It was with heavy heart and a cranky attitude that Al left Maine. The piles of freshly split firewood, old friends, the promise of snow and the upcoming deer hunting season were all calling to him. However, once on the road, he was all about Cape Cod!
The amazing Tulip has found her inner wheels and was quite content with the road rumbling beneath her and the world whizzing by her. It was a pleasant 300 miles!
The Cape Cod bike trail is as good as the brochures describe it. It is a paved boulevard with rolling hills, curves, cranberry bogs, rotaries, beaches, bridges and a rock hiking trail in Provincetown across Cape Cod Bay to a lighthouse.
We took our bikes on the ferry to Martha's Vineyard. The island is fairly large and not really quaint, but it has great biking trails along beaches and thru forests and towns. The small fishing harbors and the gingerbread houses are picturesque. Most all structures on the island, as well as Cape Cod, are sided with cedar shingles that age to a weathered gray.
Cape Cod was much fun, but we have overstayed our visit in New England; it is getting really COLD! It has been nice to be on the coast again. We need to plot a path south... and fairly quickly before it snows. The forecast is not good for the upcoming ten days. Our plan is to take a wide swing around NY City and then due south to Pensacola!
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ooooowww... that bike trail looks scrumptious! (I love the pink backpack, Anne-Marie.)
ReplyDeleteNot liking the cold so much??? ;)
It will be good to have ya'll back south again, although I must say I can understand the tug of the cool, crisp days, smell of woodsmoke in the air, etc. etc. etc.
Be sure to give a ringy dingy when you arrive down here. BTW... it's colder than the dickens here, but will be warming up a bit later this week.
Travel safe. (I'm glad Tulip has finally decided to join the trek - spiritually as well as physically.)
Hope ya'll are doing well. Can not wait to see you soon. Lee and Nancy
ReplyDeleteCranberry harvesting!! Exactly what my family is doing in Bandon, OR!! Come on "home"! We'll have the lights on and the warmer weather waiting!
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