I took one extra day on my work trip to get in some sightseeing and get another stamp for my National Parks passport book. Technically, Cape Cod is a National Seashore, not Park, but I got the stamp anyway. The weather was atrocious while I was out there and I suspect that being wet and cold for half the day is what brought on the cold, but no way will I let a little rain stop me!
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| First stop on my tour was all the way to the tip, Provincetown (better known as P-town) and to a Portuguese bakery. I thought it was just funny they had a Portuguese bakery since I would be in Portugal in one more week. |
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| Of course I had to try something! I selected the Bolas de Berlin (donut filled for Boston cream). The description said it was a Portuguese favorite. We'll see if there is such a thing when I actually get over there. |
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| Foggy morning on the water. |
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| Harbor towns are awesome. Love the atmosphere. Made me wonder how people survive the winters here... I was cold and this was June!!! |
Next stop was the Cape Cod National Seashore and a quest for lighthouses. I found a few. Funny, they were much shorter than the Florida lighthouses. I guess this is because they are placed on land that is at a higher elevation, where in Florida all land is only a few feet above sea level.
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| The potato chip bag light house 😄 |
Next stop was Chatham, a super cute little town. I think if I were to return to Cape Cod for a real vacation, I would stay here. I could spend hours watching the harbor seals.
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| At first I thought there was a row of rocks on the far side of the harbor and a few seals in the water. Then I realized they were all seals! Tons of them!!! |
What could top watching seals? Nothing, but the tour of Cape Cod was not finished. Next I went to a Lavender farm. I book I bought really talked this place up, so I had high expectations. The book didn't mention that you had to drive down a very narrow dirt path to get there. I was sure my little rental Toyota with the "check engine" light on would not make it out. Oh well, all in the name of an adventure.
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| Lavender from afar is not very impressive. |
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| It looked a little better up close. |
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| But only truly beautiful with an extreme close up. How many things can you say that about? 😄 |
That concluded my world wind tour of Cape Cod. I finished the day with a walk on the beach back at the cottages then dinner at Skippers across the street. Of course I had a bowl of New England Clam Chowder. Delicious!!
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| The sky finally cleared up by the end of the day. It was still windy and chilly, but at least it dried up a bit. |
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| The beaches here are so different than Florida. First off, there are no high rise condos or resorts, only these little cottage style houses. I didn't see anything over three stories high on the entire island. There also were no fast food chain restaurants, all mom and pop places. Really cool place and a nice change for a few days. |
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