Blogs from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America - page 3

The only reason I’m on Cape Cod is to relax before enduring the Kafkaesque Gehenna that is international travel. I hate to bore you, but Cape Cod is as delightful as everyone says it is. And though the comfort of my current lodging is unparalleled, I can’t really recommend it to any random wayfarer -- I'm couch surfing with some friends (thanks be to Dorria, Chris and Zoe). A few highlights of the Cape: Sundae School, a popular local ice cream shoppe that served me a bowl of flavor so exotic I can’t even remember what it wasWellfleet Bookstore & Restaurant, probably the best raw oysters I’ve ever had (admittedly, I’m not much a connoisseur of oysters -- but then again, oysters are often served to you swimming in their own urine, so who ... read more

Nach ca einer Stunde erreichen wir Cape Cod, Massachusetts wo wir jedoch erst gegen 19 Uhr bei unseren Couchsurfern Jonathan und Jaimie erwartet werden. Trotz durchwachsenem Wetter fahren wir über die ganze Halbinsel bis zum äußersten Zipfel- nach Provincetown, der Schwulenmetropole der Ostküste. 80 Prozent der Hausbesitzer in diesem 3200 Seelen Dorf sollen homosexuell sein, sagt mein Reiseführer. Dementsprechend liberal, bunt und schrill zeigt sich "P-Town" uns trotz Nieselregen. Außer jeder Menge Händchenhaltender Männer in zu engen Hosen laufen dort jedoch hauptsächlich Touristen im Rentenalter herum. Es gibt lauter witzige bis bescheuerte Läden ( zum Beispiel eine Bäckerei für Hundeleckerli) und kleine Cafés und Gallerien mit mehr oder weniger "Kunst". Dank dem bescheidenen Wetter machen wir nur einen kurzen Spaziergang durch die Straßen von P-Town und über den McMillan Wharf der w... read more

Friday 9/16/11 - Great sunny morning. Traveling to Bourne,MA today. We are going through New York and there are many State Troopers on the roads today. Reached Bay View RV Park, nice park with big lots. We are in site 266, with Jack and Barbara right next door. Relaxed until time to square dance at Cape Cod Twirlers. Had a good time, was all plus club. There were three callers there, Charlie Trapp, Mike - now lives in Tenn and knows Gene Aldridge, and a Kevin. After the dance we, Aleta and Shelby; went to McDonalds, got supper and took it back to the motorhome.... read more

This morning I borrowed Mike's road bike and decided to explore the Shining Sea Bikeway, a 17km bike path along a disused railway which runs from Woods Hole to North Falmouth through some beautiful scenery. Unfortunately we couldn't get the seat to go down, so I just had to make do with stretching my legs a little bit with each pedal. This started out fine, but after 4hrs was getting a bit painful. In North Falmouth I decided to take a 5km detour off the path to Old Silver Beach. When I got there there were cars queuing for ages to get into the car park, so I very smugly cycled past. The beach was horribly crowded though, with barely enough room to sit, so after a quick Oreos ice cream I hopped back on my ... read more

Vi kunne ikke komme hurtigt nok afsted fra dette motel. Men Morten ville dog lige forbi og have sin morgenmad, når vi nu havde betalt for det. Men endnu engang et minus til stedet.... der var ikke mere morgenmad tilbage! Cape Cod er en lille halvø syd for Boston og øst for New York. Det er her folk fra Boston og New York tager hen på ferie og weekend. Pga varmen var der bare overfyldt på Cape Cod. Vi ville gerne ud på spidsen for at røre ved Atlanterhavet, men idet jeg står ud begynder det for alvor at regne. Nå, ja det har kun regnet to gange på denne tur og det var når vi ikke havde brug for det - ved Six Flag og her ved stranden, hvor drengene gerne ville prøve at surfe. ... read more