2015

-CAPE COD 2015-

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After the return from Cape Cod in 2004, a period of reflection would begin on what had happened that summer, all the experiences and the power to have managed to visit that place. I had brought a lot of clothes and accessories that i had never accumulated in such a short time. It was a dream come true.

During the following months I had gotten a new job where and the opportunity to keep abreast of what I had lived and thought about my childhood, I kept writing and looking for music about those times, so much so that I created a strange combination about music from the beginning of the The 80s with what was experienced in the United States, a combination of nostalgia during the trip, but it was a very strong feeling after that trip.

The following year 2005 my former Roofing boss “Michael Aronne” made a visit to the boys and we enjoyed a few days together. Mike took a nap on the gallery of my house. 

The years would pass and new daily activities would prevent my return to Cape Cod and year after year I remembered a historical longing for Cape Cod. My cousin Américo moved permanently, and my cousin Jochi, who had already lived there for some years, started a family. My friends Dalvin, Rodolfo and friends did not return.

In 2012 there was a job opportunity at a gas station where they would pay to work at it. At that time I could not go and it was presented that my brother Miguel Eugenio would go to work. He only lasted months working there, he went to another state.

2015.

Time passed and it seemed that I would not return to Cape Cod after 11 years when suddenly the same job opportunity opens up on Cape Cod at the same Gas Station, because work was required. Everything was happening with positive winds for this trip, I saw the Goonies again until one afternoon at my house in La Zurza I was organising the room and I felt that I should go. I spoke with Américo and staying that I would be at Jochi's house. By then Américo was already living in Boston.

During those days I organised everything and moved from La Zurza. Everything was already prepared for said trip that would be on July 2, 2015.

CAPE COD 2015 - July

Thursday 2 July

I fly to Boston without any problem, immediately Américo met me at the door of the airport and we went by train to his house in Boston, then I accompanied him to his work and spent a few hours walking in the city of Boston, I went to Chinatown, the smell of the city was amazing, the street food etc. I had never had the opportunity to walk in the city of Boston. This would be my 6th visit to the city. Then I met Américo again and he took me to the airport to take the bus to Hyannis. During the trip I saw an incredible sunset from the window. Then I arrived at the bus station and Jochi looked for me. He had come to Centerville at night. The children slept.

In Boston – At Jochi's House 

Friday 3rd

We got up early and I accompanied Jochi to work. During the tour I was greatly surprised by the current reality that I was living in being back on Cape Cod, the memories of 2004 flowed like indescribable joy in my emotions. We visited some houses that he and a colleague were going to start working with. Then at about 4:30 we went to look for Jochi's children, Emily and Ben who were at a camp in the afternoon. It was my first time meeting them. In the afternoon (the sun was going down very late) I breathed air into the bicycle and I began to ride around the neighborhood, getting to know the streets and roads. It was all a dream come true. I had a beer with Jochi and we went out to the Supermarket.

Saturday 4th

Holiday: The family did not work and Jochi was mending some lumber for a Cape Cod project he was doing. Then I went on the bike, I went to the Mall, I appeared to the Fino and he was surprised, we talked a little, Then I went for the first time to Camp Street to the Gas Station where I went to work to introduce myself to the owner or whoever might correspond. Then I went to West Yarmouth to remember all the places I had lived in 2004. Brentwood Hotel, Willow Street, etc. Upon returning to Hyannis there was an activity for the 4th of July.

Sunday 5th

I went with the family to Sandy Neek Beach and a couple of family friends with their children, we had beers, we enjoyed the wind from the beach. Many dunes and very long. I did not bathe in the water.

Jochi in Sandy Neek – With the Fino at Juanito's (Mechanics)

Monday 6th

I went to the Gas Station to see how the work was going there, but there were still no vacancies. Then I went to Hyannis and saw Veterans Beach, a very desolate place. Rest a little there.

Tuesday 7

One long day, I went to Hyannis to talk to a Brazilian man to see if a job would appear for me in a restaurant, which was another option, but everything was slow. This Brazilian had met my brother when he lived there. Then I went to Craigville Beach, the beach I once saw in 2004 with Mike from the truck where the young people were jumping off a bridge. While I was there, there was a haze that obscured the entire view. Then it passed quickly and I went to Centerville by a road (Starboard Ln) that I was discovering thanks to a map that I had downloaded by application on my cell phone. Then I went from the house in Centerville to look for cans of beer that people were throwing near the Liquore Store that was on Falmouth Rd next to the Police. When I got home I noticed that I didn't have my wallet and I had lost it with money inside and my ID. I immediately went on the bike searching the ground and until I found it. I feel like something mysterious happened, I think it was a life lesson.

Wednesday 8

Join Jochy to Plymouth Massachusetts off Cape Cod, a very beautiful place full of very old and giant pine trees. I had brought the camera and took some photos of the place. It turned out that they called Jochy from the Gas Station, The partner of Jochi "Kyle" gave me a ride to the Gas Station on Camp Street. They told me they were going to notify me for work.

Thursday 9

I already had a week in the United States. I spent the day at the house. I washed Jochi's pool.

Friday 10

I took a bike ride through Centerville, incredibly I saw Jochi and Kyle on the street, they were in the truck to work.

Saturday 11

I did not go out in the morning, I practiced with the wooden by cutting them. After they arrived from their respective jobs, the family and i went to Mayflower Beach. We passed through Barnstable Village, the oldest village. Then at Mayflower Beach, it was an exquisite beach and a lot of tourism than all the beaches I had seen before. We watched the sunset on the beach.

Mayflower Beach (Camera)

House with hydrangeas in Chattam (Camera)

Sunday 12

I went with Laura to the Sagamore Supermarket (Market Basket) wile being there, jochi contacted me that they had called him from the Gas Station and that apparently they were going to need me. In the afternoon I cut wood and made a whale, I also collected some beer cans to change. By that time the New Horizons spacecraft was reaching the Planet Pluto.

Monday 13

I went to the Gas Station and stayed to work with the administrator, I had to train first without charge to learn the whole process. There was a Dominican boy who apparently was leaving.

Tuesday 14

I did not go out, I stayed in the house, I tidied up the room. Jhon Marichal passed by in the afternoon, he had not seen him since 2004. He went to see a Fourwheel that jochi was selling.

Wednesday 15

I went with Jochi to Chattan to work, with Kyle. We went to 238 Seapine Rd in South Chattam, Jochi worked the basement with thermal insulation. The house in the basement had many old tools and an office. The owners were persons already apparently retired. I took some photos of other houses in the area with hydrangeas of incredible beauty. The house we where went is very beautiful. Some time later my dad used that photo of the house as a background for the cover of his Facebook. Later that day we returned to Plymouth on the outskirts of Cape Cod. With my camera I walked and took many photos of the place. Then we went through Juanito's mechanics workshop and I met up with El Fino. That night the new cell phone screen had arrived and because it was broken, it could not take good quality pictures before that.

My new work: Camp Street (Save On) Gas Station.

Thursday 16th

First day of work (Training) Jochi took me in the truck with the bike behind and dropped me off at Hyannis Harbor, something that would happen very often, I would wait a while there and then ride the bike to the Gas Station Camp Street. I only worked a few hours. I made some 15 bucks in tip. . I had gone to the supermarket and bought some items to eat and have breakfast during work, made a schedule. This lasted for a few days, then that schedule was broken.

Friday 17th - Work day at the Bomba. (Gas Station)

Saturday 18 - Work day at the Bomba.

Sunday 19

Free day: I cycled to South Yarmouth, Dennis, went to the secret place. (the dead end of the Cove Rd in West Dennis) Then I went down Sea Ave. And I went to Seagull Beach which i had not been back since 2004. I I swam in the sea. Then I went back to the Mall, with tips earned from the previous two days were like 30 dollars, I bought some tennis to work, since the old ones were very damaged, Then I ate Thai food that was similar to Chinese food, it was a kind of "Dominican Chofan". I had coffee at Barnes and Noble.

Hyannis Harbour – Drinking coffee at the Mall

Monday 20 - Workday at the Bomba.

Tuesday 21 - Work day at the Bomba. There was a new girl "Miana" then she gave me a ride in her car at the Falmouth Rd Gas Station, later i ride to the house.

Wednesday 22 - Work day at La Bomba. Jochi looked for me.

Thursday 23 - Work day at the Bomba. In the evening I stopped at 7 Eleven for something to eat, I made some videos for Judith on the way. The darkness was total every return, I did not feel fear. The senses were wide open.

Friday 24th - On Main St before work.

Saturday 25 - Work Day at La Bomba.

Sunday 26 - Free: I went with the family to various stores, then Jochi left me at the Mall with the bicycle. I went to Hyannis, had lunch in Torinos, steak with mashed potatoes and beer. I went to the Antiques store on Main St. (I went in that sore in 2004) I bought some T-shirts. Then I stopped by the Cape Cod Melody Tent and saw the ad for Toad The Wet Sproket that it would be on 30.

My new usual route to the Gas Station

Monday 27 - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Tuesday 28 - Labor Day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me) I was bitten by a dog tick.

Wednesday 29 - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Thursday 30 - Jochi and family went on vacation for the weekend and I was alone in the house. They lent me the Subaru Car. I went on it to work. Then I left early because I had asked for a leave and I went to the Melody Tent and saw the great concert of Toad The Wet Sprocket, one of my favorites bands of the nineties, my dream that I had programmed months before finally came true. 

Toad The Wet Sproket in concert

Friday 31st - Work day at the Bomba. That day I met an American man who had gone to the concert, he told me "Great concert last nigth" (I was in the vehicle driving) It was incredible, when I was driving on the highway I was listening to the country music station.

- August 2015 -

Saturday August 1 - Work Day at La Bomba. (last day on the bus)

Sunday 2 - Free day, I washed the Jochi's car. I clean the room. Judith had e-mailed me the songs. I ride the bike at 4 in the afternoon to Hyannis. I went to the Mall, I saw the Fino, then I bought some clothes at the Military Clothing store. I went back to Centerville on West Main St. Jochi came from New Hampshire in the evening.

Working.

Monday 3 - Work Day at the Bomba. (Miana gave me a ride to the other gas st) The moonlight streamed through the branches of the pines, amazing. I arrived at 11:51 PM.

Tuesday 4th - Labor Day at the Bomba. (Miana gave me the ride to the other gas st) I arrived at 11:43 PM.

Wednesday 5 - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Thursday 6th - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Friday 7th - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Saturday 8 - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Sandwich and Chattam.

Sunday 9 - Free day: I went with the family to the horses in Plymouth, then later to Sandwich to know the place, then we went to Chattam, we saw seals in the sea. Chattam is very beautiful.

Sandwich (Camera)

Chattam (Camera)

Monday 10th - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Tuesday 11th - When I was going to work, i get stick by a little piece of wood thorn in my finger at the basement when I was going upstairs. Work day at the Bomba. Pain in the right index finger all day. Rainy day, I called Trina my great-grandmother, thanks to Abraham's cell phone, my co-worker. I congratulated her on her "99" birthday. That was the last time I would talk to her.

Wednesday 12 - Workday at the Bomba. I got out a big chunk out of my finger. "Mundito Espinal" a Dominican communicator died that day in Santo Domingo. (Jochi looked for me)

Thursday 13 - Work day at the Bomba. (Jochi looked for me)

Friday 14 - Work Day at the Bomba. I took off the last part of the wood in my finger, it was very long, without knowing it.

Saturday 15 - Work day at the Bomba. The finger improved almost 100% (Jochi looked for me)

Sunday 16 - Free Day: I fixed the room, I went to the Mall, El Fino gave me Pizza. Then I went to Craigville Beach, had a great trip and a great swim on the beach. I had a burger at The Barnacle. Then I went back to Centerville down the Pine Street which I like. (Starboard)

The beautiful Craigville Beach (My Favorite Beach in all Cape Cod)

At “The Barnacle”

Monday 17 - Work day at the Bomba. (Miana pick me up to the other gas st)

Tuesday 18 - Work day at the Bomba. (Miana pick me up to the other gas st)

19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - Working days at the Gas St. On the 20th I cut the grass at (Jay) house the owner of the Gas St. 

Sunday 23rd - Free day: I went on the bike, but it started to rain. I got something wet. I went to the Mall, then to Main St. I had a beer in a bar, there was a band playing live. I spoke with an American man and told him that he was Dominican, etc. Then I came back listening to music.

My usual roads to Hyannis, between pine trees.

Monday 24 - Work Day at the Bomba

Tuesday 25 - Word Day at the Bomba. (Miana led me to the other pump)

26 - 27 - 28 - Days of work at the Bomba

Saturday 29 - I had changed my day off, for the final half of Saturday and the beginning half of Sunday. That Saturday afternoon I went down Buck Island Rd towards South Yarmouth, went to the secret place and then followed to Kream N Kone in West Dennis. I had a Salmon burger, it was the furthest I had pedaled on Cape Cod. Then when I got back I rented a kayak and paddled the Bass River for the first time. That night I went out with the Gas Station girls, (Ericka, Anhay and her girfriend Kamiah) they invited me to a bar in Hyannis . 

Trail on Buck Island Rd - On the Kayak (Bass River)

30 - 31 - Days of work at the Gas St.

- September 2015 -

Tuesday September 1 - Work day at the Bomba. I left at 6:00 PM I went to get my hair cut at Hyannis where a boy named Yomo. I had a hard time finding your house, but I found it.

Falmouth Rd (My Daily Route) - The Bike at the Pump

Wednesday 2 - Work Day at La Bomba, (8:00 PM, I went by bike)

Thursday 3 - I work at the Bomba (Laura looked for me, I went with Jochy to see Ben play)

Friday 4th - Work Day at the Bomba (Jochy looked for me, we went to see the children play at Laser Games) By this time I was leaving early in the afternoon.

Saturday 5th - Free afternoon: After work, I went to Craigville Beach. I bathed on the beach, ate at Barnacle, a wonderful afternoon. The last days of beaches were approaching.

Barnacle – Craigville Beach

Boy flying kite on the beach

Sunday 6th - Free morning: I got up late, then I went to the Mall, I visited the Fino, I ate there, then I went to work at the Bomba.

Monday 7 - Workday at the Bomba (Miana took me to the other Gas St)

Miana en la Gas St - The bicycle behind her car.

Tuesday 8 - Work Day at the Bomba. In the afternoon, Americo visited us. We went with Jochi's kids to Hyannis, bowled, ate ice cream at Friendlys where he worked years ago.

Wednesday 9 - Work day at the Gas St. I left early on the bike. This new stage of leaving early was fascinating, as I was leaving at sunset and no longer had to leave at midnight on the bike.

10 and 11 - Working days at the Gast St. (A lot of rain)

Saturday 12 - Noon at the Gas St. In the morning we were visited by a client who always went (Bubi) in his blue convertible car. I washed the bike and went to the Mall. I bought clothes for the return.

Sunday 13 - I went to the Mall, ate and bought coffee at the Bookstore. Afternoon work at the Gas St.

Monday 14 - Workday at the Gas St. Due to a mistake, I put gasoline in a diesel truck. The bus belonged to a regular customer (Premiere), we always joke with that and that day really happened. When the owner of the pump arrived, he was furious with me, I had no alternative but to keep quiet, he emptied the fuel and did what he did in the tubs. Then everything was forgotten. I discovered that day that the minotaur series when I was a child, was Brazilian. I saw the image of the bull man again.

There were new friends that I made. One of them was Kathy Corr who drove an ambulance, (Cape Cod Ambulance) every time it passed we always greeted each other. She always had her dark glasses on and smiling.

Tuesday 15 - Work Day at the Gas St. That afternoon I saw a WWII plane (A B 25 Mitchell) landing at the airport. Then I went to Hyannis where the Fino. I had dinner with him there. He made me dinner, we listened to music, and we had a few drinks. An unforgettable moment with my friend from adolescence, El Fino.

Foggy days at the Gas Station.

Wednesday 16 - Work. Jochi looked for me with Emily, we went to see Ben play.

17 - 18 - 19 - Working days at the Gas St. On Saturday afternoon I went to the Mall, bought clothes and perfumes for the return. I had changed the flight that was for September 15. I uploaded it for another month, I would leave on October 15.

Sunday 20 - Since early I left, I had changed the route and I went to the north of Centerville, further up Taramac street and left through the Old Stage and Phinneys ln, I walked through places that I had never been, lakes and different residential areas and big. I got to the Mall, shopping and eating, but I had to go quickly because I lasted a long time on that trip. Autumn is already feeling, everything is beautiful. Afternoon work at the Gast St.

Residential near Reggata Dr.

21- 22- 23- 24 25 – Working days at the Gas St.

Getting Home - Ames Way (Centerville)

Saturday 26 - I went home early, took some pictures around.

Sunday 27 - I work in the afternoon. Lunar eclipse at night.

Monday 28 - One of the saddest days of my life "My Great-grandmother Trina Pichardo died"

29 - 30 - Days of heavy rain

- October 2015 -

Thursday October 1 - Work Day at the Gas St. 

2 and 3 - Working days at the Gas St. (Lots of rain) By those days, the temperature was getting much colder. Bubi the man of the glass company give us some vests for the rain, since we used some covers to protect ourselves from the rains. Autumn felt like changing the leaves of the trees in color very quickly. The car in the sales garage that overlooked Camp Street was a refuge for me while I was resting. I would spend my time watching 1980s commercials and then get some sleep. This was before I went to work and then while I was waiting sometimes for Jochy or Laura who would look for me on rainy days.

Resting in the car - Cold and rainy days.

Details

On the 3rd I walked to the Mall and bought David Gilmour's new album (Rattle that Lock) and his wife Polly Samson's new book. (The kindness) Tree leaves change rapidly.

4, 5 and 6 - Working days at the Gas St.

Wednesday 7th - Hectic day at the pump, lots of vehicles. In the afternoon there was an error in the system and so I could not get gasoline. By that time i was training Abrahamsito the new boy working on the Gas St. That afternoon I went on foot to the Mall. I walked along the train rails "Like the movie Stand By Me" although it was dangerous and forbidden because the train always passes by, I left quietly. Then I continued to the Mall. Then I took the bus and it was the first time I got to the house that way, without a vehicle or bicycle.

Walking on the train track heading to the Mall

Thursday 8 - Beautiful afternoon day. Jochy looked for me.

Friday 9 - Work day at the Bomba. Jochy took me. The darkness is already felt, it dawns later and darkens earlier. Last days of work.

Saturday 10th - Last day of work at La Bomba. I went on the bike, I got up at 4:30 Am to leave at 5:00 am. I ride in the dark with a great cold, but I was warm. I arrived at 6:00 and waited dozing in the parking car. Then I worked normally. I put an American flag in the mechanics area, then I attended the last vehicle by putting diesel.

Last day at the Bomba

After leaving early in the afternoon I took a bike trip to Yarmouth. I went down Buck Island Rd. I passed Mike's old house, I went to take pictures in the reserve near there. I went through Willow St until I reached the secret place in Dennis. I continued further and went to the other Gas St where Miana was  working and said goodbye to her. Then I went back. On the Falmouth rd (Route 28) I saw activities and lots of pumpkins, it was a real autumn afternoon.

Taking photos in the reserve

Autumn leaves in the reserve (Photos with the camera)

Visiting Tolys Pizza, I had not gone for 11 years.

Sunday 11 - Travel to New Hampshire with the family. We drove through Boston and continued on Route 95. I hadn't been to New Hampshire for 11 years. This time around the East of the state visiting places he had never been. We went to Chocorua Lake, the most wonderful fall scenery I could have ever seen. At the bottom of the lake you could see Mount Chocorua.

Mount Chocorua

Trees in Mount Washington

We went to Mount Washington: We went up in the vehicle on a road that leads us to the top. The pines were getting smaller and smaller. There was snow in the parking lot. Upstairs the cold was so great that there was ice on the balconies. Upstairs it was totally rocky, with no trees and viewpoints. When we went down we went to another national park where people could be seen rappelling down. Then we all had burgers for dinner at Pulled Pork. Then we got home very late. One of the best days of the year.

Cold on top of Mount Washington

Dining with the Family

13 and 14 - Quiet at home, packing suitcases. I rode my last bike ride through Centerville and Craigville on Tuesday. The trees were already fantastic in the town.

bike tour of Centerville and Craigville.

Wednesday 15th - My last day on Cape Cod. I hiked to Lumbert Pond lake taking some pictures I wanted to take. That day Jochy had a birthday and we broke him a cupcake. In the afternoon they took me to the airport and we said goodbye. One of the most important stages in my life had ended.

Last day on Cape Cod.