Rest day

Here's a couple of pictures that I missed last night -

This is the walk up food stand on the street to MacMillan Wharf where we bought our lunch. I have to admit that I didn't know that Linguica is Portuguese sausage which as Susan said was really good. Between the divided street there is a little park with benches where everyone was sitting and eating. There is a huge parking lot by the wharf which was almost filled - my question is, what's this place like in the season?

The ride home parallelled the Cape Cod National Seashore for about 20 miles. We stopped at the Cape Cod Lighthouse but didn't see the beach. When we did stop this what the beach looks like. It's hard to see in the picture but in addition to the shore break there is another break farther out. On the right is a 40 - 50 foot sand dune. You can access the beach by a wooden stairway.







Wednesday- We drove down to Woods Hole, location of the Oceanographic Institute and other related  buildings of the Marine Biological Laboratory and National Marine Fisheries Service. The ferry to Martha's Vineyard is also located in Woods Hole. The place is an old fishing port with narrow streets that has grown so large that I couldn't even find a parking spot. Some of the streets had parking on both sides and there wasn't enough room for the two way traffic.We drove around drooling because we wanted to walk around the village and visit some of the shops, especially the coffee shop. No such luck, so no pictures. So we made a coffee stop in Falmouth on our way to Hyannisport for afternoon tea with the Kennedy's. Today just wasn't a lucky day since their family was not in town.

  We drove back to Sandwich to look at the Cape Cod Canal which really is wide. Its part on the ICW for yachts traveling north and south. Off of the canal is a large well protected marina with dockage for commercial fishing boats, private boats and home of the Coast Guard Station Cape Cod.









Heading back to the RV we talked about how Sandwich got it's name. Susan is sure it's named after the Earl of Sandwich. I, on the other hand think that this is the place where the pilgrims, when they were exploring the cape, came for lunch and ate their sandwiches.

Thursday - Today is a rest day. We're not leaving the park. Rest, we'll be cleaning and straitening up the RV, doing laundry and I'll be figuring out how we're going to drive around Boston. Our mail care package is arriving tomorrow in Newburyport. We'd like to stop at Salem or Gloucester but so far haven't found an RV park or State Park that is open. They really are serious about their season which apparently starts on May 1st. Looks like we may wind up in Salisbury.