Elijah and
Everett asked if I wanted to play this weird game where you chase the
waves and have them chase you. I didn’t want to be mean so I played.
It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was. Anyways, My moms came down
the path on the sand dune with Sarah and Riley. They put down a
blanket and read their books. Nerds.
It was quite warm for April, but the water was freezing.
Obviously I had to be the only one to fall into the ocean. Sarah found
a puddle, and soon got bored and went to go into the ocean when I
tripped over her and fell flat on my face. A large wave rushed on top
of me and got me soaking wet. I was aggravated at first then soon got
over it and laughed hysterically. I almost peed my pants!
Soon enough it was time to go to a different beach called
Maguires Beach. And once again I jumped out of the car and ran
down to the beach. At this point, it was low tide and there were
several sand bars: one outsized one and a couple of diminutive ones.
It was fun to go so far out, at least fifty feet off the shore.
Sarah had a blast running so far out into the water to all the
sand bars. Riley, not so much. He hates the water. He likes to curl in
a ball and sleep or mark his territory on the sand dunes. My moms
enjoyed watching me get knocked down by my dog in the water. I
don’t think Sarah had more fun at the water in her life! Sarah loves to
just be obnoxious. Like tipping people over in the water and running
in circle waiting to receive food she knows she wont get like grapes
and such that are bad for dogs. She did exactly this but with more
enthusiasm then she has ever done while she have lived with us. I am

3. glad I had begged my mom to buy Sarah.
Then we ate lunch at the beach. After that, we each did our own
thing. Elijah chased the waves like we did before, Everett made
sandcastles and I searched for interesting things like cool seashells
and sponges and other things. I even found a spine of a small shark!
It was so fun! I love to spend the day at the beach!
Then, it was 5:00 p.m. and it was time to leave. We went home
and took showers and by 5:45 p.m. we were in the car driving to Macs
Shake seafood restaurant. Macs shack is next to the Wellfleet pier.
The pier goes into the bay. It is totally redesigned. They put in a new
rock wall and cleaned up the whole bay. It looks really nice. Anyways,
when we got there, we got our orders taken. I ordered clam strips, and
French fries. It was so good!
Then when we were done, we went to the Macs Shack ice cream
shop, which was right next to the restaurant and got ice cream. I got
cookies and cream in a sugar cone tipped over into a bowl with a little
bit of hot fudge and whipped cream. It is the best ice cream on the
Cape. Then at 9:00 p.m. we took a drive down Ocean view drive. The
one street I love the most on Cape Cod because it’s the place where I
do so many fun things and the view was amazing! It is one of my
favorite places I have ever been in my life.
I LOVE CAPE COD!
------ Bobby Peterson