If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages, here and there..... 'Seasoned citizens' will recognize the lyrics to the song 'Old Cape Cod'. After checking into our campground, we left about 2 pm to explore the Cape. We drove along the coast road to pass through quaint little villages. Actually not what we expected but a New England feel anyway. Out on the tip of the Cape are the famous 'dunes'. Very desolate and peaceful. The building is an old life saving station. The Mayflower anchored off here and the pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact. (look it up) The town of Provincetown is out here on the tip of the cape as well. On this Memorial weekend Saturday, the place was jumping. I think there was a convention out here. It's about 50 miles from the tip to the bottom of the 'hook' and it was getting late. We wanted to see Hyannis Port while we were out, and it was getting dark when we got there. We didn't see the Kennedys but we felt like we were rubbing fenders (not literally) with the upper crust. There is a memorial to JFK. (As always, click to enlarge) We got 'home' after dark, and totally exhausted. Too much that day. But the next morning, refreshed, we drove the 30 miles to Woods Hole to catch the ferry to Martha's Vinyard. We chose not to take the Jeep, which was a good move, and walk on and use a day pass for the buses on the island. It's a 45 minute ride to the island. That's a snack bar in the 4th picture. Here are some of the other vessels we saw along the way. This place is full of 'quaint little villages' and other 'quaintness'. And full of people on this holiday weekend. It's a place for the rich and famous, but we forgot to ask where the Obamas stay when they come here. One tip of the island is called Gay Head and features a lighthouse and a little group of shops and a restaurant all run by a Native American tribe. Although there were many tourists there, it was isolated and peaceful. Other scenes from around the island. The ferry terminal is in the town of Oak Bluffs, and there is an area there called 'Gingerbread Houses'. These are centered around a temple which turned out to be Methodist, not Mormon as we thought. The houses were originally tents set up when the faithful came to camp meetings. Houses were eventually built to be used only in the summer as they are not insulated or heated. But they are cute, colorful, and indeed quaint! We had to try a popular restaurant for a lobster roll and New England clam chowder. And at the end of a long day, the ride back. A very good day, and not too tiring since I didn't have to drive.
All for now. Stay tuned.
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Who are we?Chuck and Mary Lou have been traveling in their RV since 2002 and have lately been taking longer, extended trips. This is our way to share our experiences. Trip Reports
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