Reply to Cape Cod Primer?

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "Cape Cod Primer?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO there are 2 Cape Cods (or 4 dep. on how you look at it, but I'm taking the rougher cut).  My family started going there (P'town) in 1936.  I've been going there since I was 4 months old (60 yrs ago).  We have always / only stayed in P'town (1955-69; 1977-78), Truro (1990-2010; 2014-15) and Wellfleet (2011-13).

There's the Cape from the Canal to Chatham (Lower Cape, or Upper/Mid/Lower), and then there's the Outer Cape (Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, P'town).

The Outer Cape is IT for us.  Truro and to a lesser degree, Wellflleet, are still more like old Cape Cod and are wonderful, esp. in Sept.-early Oct.  We go to P'town for day trips or dinner, whale watch, rent a sailboat from Flyer's Boatyard (who maintained my grandfather's Cape Cod Knockabout from 1936-68), sail on the Hindu (gorgeous old charter schooner) or Bay Lady II ... Go to the Nat. Seashore, Race Point, walk out Snail Road over the dunes to the Ocean side, galleries, etc.

The bay side water is much warmer and calm, the ocean side is cold and rougher, and now with the many seals around, sharks are more prevalent.  Just don't swim where you see seals (you can go to the ocean beaches and find hundreds of them sunning on the beach dep. on location & time, etc.).

There's more to do in Wellfleet than Truro.  Truro is still Old Cape, as we love it... rustic, quiet, gorgeous.  For a family Chatham may be a better base but do yourself a favor and take at least a couple of days to see P'town, Truro & Wellfleet.  They are worth much more than a drive-by.

We go up for 2 wks each Sept. after Labor Day, prices are lower, no crowds, beautiful weather, not beach stickers needed (you can go to any beach in any town), etc.

LOVE the Cape.

[/quote]

Completely agree with this. We have a place in chatham, but welfleet will always be my heaven. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics