Cape Cod has always been a place I wanted to visit. When I was in 7th grade some kids took a trip to the the Cape. I always remembered how much fun they had and their description of their whale watching adventure. When we started planning our trip to the East Coast, I thought of the Cape immediately and Scott was all in.
We scored a wonderful campsite on the Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT), a 22 mile bike trail that is flat and well marked. Our campsite is also less than a mile from the Cape Cod National Seashore and twenty miles from Provincetown, or P-Town as the locals call it. We stayed here for a month.
First order of business is a lobster roll. While Maine may be best known for lobsters, Cape Cod did not disappoint.
Cape Cod National Seashore
Henry David Thoreau wrote about Cape Cod, “A man may stand there and put all America behind him.” Today, the great Outer Beach described by Thoreau is protected within the national seashore. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and uplands support diverse species. Lighthouses, wild cranberry bogs, swimming beaches and walking and biking trails are all together in one wonderful place.
The famous lighthouse on every bag of Cape Cod Potato Chips.
Truro
Highland Lighthouse is nearby and has an adjoining golf course. Scott played 9 holes and said the views were wonderful.
Chatham
Digging for Clams.
We went to the Chatham Fish Pier to watch the fishing boats come in…
but we were not alone…
Cape Cod Canal
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway thats connects Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The approximately seven-mile-long canal traverses the narrow neck of land joining Cape Cod to the mainland. There is a bike path here that takes you from the Cape Cod Canal Museum to Buzzard Bay
The is a vertical lift railroad bridge. The middle section lowers for trains to cross, then goes back up for boat traffic. Very cool.
Hyannis
Home of the Kennedys’ and the JFK Museum and the JFK Memorial.
2 thoughts on “Cape Cod National Seashore and The Upper and Lower Cape”
I love seeing your pictures. This is one place that I would love to visit. You 2 are living life. Have fun.
Kathy
Hi Kathy, You would love it here. Very relaxing, but still kinda groovy and fun. So much history here to explore. We would definitely like to return some day.