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July 24, 2019

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We spent the whole day yesterday exploring the adorable sea town of Rockport, Massachusetts. It has a lovely little artist’s colony that was made famous by Rudyard Kipling’s book, “Captains Courageous”… which was also made into one of Mummy’s very favorite old movies!!! If you haven’t seen it, try and find the old black and white version with Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. You will love it! Our first stop was at a little shop called “KATIE’S GIFT SHOP” and OF COURSE, Katie yet again claimed it was HER SHOP… it is NOT. After buying a little yorkie planter, THE REAL KATIE, who owns the shop, came outside to meet all of us. She was sooooo nice and is a doggie lover herself. She has lots of doggie items in her shop, so if you find yourself in Rockport, stop in and say hello to her… and tell her that Millie sent you! ??

We wandered down the sidewalk, buying chocolates for Mummy and Daddy at a local candy shop and then stopping to take in the sights around the bay. It didn’t take long before we found “ROY MOORE” who sells fresh lobster! YUMMY YUMMY IN OUR FAT TUMMIES! They had an outdoor patio at the back of the shop and were very doggie friendly, so we decided to stop there for some fresh whole lobsters with melted butter! They had their own lobster tanks and cooked your lobster up fresh as you ordered it. WOWZA, I mean this was some mighty fine tasting lobster. They call it “lobsta” up here, but whatever… Mummy and Daddy couldn’t stop eating it! And YES, we all got a little taste of LOBSTA too!!! ???? I think I could learn to love living here in Rockport.  Make sure to stop here for dinner on your next visit to the area… you won’t be sorry! ?❤️?

We were getting tired so Mummy said it was time to head back to the YORKIE EXPRESS, but as we drove down the road, we passed a HUGE SHARK hanging outside a shop. Daddy pulled in closer so we could read the posted sign. It was an EXACT REPLICA of a GREAT WHITE SHARK that had been caught off the shores of Salisbury Beach in 1957. It weighed 4,019 pounds and had taken 5 hours to haul in! I’m not sure if this is REALLY TRUE OR NOT, but I’m not taking any chances! ???

All in all, it was a perfect day with nice cool temperatures. Maybe the heat wave is finally behind us! YIPPPEEE. ?

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Roxann Brousseau
Roxann Brousseau
4 years ago

I love Lobster myself.
Glad it was a little cooler for your day.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

The lobster was sooooo delicious!!!! ?❤️?

MaryAnne Myler
MaryAnne Myler
4 years ago

I look forward to reading your posts and I share them with my husband!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  MaryAnne Myler

Thank you…. we are so glad you are enjoying our posts and we love reading your comments. ??

Betty White
Betty White
4 years ago

I love reading about your adventures.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Betty White

Thank you ms Betty… we love reading your comments ??

Maggie
4 years ago

I have never been to Massachusetts but I love lovsta and I am taking notes for when I get up that way! Sounds wonderful!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Maggie

Ohhh you would love it here! Make sure to stop and eat here!!!!

Jeanie Drane
Jeanie Drane
4 years ago

Awww so glad u all had a great time, and got to taste lobster,my son loves it ,also good to hear pet friendly shops, the weather is cooler here too, pray u all have a great time ,today, enjoy ur day, love and prayers for u all, ??????????????????????????????????????

Kim Shults
Kim Shults
4 years ago

Love the little yorkie planter! Katie is so funny. ❤️

Laurie Heikoff
Laurie Heikoff
4 years ago

So glad that you had fun in Rockport, little Millie! Love the Yorkie planter! How wonderful that you and your sisters had a taste of lobster! I love lobster, too!! Glad that it was cooler for all of you!!! ?

Joan Evans
Joan Evans
4 years ago

Another lovely day with really tasty lobster treat. ?

Debra
Debra
4 years ago

Oh the Lobster looks delicious and I’m so glad you all got a taste. Shellfish is an excellent source of glucosamine for all your little yorkie joints. I love Katie’s shop and the big shark look very scary. Have great day today! xoxo

Linda Cosgrove
Linda Cosgrove
4 years ago

You’re in my home town area (currently in Michigan). I just love Rockport and go there every chance I get.

Josephine Oliver
Josephine Oliver
4 years ago

Looks like a fun day all of you Yorkies are simply adorable ????

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

It was a super nice day and the weather was PERFECT! ?❤️??

Elayne Shapiro
Elayne Shapiro
4 years ago

I adore Rockport. Fabulous little shops, great candy, and a real New England flavor. I miss the Northeast. Loving your blog.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Elayne Shapiro

Thank you for following along with us ?? We really LOVE this area too! It is our first time up this way and we have fallen in love with it! ?❤️?

Pamela Hartman
Pamela Hartman
4 years ago

Lobster is my favorite food! I have never been to Maine but my husband has and ate delicious lobster. Katie’s gift shop sounds nice and sounds like town was pet friendly. I am so glad Millie that everyone is enjoying your trip. Continue to enjoy your trip and stay safe.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Pamela Hartman

Mummy loves lobster too but doesn’t have it very much at home… but HERE IT IS EVERYWHERE!!!! She is eating it every way she can and keeping track of all the different ways she has had it so far! ?????

Sharon Hook
Sharon Hook
4 years ago

Hi Millie and All,
I am so glad to hear that you all are having a good time. Katie thinks when she hears the name Katie it is hers…that is so cute. It was great you all could have a taste of Lobster. I like it too. Continue having fun and be safe.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Sharon Hook

Lololololol Mummy is going to really put Katie to work in our ON-LINE BOUTIQUE when we get home! She had NO IDEA that she wanted to run a business so badly!!! ???

Hope Eber
Hope Eber
4 years ago

I am so thankful you had already left Cape Cod when the tornado struck yesterday.
Fun traveling along with you precious girls! Glad it if finally cooler….that heat was horrible.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Hope Eber

Ohhhhhh we just saw that on the news last night!!!! We just got out of that area in time! I hope that no one was badly hurt!!! It is terrible to think of that beautiful area torn up so badly. ??????

Susan Wetzel Park
Susan Wetzel Park
4 years ago

Thank you again for allowing me to “go” on this vacation with you, precious Millie, Mummy and Dad!! I much needed boost right now…..kiss kiss to all of you!! Stsy safe, and eat some lobsta for me!! Plenty of butter and llemon!!!?????

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

I hope you are well ms Susan. We love hearing from you. ??

Lynn Davis
Lynn Davis
4 years ago

What a fun day! ❤

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Lynn Davis

It was very nice and the weather was especially perfect! ?❤️??

Susan Calvert
Susan Calvert
4 years ago

I’m so glad that you got out of Cape Cod just in time. The seaside town of Rockport sounds adorable. I, too, have that same Yorkie planter – found at a tiny nursery in Berkeley! I love seeing all of your pictures and Katie continues to crack me up! Kiss, Kiss!!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Susan Calvert

Whee! We just heard about the bad storm on the Cape! I hope that there were no bad injuries.

Christine Flaherty
Christine Flaherty
4 years ago

I have always wanted to go to that part of the East Coast. Now I can live vicariously through y’all. Have fun my little friends

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

It is really beautiful here. The coastline is very pretty!

Betsy Ann Dressler
Betsy Ann Dressler
4 years ago

Rockport sounds lovely. I’ve been in the New England states before, but never this town – someday will get there. Love the pictures, but that Shark – boy he looks scary. So glad you were all in the stroller! Weather is cooler in PA also, low to mid 80s during day, mid to upper 60s at night – my kind of weather.. Tell daddy – Mia will have a little ‘talk’ with him soon, about his forgetfulness – LOL

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

Lololololol he will be glad to see you! ?❤️?

Kay Ankeny
Kay Ankeny
4 years ago

Sounds like you are having a great trip and some really good eats! Hugs ❤️❤️❤️

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Kay Ankeny

We are having a really nice time and it is much nicer now that the weather is cooler.

Shirley Skulimowski
Shirley Skulimowski
4 years ago

Sounds like the perfect day for all of you! You are sooo beautiful ❤️❤️

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

?❤️???

Joanie boughter
Joanie boughter
4 years ago

Omg i love Massachusetts i was born in Boston..glad u enjoyed ur timr

Linda Silvester
Linda Silvester
4 years ago

Sure sounds like you all had a great day. And you lucky little girls even managed to get a few yummy bites of lobster ??❤❤❤❤

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

The lobster was DELICIOUS!!!!

Theresa Goodwin
Theresa Goodwin
4 years ago

Ohh what a lovely adventure you are all having
Wish I was there Have fun Hugs ?

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

We have had a great adventure so far ??

Phyllis Singler
Phyllis Singler
4 years ago

Rockport is such a fabulous place also. You bring back fond memories for me. Thank you. Keep on traveling. I so enjoy yourcposts

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

Thank you for following along with us this summer ??

Becky Lansing
Becky Lansing
4 years ago

Wait a minute! Daddy slowed his truck down to a crawl and then pulled over to look at a roadside attraction? The nerve!!!
????????

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Becky Lansing

Ms Becky… it is very interesting that when something catches his eye… like an 18foot long shark… he pulls right off the road for a closer look! ?

Brenda Byron
Brenda Byron
4 years ago

Oh, Millie, I’m so glad you all got to try the lobster. It is delicious!! Yes, Katie will be good at running the boutique…. lol
Enjoy this cooler weather. Looks like a great stretch coming our way.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Brenda Byron

We are headed to Maine on Friday so hopefully EVEN MORE LOBSTER will come our way!???

Mary Hamilton
Mary Hamilton
4 years ago

Sounds like a really nice day! Glad you got some Lobsta!! Yum!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Mary Hamilton

It was a very nice day made better by the LOBSTER! ?❤️?

Judy Alter
Judy Alter
4 years ago

I love lobster too! Glad it is getting cooler for all of you.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Judy Alter

Thank goodness it is cooler! We were starting to melt! ??

Carol Copeland
Carol Copeland
4 years ago

Happy you had a great day!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Carol Copeland

Thank you ms Carol ??

SNUGGLES ANNE ENGEL
SNUGGLES ANNE ENGEL
4 years ago

I LIKE LOBSTER BUT HOLD THE BUTTER, PLEASE. I DO HAVE TO WATCH MY SCHOOL GIRL FIGURE.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

Lololololololol ??

Faye Lawrence
Faye Lawrence
4 years ago

HEY, HEY IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL ARE REALLY ENJOYING THAT LOBSTA !!!

THE LITTLE YORKIE PLANTER IS ADORABLE. I AM GLAD FOR YOU THAT THE WEATHER

HAS COOLED DOWN. WOULD LOVE TO VISIT ROCKPORT. HAVE THE BEST OF TIMES AS

YOU TRAVEL. LOVE

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Faye Lawrence

Thank you ms Faye. We have really enjoyed seeing Massachusetts! It is so beautiful here and everyone has been so very friendly! ??

Jeanine Wright
Jeanine Wright
4 years ago

Mmmmmmmm love me some lobsta! Lip smacking gooooood!

Love hearing about your adventures!

Have fun! ????????????????

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Jeanine Wright

We have really enjoyed seeing so many new things! ?❤️??

Joan Marie Schneller
4 years ago

Such a wonderful day you had In Rockport.cute Yorkie planter. glad tou all enjoyed the Lobster.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

Mummy can’t wait to put a new plant in her new yorkie planter. ??

Ina Rohde
Ina Rohde
4 years ago

Sounds like a perfect day for all of you…lobsta included.

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Ina Rohde

It was really a wonderful day. We saw lots of beautiful sights and the weather was perfect too! ?

Sherry Simon
4 years ago

Thank you for the information — I love LOBSTER! My mouth was watering just looking at the pictures. Is that Katie standing in the front of the stroller? You girls are so attractive ?❤️

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Sherry Simon

The lobster was delicious! I am the darkest one in the front of the stroller where we are eating the lobster.

Wendy Scoggins
Wendy Scoggins
4 years ago

Lobsta ladies! This looks so fun!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Wendy Scoggins

We had such a fun day??

Trudy Davenport
Trudy Davenport
4 years ago

Sounds like a magnificent day!!????????

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago

It was such a fun day and the weather was perfect. ?❤️???

Susan Thomas
Susan Thomas
4 years ago

I’ve only had Lobster once and that was when I was in Alpina, Michigan and I only had the tail not a whole one. Sureeeee Daddy pulls over to see the giant fake shark LOL That sounded like a nice store at Katies…….. I can’t wait for you to get to Mr. Ed’s your eyes will be big as saucers! LOL you better save some room to take things home! LOL it’s still pretty warm here but not as bad as it had been those few days. Be safe and have fun!

millie larue
millie larue
4 years ago
Reply to  Susan Thomas

We can’t wait to see Mr. Ed’s!!! I just wonder what all he has in that store!!!

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