Tag: Cape Cod
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Hydrangea Festival
Peak hydrangea-season, mid-July on Cape Cod. My aunt, my grandmother, my brother and I spent the day in Chatham, touring the local gardens of the annual Hydrangea Festival. To be perfectly honest, though, the tours weren’t really necessary. The most beautiful hydrangeas of all were out in public, free for all to see. Chatham Main…
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Shining Sea Bikeway
New favorite discovery in my own back yard: Shining Sea Bikeway. Round-trip, 21+ mile paved bike path from North Falmouth to Woods Hole (right at the ferry port). We parked in Falmouth, rented bikes (there’s a shop RIGHT at the start of the trail), then biked all the way down, stopping for cranberry bogs, marshes, and beaches. IT’S…
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Chatham
When my sister and I were little kids in the midst of family vacations down the Cape, we used to BEG to go to Chatham. We loved the candy store. It was always the highlight of any vacation. Decades later, the magic is still there. Main Street, America. It’s good to be home for the…
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Monomoy
A day trip adventure, in search of seals. We didn’t find any, but we did find this refuge. I used to come here often as a kid, but I never appreciated it then. Today was a rediscovery. I’ve seen beaches all over the world; Mediterranean, Caribbean. I think this is my favorite, an hour from…
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Fort Hill
Exploring beautiful Fort Hill and the Penniman House on the Cape (and playing with my brand new camera). I used to come here to hike with my family when I little – I even wrote about it in the diary I had at age five: “We walked in the woods and got very wet.” THAT…
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