16/10: Cape Cod
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
The first destination for today is Woonsocket RI. Yup, Ed is after geocaches in Rhode Island. The GPS gave us a choice of highway driving or back road driving, so as I had first shift of driving I choose back roads. Roads in Connecticut are anything but flat and straight, so it was a pretty drive, though a little slow. After find four caches fairly quickly in Woonsocket we set the GPS for Provincetown Massachusetts right at the tip of Cape Cod. I've looked at the maps so I should have known, but Cape Cod is a lot longer than I expected.
As we were driving along we saw a sign for the Cape Cod National Seashore, so we stopped. The park is quite large and has a surprising number of private residences within it's boundaries. I think the park was established in 1960 so it makes sence that there are so many private residences.
It's cool, with a cool wind and overcast today, but we stopped to check out a lighthouse and the beach. No one was sunning on the beach today, though there were a number of people and dogs walking like Ed and I. The seals looked like they were enjoying the day as they swam near the beach.
A shot of the lighthouse through the provided picture frame. The beach by the lighthouse is wonderful. Unfortunately the bank is deteriorating at rate of 10 to 15 feet a year. The lighthouse was moved a number of years ago so it is not in danger of falling of the cliff.
The three sisters. These lighthouses (the lights are missing off of two of then) stood along the coast for a number of years. They were replaced the lighthouse in the previous photo.
My art shot.
Ed's art shot.
Provincetown is cute town with a large dock and lots of fishing boats. The motel we are staying at is about a 10 minute walk from the downtown area.
A little patch of blue sky allowed a streak of sun light that only lasted a few moments. Looking across the bay catching the moment of sun.
The Public Library and the Pilgrim Monument
We chose the restaurant we ate in tonight by the true and trusted method of seeing how many people werre inside eating. Let me tell you they had good reasons for being there. The food was amazing. Ed had a fish platter that included 2 big juicy scallops, 4 large shrimps and a big piece of fish along with home cut fries and restaurant made coleslaw and tarter sauce. I had fish curry to die for. We were told that the chefs are from Nepal (the reason I chose the curry) and you could taste the asian influence in the coleslaw and the tarter sauce.
As we were driving along we saw a sign for the Cape Cod National Seashore, so we stopped. The park is quite large and has a surprising number of private residences within it's boundaries. I think the park was established in 1960 so it makes sence that there are so many private residences.
It's cool, with a cool wind and overcast today, but we stopped to check out a lighthouse and the beach. No one was sunning on the beach today, though there were a number of people and dogs walking like Ed and I. The seals looked like they were enjoying the day as they swam near the beach.
A shot of the lighthouse through the provided picture frame. The beach by the lighthouse is wonderful. Unfortunately the bank is deteriorating at rate of 10 to 15 feet a year. The lighthouse was moved a number of years ago so it is not in danger of falling of the cliff.
The three sisters. These lighthouses (the lights are missing off of two of then) stood along the coast for a number of years. They were replaced the lighthouse in the previous photo.
My art shot.
Ed's art shot.
Provincetown is cute town with a large dock and lots of fishing boats. The motel we are staying at is about a 10 minute walk from the downtown area.
A little patch of blue sky allowed a streak of sun light that only lasted a few moments. Looking across the bay catching the moment of sun.
The Public Library and the Pilgrim Monument
We chose the restaurant we ate in tonight by the true and trusted method of seeing how many people werre inside eating. Let me tell you they had good reasons for being there. The food was amazing. Ed had a fish platter that included 2 big juicy scallops, 4 large shrimps and a big piece of fish along with home cut fries and restaurant made coleslaw and tarter sauce. I had fish curry to die for. We were told that the chefs are from Nepal (the reason I chose the curry) and you could taste the asian influence in the coleslaw and the tarter sauce.