Capecodiano: 2004 "Cape Cod"

(End of April and beginning of May)

Summer was coming again and a year had passed again. Dalvin told me that they were already traveling to Cape Cod and told me to hurry to be able to go. In those days I saw the movie (The Goonies) and I always wanted to live the experience of seeing those American style houses and pine forests arround, especially a scene where they ride bicycles under the pines. I spoke to my Dad several times and he said that this is it. Dalvin left early in early May. While there, I got the phone number of the Hotel he was staying at and the room number. I called, I remember answering in English with the receptionist and asking for the room. I was able to speak to Dalvin and asked if there was a job opportunity with his company to fix roofs. Dalvin was surprised that I had called him and perhaps noticed him somewhat distracted on the subject, he told me where the hotel was, etc.

Then my father told me that I buy the flight ticket and it was ready for me (I said inside, I have finally made it) Then I contacted my uncle Clemente, who at that time was living there, since the opportunities were positive at the time and perhaps on the advice of my cousins who had gone before, my uncle went to live in West Yarmouth, very near at the hotel. Then we agreed that I would be living in the house where he was. I spent the next few days looking at google satellite photos (by then black and white) of the main Hyannis town of the streets and houses. Then I remembered The Goonies and that I would finally be introduced and American-style houses at last.

I prepared a selection of music on CDs, The Smiths, Jobim, among others, etc. At that time I was working in a government sector in Dominican, so I realized that I would no longer be with my coworkers. That weekend before, on Sunday May 9, I went to the roof of the Multipurpose in front of the Monument of Santiago just to see President Hipólito's speech and I knew that I could not vote in the next elections that 16 of may.

Tuesday, May 11: Everything was ready and that night we made a kind of farewell in the gallery of my girlfriend's house “Judith” with some friends of mine. There was Yurib, Gobi I don't remember who else. We ordered mushroom pizza that night. I remember telling Gobi that he was scared. I really felt scared. Then I went to Nereida to sleep (it was her birthday day) I slept in the back room.

Wednesday, May 12: When I woke up, I remember vomiting part of the pizza in the morning, my nerves betrayed me. “Miguelo” my father and Judith came to take me to the airport. We said goodbye there. New York I arrived in NY very early in the morning. The first thing I did was call Judith from a public phone and she was surprised when I told her that I had already arrived, I also called Miguelo. Then I called Ingrid, Miguelo's friend who lived there and she did me the favor of picking me up at the Airport and took me to Manhattan where “Gertrudis” The mother-in-law of my father, was living . Upon arriving at the apartments, I had an irresistible desire to go for a walk around the city, and so I did, I walked with the headphones and plays the CDs that I had prepared and finally walk in Central Park listening to the song of “Carlos Jobim - This Happy Madness ”which he mentions (I'd like to run through central park) at the time it was raining, i was wearing a black long-sleeved cropped shirt. When I returned to the house, Gertrudis and his Cuban partner had become nervous thinking that I had gotten lost. After a bath in an old bathtub, i had dinner and went to bed early. I had called my great old friend “Carlos Zapata” to coordinate to go to the bus station with me. I had also spoken to my uncle Clemente who would be looking for me on Cape Cod late the next day.

Thursday, May 13: Carlos Zapata came looking for me after a long time without seeing him. We went to breakfast at a restaurant he knew. At that time Carlos smoked some cigarettes that he himself prepared with ground tobacco. Then we went to the bus stop "Peter Pan" he asked for the ticket for Hyannis, Ma. And there we said goodbye until a few months later to see each other again. When I started the trip, I saw NY city from a new perspective for the first time in my life. They put the movie “Duplex with Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore” on the bus. At one point on the trip I had a bad cough and a lady gave me gum and I got better immediately. We made a quick stop in New Haven Connecticut, you could feel that the temperature had dropped quite a bit, I ate something there. Then another stop in Providence, Rhode Island. It was a journey of some 7 hours through all the stops until late in the afternoon when the bus was getting less and less. Immediately there was a thick fog and the trees looked like a scene from a horror movie "I was already on Cape Cod" the bus driver asked me if I would stay at the last station and I said yes. Finally I was at Hyannis at the station and waited for Clemente. He came quickly and we went to the house. Climbing the stairs I met Frank my cousin, he was with an American girlfriend, we sat down to talk etc. There was a young boy who had also arrived and the young boy and I went to the avenue (Route 28) to buy some stuff. Clemente said don't spend the dollars we brought from the Dominican because they were worth more and he was right, I will never forget those words. Then that same night I went with Clemente to the Mall to look for the leftover pizzas in the pizzeria where “El Fino” worked, a great friend of mine from adolescence. He was very surprised to see me.

Friday, May 14: In the morning I accompanied Clemente to the laundry (Clothesline Laundry) . I remember that I was surprised to buy detergent powder in cardboard boxes at 75c and other prices. Then when we returned home he left because he worked at the Hyannis "Stop & Shop" Supermarket. I walked with the young boy, down the avenue and we came to a cemetery (Woodside Cemetery) At that point a vehicle passed us and some American girls were screaming at us through the window of the vehicle in a good way.

In the afternoon I finally had the opportunity and took a green bicycle that was under the stairs that takes us to the second floor of the house and I went on my own to the "Hotel Cavalier - Route 28 South Yarmouth" which was where the boys stayed. And incredibly it was, we got together after so much time waiting, Dalvin said "I can't believe you're here" and I greeted the others who were there. Time after. I started using the green bike someone had left at home and I was listening to the CD of The Smiths and the songs (The boy with thorn in his side - Ask - Heaven knows i'm miserable now - There is a light that never goes out) which was long one of Dalvin's favorite bands in the early 2000s. That weekend we drank a lot of "Molson Beer '' which was the cheapest and listening to all the Radiohead hits. At one point they came out and left me alone in the hotel room and I drank 10 or more beers listening to Radiohead. When they arrived I was drunk.

At West Yarmouth House

The House (9 Pinewood Rd) - Frank's Room and Dog

During the week I could not get a job, I went in the morning to wait if they called me and I always saw them go to work, then I went home again. The owners of the house where me and my uncle lived turned out to be the parents of a friend of mine from school and precisely a close friend of Caonabo, his name is John Marichal. They let me live two weeks without paying until I got a job. In the house lived a boy who had a vehicle and several times I went with him to go around. There was also a girl named Karen that my uncle Clemente called her (Petra). She was pregnant and I accompanied her to the supermarket to buy stuff. She used to sleep on the furniture in the living room. I was sleeping in the space below the cabin bed, the left one that was in the first room upstairs. The owners of the house on several occasions served me lunch at noon (Dominican Food), rice and beans. In the basement was the washing machine where I washed my clothes, where the young boy slept. On several occasions I went with the boys (Dalvin and company) to the house that they lived in the previous years. (2002 - 2003) there lived some girls, one of them was called Melissa, she became my friend. For those days the young boy left the house. Wednesday,

May 26: Dalvin told me to come the next day and wait for “Mike” because there was a big job just to see if I had a chance.

Thursday, May 27: I went early to the Cavalier hotel and we waited for “Mike Aronne” who was the boss of the boys and the owner of the "Roofing company". He would arrive in the morning at 7:00 am to pick them up in his truck to take them to his home that was near there (Circuit Rd - South Yarmouth) and prepare the stairs with his son Erick. Later we went to a very old house. And we started working on the roof, carrying 90-pound packages of Shingle and climbing heavy ladders. We also worked that Friday the 28th and we finished that roof. I was able to collect my salary for the first time. On the 30th of may Rodolfo finally arrived, he gave me some letters from my family and some cookies. When Rodolfo saw me he was not very happy because perhaps he felt a bit of jealousy when I was there.

On Monday the 31st we went to work in a smaller house that was in a place like some hills. That day it rained and I protected myself from the rain. Mike's son Erick saw me and said that i was fired. He had a very strong temperament.

My world back then - From the house to the Cavalier (2 km)

Songs of the moment on the radio at the end of May 2004

THE REASON - Hoobastank

JUNE 2004

June In the first days of June other friends “Marcel and David” arrived. By that time Erick, his girlfriend Shawn and his friend Tanya visited the boys every night at the hotel and when he saw me there he had empathy for me and asked for forgiveness for fired me from work. Later he became a very good friend of mine. The next day I would return to work with her father Mike.

On June 2, I went back to work, while I was riding my bike early to the hotel, I heard on my CD Player the song by Smiths (There is light that never goes out, where part of the lyrics says - I was looking for a job, and then I found a job And heaven knows I'm miserable now, In my life, Why do I give valuable time, To people who don't care if I live or die?) it’s was ironic turned out to be, but at the same time I felt happy. That day we worked on the roof of a house that had a grave in the backyard. There was a road between a pine tunnel. That house was mysterious.

Dalvin in the Motel Cavalier

Rodolfo

Eric and I

Shawn, Eric and Tanya

Rodolfo and the girls

The girls and I

Marlon Sleeping

On the 3rd and 4th we worked on the roof of a commercial place. We had a good time because we were working smooth and slow. We didn’t work weekend because Mike worked at the Butcher in Yarmouth Stop & Shop. Then I was free and went exploring with the bicycle.

Half flag even due to Regan's death

On Saturday, June 5, President Ronald Reagan died and the flags were halfway up everywhere. That afternoon I went to explore Willow St and I came to a mill, which has a beach, called “Windmill Beach” and I followed River St, I discovered a small forest that I loved. And I continued until I reached Bass River. It was the farthest place I had come.

On Sunday my bike tour was different and I went from the house to the Sea Ave and Sea Gull Rd and I discovered what would be my favorite Cape Cod beach at that moment “Seagull Beach”

This is how my environment was growing

Motel Cavalier Route 28

Side part of the Motel where the public phone was

The second week of June we worked in several houses, one of them was a small house where the roof was full of pine leaves; I wanted to show that I was interested in working well and trying to do my best. Another roofing we did was where there was a store that sold small pools and hot tubs; it was on Route 28 just after the Bass River Bridge in West Dennis. I was on the left side of the roof and there were two fireplaces, one of them was white and apparently I leaned against it and the fireplace move it and Mike was in front of me and I told him that it was moving, he looked at me very scared and said, please take care. Every time we finished the works we all went to eat in any place that were closest. By then I always sit next to Mike in the truck and he always had a box of Smirnoff beers wile driving I open the bottles ready and he drank a bottle in seconds. One afternoon we went to a place where he stayed eating and drinking a lot and came out very drunk, we had to take him home. He was so drunk that he couldn't walk. We helped him up to his house and his wife "Vicky" was embarrassed but her daughter "Christina" was very upset. I was the last one to stay with him. He tells me (hat he didn't know me, but he felt that i was a good person) Then I went home.

Property in Denis (today demolished) the one with the chimneys

Rodolfo with Chinese food

With Rodolfo watching TV

Leslie visiting us

More of the boys frolicking with Rodolfo

Squirrel in front of the house - The bicycle

Frank, my cousin had invented a trip to NY in his car, his mother lived there. And we went in the car, a little after the bridge, a stone hit the car's radiator and the temperature started to heat up the vehicle, I don’t know what Frank was thinking about and he turned off the car running on the highway and when we came to a curve, the guide locked and we didn't turn. Luckily the brake did work and we swept over without hitting anything. A police officer approached us and called a crane. I had to lend Frank $ 150 to pay the crane to the house.

That weekend I ran out of money, we bathed the dog and I took the dog for a walk, I walked with him for at least an hour and a half and I arrived with him until the "Bass River Beach". In the house I exchanged the bed with Karen, since that time I use to sleep in the furniture, I gave her my bed. Every night “Marichal” the son of the owner of the house and his girlfriend who lived, there hardly let me sleep making sexual noises.

The armchair, my new bed

At that time I was no longer going to the hotel to wait for Mike, I went directly to his house every morning. His house was the same distance from the boys' hotel. I enjoyed the road "Winslow Gray Rd" had incredible vegetation, wooden lampposts and rusty iron railings; I was fascinated by that entire environment. I also enjoyed going out on the roads wile mike was driving to the houses we would go to work. That week we went to repair a condo roof on Buck Island Rd on the shore of Lake Bassetts Pond. We worked almost a week there. Another company worked together with us, but separately. The boys (Dalvin and company) were struck by the fact that the other Company worked very smoothly and easy, also had very large picnics at lunchtime. That condo roof tired us a lot.

One morning it started to thunder very loudly, the lightning were falling very close and I thought that maybe we would not work that morning, but incredibly Mike and the boys came looking for me. I was sleeping when I heard Mike call me. My name was (Red) because that is my last name in English; he called me (Red)

JULY 2004

My uncle Clemente loved reading and always went to "Barnes and Noble" in the Mall and I went one day with him. I liked several restaurants and of course the pizzeria where my friend “El Fino” worked. Since then I went on the bicycle for the first time to Hyannis. I discovered a store "Newbury Comics" at that time out of the mall, where they sold CDs that was on Iyannough Rd, it was as far as I got west of Cape Cod on the Bike. There I bought lots of CDs of all my favorite artists. Radiohead, Billy Idol, Hall & Oates, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, etc ...

First trip to New Hampshire

Long ago we had planned for Saturday, July 3, with Mike, Erick and all the boys to go to New Hampshire to work on the roof of a house of their property. And so it was, we left very early in the morning to New Hampshire. We went to the Twin Mountains where the house was. We worked the roof that had three layers of shingle, but we finished early and fast. Then we went to fill gasoline at a very old gas station, in a town called Caroll, the machine numbers were not digital but very old. We walk into a movie-style billiard bar where a fight can be put up at any time. At night we were launching fireworks, because of the fourth of July would be the following Sunday. At that moment, the police arrived and informed us that we were disturbing some neighbors and sent us to stop the fireworks. I slept in the attic, a totally old place, and full of vintage stuff. During midnight, I felt something walking in that attic, I felt like a black shadow was in place. The next day we left early and Mike went another route to Maine and so would continue to Cape Cod. I then went with Erick to Boston.

Mike's house in New Hampshire

Roofing with Mike

The roof had three layers

I slept in the attic

Carroll, New Hampshire

During the second week of July, the boys moved from the Hotel Cavalier, because they were very uncomfortable in the rooms, and they went to a hotel further away, near the Stop & Shop, it was "Brentwood Motor inn" this was a lot Better than the Cavalier, had a hot tub, pool and comfortable rooms. When we arrived from work I would go to the hotel to visit them and they would get into the Jacuzzi after work, it was a delight to get in there, I also went in, but the owner saw me and said that I could not enter because I was not a hotel client. I went out and left.

We went to an easy house near Sandwich. That day Mike was angry and he fought a lot with David and then he also fought a lot with Marcel and Marcel walked on foot to the hotel. When he was leaving, Mike yelled at him (Go home) but the next day they made peace. Then we worked in a house on the north coast of Cape Cod where at one point Marcel was going to hook the back of the truck and it rolled and crushed his finger. Mike immediately took Marcel to the hospital. Then they came quickly and everything went on as normal. Marcel had a bandaged finger. Another house we worked on for those days was a house surrounded by big trees and we only took out garbage in a large waste container. We always took them to the Yarmouth Barnstable Transfer Station Waste.

One day we worked on a house of a friend of Mike's we worked very quickly, and the owner made delicious sandwiches for us. This woman was very kind to us. One afternoon after leaving work we also went with Mike to visit a friend who had apparently been diagnosed with cancer. He looked sad.

Another house we worked was very rural but sophisticated; there were many fine mechanical materials, inside the house were many musical instruments and many CDs, apparently the person who lived there was an artist. On the roof of that house Mike found a stuffed animal, apparently a skunk. Mike took it as a trophy for his home. A new boy had come to work with us "Luis" we worked in a house on the shores of the north coast where long wooden stairs went out that went directly to the beach. That afternoon we all went to the back of the truck "Something Forbidden" and we were all covered with a large blanket. Mike went to a bank to cash a check and something happened that he was screaming madly. Mike was a very sweet person, but suddenly he could speak very loudly.

Hyannis Harbour

Swan Pond in West Yarmouth

By those days, our option had already been discussed with my Uncle about moving from the house we were to the boys' hotel because too many people had already moved into the house, as many as 7 people lived in the basement, plus those on the first floor and up many more. A Russian girl had arrived in our apartment to stay and live in the United States. The morning she woke up she open the door and was amazed with the “pine trees and the fresh air of America”. You could see happiness in her smile.

I took advantage then and took my last trips to Seagul Beach to bathe and enjoy the bike in that area. After that, exactly my green bicycle had been damaged and then it had become difficult for me because I was already walking on foot. One of the boys who lived in the house invited me to a house party, I accepted his invitation and it was all like a movie. Strange people on furniture, outside the house, lots of beer etc. In a moment the police arrived and the party was suspended. A girl I did not know asked me to drive her home, and I explained the situation to my friend, I drove her vehicle (I did not have a license) I took her to her house and she was sleeping in the behind.

In the middle of July, my uncle Clemente, my cousin Frank and I moved out of the house. I had a certain joy in myself because at least 22 people lived in that house, it was a chaos and madness. We arrived at the same hotel "Brentwood Motor inn" and it was a very large room for us. At last I could already bathe in the Jacuzzi and the hotel pool without the owners taking me out. The only problem was the dog, at first it was hidden in the room but then the owners realized it and the only solution was for Frank to take the dog to his uncles in Queens New York. And so it was done, finally giving Frank the trip to NY.

With the dog in the Breentwood

The dog with Clemente and Frank

Trip to New York

We went to NY in Frank's car early Saturday the 17th, arriving immediately in Queens where his mother's sister aunt was. It was a more or less decent neighborhood, in the house they looked after us very well, dining etc. At night in front of the house there was a party outside in the street it was full of African-Americans and apparently someone had left the key inside the car. I helped them and I was able to get the key out with an iron wire through the window. They were very happy for the act. One of them invited me to the party offering me women and drugs, I told him no, that I was leaving early and we should sleep. At dawn we said goodbye to the dog very sadly. Then we went to another more populated area in Queens and it was horrible, a riot of people everywhere and dirt, I did not like it at all. But his mother lived there (the ex-wife of my Uncle Clemente) there was also Frank's sister with her little girl, we went around the city a few times and then we went back to Cape Cod.

Kenjiro the dog going to NY

Kenjiro in Queens, last picture

Frank and his niece

In NY

Frank, Samanta and Nursi

Shea Stadium

Back in the Cape

One morning we were at the hotel waiting for Mike and he came and said (I only need one) and nobody wanted to go, they were all very tired and lazy lying on their beds. So I went with him. We went to a house alone to work a skylight on the roof. I remember the patio was very interesting and had a hill that went down to a lake. We went another day to another very interesting house, it was very modern in wood and the ceiling was sloping. By those days a boy had come to work with us, but he was lazy, he get always sleeping hidden in some thickets. In that house then I hurt my finger, I cut myself with the shovels to remove the nails.

For the third week of July we met a boy who was selling bicycles in a van at extremely cheap prices and I bought a new bicycle for $ 40 dollars. It was a bargain. On the new bike, I went back to Mike's house in the morning to go to work early. We went to a house where in the yard there was a graveyard of dogs with gravestones and their names. It was a small house and we finished quickly. Mike went out and we waited for him for about an hour and a half.

Abandoned bicycles right next to the cemetery

Cemetery at Willow St

Woods in Pleasant St

My new bike at Windmill Beach

Sunset at West Yamouth near Mike

Riding my bicycle

Swans at Windmill Beach

At that time we ate Chinese food from a restaurant a few meters away from the hotel "China Inn" on Route 28 itself. We bought it on weekends. I visited a 7 Eleven from time to time that was at the intersections of Route 28 and Old Main St. There I bought everything; there was a public telephone where I made my calls to my country. I was always riding my bike through the Winslow Gray Rd area where the Yarmouth Water Department is where I found a boardwalk and rode my bike through the woods. I was fascinated by that place. It circled Swan Pond Lake, leaving behind the Stop & Shop. There I took many photos. Bike travel became my obsession so much so that when I got home from work I ride my bike around the Old Main St at night for the first time, I always remember seeing the brick building Simpkis Shool Residences and returning to Pleasant St. Rodolfo liked the idea of those night ride and we went down Pine Grove Rd until we reached Parkers River Beach. Here I discovered the famous beach that Rodolfo had mentioned to me last 2003 where he visited with the girl he meets at that time. I also discovered the famous forrest that is just before reaching the beach. In truth, it was a dark and mysterious forest. I only went with Rodolfo once to this place, but I went back alone several times.

China Inn in the Route 28

One of my favorite houses on Pleasant St

On Monday, July 26, my cousin Americo arrived at Cape Cod. But it wasn't until the next day that I was able to get together with him. Well I went to Hyannis on the bike where he was staying with his brother Jochi. He lived with his girlfriend Laura in the Fedex Brick Building. Americo gave me some letters from my family and more cookies they made at my house.

AUGUST 2004

Living the American dream.

On Sunday night the 1st I rode my bike down Pine Grove Rd toward Parker Rivers Beach. I watched the full moon rise out of the sea and saw the waves shine sitting on one of the wooden chairs on the shore, I slept a bit in the chair. During those days I met a Russian girl named Olga who was visiting the hotel with a friend named Julia. Olga worked in an ice cream store on Route 28, she lived on Colonial Dr near Parker Rivers Beach.

Second trip to New Hampshire

For those days Erick invited me to another trip to New Hampshire to his dad's house that we had gone on July. Apparently they were selling that house and he wanted to spend a last weekend in the old house. It was Erick, Swan, Tanya, David and I. We listened to some CDs that I had bought from the Billboard collection of the eighties, we heard a lot of the song “We built this city - Starship” We passed through Boston, Swan's mother lives there. Then we continue to New Hampshire. The town is Twin Mountain and there is not much to do as we stayed at the house playing board games and drinking a lot. We got drunk.

The next day I got up early and went for a walk around the house and I was afraid that a bear would walk out. I got into the vehicle to get some sleep. Then we went to explore the whole area on the Crawford Notch road. We went to the Ammonoosuc River, Erick crossed it, it was very cold. Then we continue to Saco Lake where we dismount and enjoy ourselves. Then we continue to see the "Silver cascade" and where you see the "Mount Willey" then we went to Cape Cod on a long trip.

Sagamore Bridge

Christmas Tree Shops

The famous Boston gas tank

Victorian Bow, Row Houses in Boston

Boston

Erick driving

The Courtyard of the house (Adjacent to Mount Washington)

In the patio of the house, a bear came out in fear

On the road

Open rocks for train tracks

Scenic Railroad Train

Saco Lake

Fume Cascade

Environment in Ammonoosuc River - Me in Silver Waterfall

David and I

Ammonoosuc River

Crawford Notch Rd and Mount Willey Back

Tanya and David

Tanya and David - Returning to Cape Cod

Femway Park

I asked permission not to work on Thursday August 12, as I would go to Boston with my cousins Americo and Jochi. We went to Fenway Park to see Pedro Martínez launch a game. It was my first time at a baseball stadium in the United States. The game was Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays. Our seats went well away from home plate, but at one point I went down to walk and saw that some ladies were just standing next to the Red Sox Dogout, they left and I sat down to watch the whole game there. I was lucky. I saw Manny Ramírez (My favorite player) David Ortiz and Pedro Martínez, all Dominicans. For good luck Red Sox won that game and Pedro Martinez played all nine innings. I took a good photo of that moment. Then when we left we found a fine ticket for my cousin's vehicle for having been parked in a residents-only area.

Americo heading to Boston

Fenway Park

Pedro Martínez

Playball

Manny Ramirez

David Ortiz

Red Sox dougout

Pedro winning

Back in the Cape

On free days I went to the Stop and Shop a lot, one of the Dominican boys, Julio, worked there. I was always going to buy natural lemon juice and cookies. When I left the supermarket I went to the CVS Pharmacy front, there I printed all my photos and bought disposable cameras. All that area was my necessary shopping places, etc. Rodolfo worked further up at the Shaws Deli. One day I went to dinner at Tolys House of Pizza and had a fascinating medium-sized “Greek tomato” pizza. Saturdays was the day to go to the Laundry Center, there we washed our clothes. Almost next to the hotel was the Moonshine Liquore Store. One day I went to buy beers and the one who was attending asked me for identification because she thought i was a minor, and I returned to the hotel to look for the passport, she thanked me for the gesture of going to look for the document.

One afternoon I went with the boys to Bass River Beach to spend the afternoon and only Marcel and I bathed in the sea, since the water was very cold. But we really enjoyed it.

Tolys House of Pizza

The Brentwood Motel where we lived

Boys in the Hotel

Heading to Stop & Shop

The jacuzzi and pool at the Brentwood Hotel

Bass River Beach - With Mike's dogs

Zowey and Flint

In Swan Pond, West Yarmouth

One day we went with Mike to work at a house near Centerville, and when we first saw Craigville Beach, it was full of people enjoying the day. We saw teens jumping off the bridge near the beach; I thought that place was wonderful. Later on the roof of that house, we saw fighter jets hovering overhead. Then when I returned in the afternoon I saw the beach again, then we went on and entered the Kennedy Compound, but Mike just turned the flag around and we continued towards West Yarmouth to our homes. Once I did a favor for Mike to go get his red truck, near where I lived in the previous house, I drove the truck without a license; I drove it to his house while he drove the other gray truck. Another trip Mike and I went to where a lady who needed help with some windows, the house was full of sliding doors and anti-insect Mayans. When we were leaving Mike was reversing and asked me to see so as not to crash a lantern, but I did not notice and we collided, Mike looked at me scared and we dismounted and fixed it, luckily he just left the ground.

A moment on the roof - Me with Dalvin and company and Mike

Indian Trail, Cummaquid

Like every day to work, I enjoyed the morning route to work. One morning we went to Barnstable, we passed the train rails on the Phinneys Ln, then entered the small place of Barstable and continued to 50 Indian Trail where the largest house we had worked awaited us. It was a mansion. We worked in that house for two weeks because of how big it was. The first thing we did was change the roof. For those days I thought a lot about my childhood, I had time to organize memories from the past. Thinking about these things helped me a lot in the following years. I talked a lot with Luis, one of the boys who worked with us. While we worked in the house there was a lot of friendliness among everyone, we had taken it softer. Then we repair the sides of the house and some windows. It really was the last house to work on Cape Cod.

The train track

Indian Trail

50 Indian Trail

Patio

The house

Last days

South Yarmouth Fire Brigade

Enjoying the last evenings in South Yarmouth

Bass River

On the Bass River Bridge

My secret place , Grand Cove, Dennis.

Days before finishing we explained to Mike that we had to return to our country. Mike told me to stay longer, but I explained that I couldn't. Sadness in him was evident. My summer on Cape Cod was over.

Friday 27 august