The plan today is to drive to the Eastern extremity of Cape Cod, Provincetown, taking in the sights along the way. First we need breakfast, and we walked across the road to a restaurant called "Friendlys", not sure if they served breakfast, as it seemed to be an ice-cream place. They did serve breakfast, and it would have to be the best deal in Cape Cod, a big serve of eggs, bacon and toast for under US$5.
Well fuelled for the day, we took to the road. As we ventured South, we were taken by a "Pumpkin Patch" that we just had to stop and investigate.
It seemed to be a fund raiser for the local church, and why not use Halloween to get a few extra $$$'s.
The marketing team also seem to be pretty switched on.
Our next deviation off the main road as Harwich, which looked like an interesting and affluent area, filled with what are possibly holiday homes.
We then moved on to Chatham, quite a big place and overlooking a daunting entrance bar. There was a memorial to sailors who had failed to make it over the years, and in the early years of exploration, many ships appear to have been lost here.
There was also a modest private club, on the seaside with a few tennis courts, suggesting all is not too bad in Chatham.
Not too much further down the road we reached the Cape Cod National Seashore Park, which is very extensive and covers much of the coastline from here on. We stopped in at the information centre to get our bearings before moving on to our next stop on the coast, Nauset Beach.
A lovely old home not far from the lighthouse
The coastline here has extensive marshlands
Nauset Beach Lighthouse
Next highlight along the coast is the site where Marconi successfully made the first wireless radio transmission across the Altlantic ocean. Unfortunately the original building was lost to the ocean as the sand dunes it was constructed on eroded away. All that is there now is a lookout
And a walking trail to a white cedar swamp forest, that we didn't bother to indulge in.
We ventured further towards the end of the Cape, with one last stop before arriving in Provincetown.
The Cape Cod Lighthouse and Highland Links Golf Course, were a must see on our list.
The Cape Cod Lighthouse
The Pro Shop at the Highland Links Golf Course
It looks like course that is not for the faint hearted
We are now finally off to Provincetown, located on the tip of the Cape. It is much bigger than we expected, and a very nice place. I imagine it would be very, very crowded in the tourist season, as it is also serviced by a high speed ferry from Boston.
Provincetown holds an important place in Americas history, as it was the pout of the first landing of "the Pilgrims" on the Mayflower in 1620.
Today it is a thriving town, obviously largely driven by tourism. The scenes below will give you the flavour of the place.
It was time for lunch, and what else would you have in Provincetown, but Lobster Salad Rolls, and Lobster Tacos. They were delicious. Tasted even better waged down with a Cape Cod Amber Ale.
Kathy enjoying the Tacos, with sweet potato chips
David with a lobster roll (closer shot of the taco on the right)
We tried to walk off lunch before heading home and took a few more photos.
By the time we got back to Hyannis we were ready for a relaxing drink, and ended up going back across the road to the seafood place we had dinner last night, because we enjoyed the food.
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