Here on Cape Cod for an early June vacation. What an ideal time to come to this glorious destination in Massachusetts. This is our third time staying at a friend’s vacation house in Chatham, and it is a wonderful mix of things new with many things familiar. It is late enough to be warm for swimming but early enough in the summer to get greatly discounted rates (as most families are still finishing the school year). So the stores and beaches are open but no one charges for parking until next week and the crowds have not yet started choking the streets.