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Tim and Linda Bunyan
CAPE COD:
"THE CAPE"
Falmouth, Massachusetts
8/19 - 8/25 Saturday arrived Falmouth, Sippewissett Campground and Cabins. www.sippewissett.com
walkabout: Hyannis Harbor.
Along the beach, we came upon the Kennedy Compound surrounded by fencing and private gate. It was next to the public beach. It showed to me that the Kennedys really chose to live close to the American people.
We met Jimmy Keys, a colorful comedic entertainer. He was in town for appearances. A local gentleman & his wife introduced us. We spent a couple of hours in this local enjoying the views and the company of patrons.
We attended the Cape Cod Melody Tent (theatre-in-the-round) www.MelodyTent.org
Martina McBride at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, MA.
8/21
rested. Solar Eclipse. Long shadows, pic of Woodstock.
8/22 Rode bikes and Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard.
From our RV Camp, we rode 6 miles on the
"Shining Sea Bike Way" to Woods Hole and the Steamship Authority Ferry dock.
This finely designed Bike route even had a mechanic shed for repairs along the route.
We took that route to visit Martha’s Vineyard
into pastures and groves founded by Methodists at "Oak Bluffs SummerCamp".
Our bike ride continued after lunch passing Captain Morse House, now an elegant 1800 fine vacation house. Whaling activities, to 1845, was the largest industry for these islanders gone by.
Many historic homes and
buildings are maintained in this tiny historic center of Edgartown.
On the horizon is Nantucket Island, another outer island of the Cape. It is further removed and further spendy. Purposed that way which keeps much of the tourists outside its realm.
FUN FUN FUN!
Our return route from Provincetown is along the Cape Cod National Seashore and what a definite view and open splendor of a place for the public. The visitor center is maintained and we are here for a sunset visit.
This is a place of sanity with miles of open seashore views for a few enjoying the environment. It is nature at its best:
quiet and calm and serene.
CAPE COD:
"THE CAPE"
Falmouth, Massachusetts
8/19 - 8/25 Saturday arrived Falmouth, Sippewissett Campground and Cabins. www.sippewissett.com
RV Park is by private
owner, The Tessier family and quite quaint!
Outdoor Movie Night was a white sheet supported by two poles and assorted lawn chairs on the grass.
We bought Tickets for the Ferry at the Office.
Laundry room (last load in by 8pm).
Our home on
Cape Cod
Outdoor Movie Night was a white sheet supported by two poles and assorted lawn chairs on the grass.
We bought Tickets for the Ferry at the Office.
Laundry room (last load in by 8pm).
Our home on
Cape Cod
8/20:
Hyannis, a village on the
Cape Cod peninsula:
Cape Cod peninsula:
We set out on foot for a day
Lunch at local Baxter’s Boathouse on the
waterfront. It was a friendly place.
We met Jimmy Keys, a colorful comedic entertainer. He was in town for appearances. A local gentleman & his wife introduced us. We spent a couple of hours in this local enjoying the views and the company of patrons. 
We attended the Cape Cod Melody Tent (theatre-in-the-round) www.MelodyTent.org
to see Martina McBride perform. It was delightful and a small venue with a circular, revolving
stage. Wonderful venue. Tim had reserved tickets back in June for us
to attend.
Great timing. Martina's motorhome, she travels much as we do: With Style !!
Great timing. Martina's motorhome, she travels much as we do: With Style !!
Martina McBride at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, MA.
"Carousel of Light" a merry-go-round in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
This hand-carved carousel, by a man (Lance Shinkle
in 1988) that lives here, down the road from the school. He carved it for his daughter because they
liked merry-go-rounds. It has been saved and cared for by the school. It functions as a fundraising aspect for the Mullen-Hall School. www.carouseloflight.org.
The nautical theme includes seahorses, mermaids, seashells and a King Neptune chariot.
The nautical theme includes seahorses, mermaids, seashells and a King Neptune chariot.
8/22 Rode bikes and Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard.
From our RV Camp, we rode 6 miles on the"Shining Sea Bike Way" to Woods Hole and the Steamship Authority Ferry dock.
This finely designed Bike route even had a mechanic shed for repairs along the route.
We rode bike on the Vineyard along the ocean
(location scene from Jaws filmed on this beach) to Edgartown.
We had a 5-star meal at Atlantic Fish & Chophouse, selling Napa wine for $200! I had to have the Lobster Roll and Tim had Tuna
sandwich like none other.
Others arrived by dinghies to dine at the Atlantic. The harbor dock is filled with dinghies!
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Our bike ride continued after lunch passing Captain Morse House, now an elegant 1800 fine vacation house. Whaling activities, to 1845, was the largest industry for these islanders gone by.
On the horizon is Nantucket Island, another outer island of the Cape. It is further removed and further spendy. Purposed that way which keeps much of the tourists outside its realm.
8/23
To Provincetown.
Set out early as planned, 8:00a.m. for us retired folks. It is a scenic 75 miles drive to the North end of Cape Cod to:
Provincetown. We visited Skip and Pamela
Shensky’s daughter (we met from Caribbean Ice in Louisiana). We met up with Elizabeth where she works at a delightful place called the Canteen with
a sandy floor backyard and view and access to the ocean. Great fish ‘n chips !!
We had a wonderful visit
with Elizabeth. She is here from completing her culinary studies in New York to live and work in the service industry at
22 years old!
She is not ready and does not yet know to go back home to New Iberia, Louisiana…. a place where young people launch with little
incentive to return. I hope she does go
back as she is an angel and young and it is a huge unending world here to live for a
youth-adult.
She is not ready and does not yet know to go back home to New Iberia, Louisiana…. a place where young people launch with little
incentive to return. I hope she does go
back as she is an angel and young and it is a huge unending world here to live for a
youth-adult.
FUN FUN FUN!
Our return route from Provincetown is along the Cape Cod National Seashore and what a definite view and open splendor of a place for the public. The visitor center is maintained and we are here for a sunset visit.
This is a place of sanity with miles of open seashore views for a few enjoying the environment. It is nature at its best:
quiet and calm and serene.
Tim secured our National Park visitor's stamp.
FINDING THE TITANIC:
FINDING THE TITANIC:
8/24
Visit to Woods Hole the start of the Shining Sea Bikeway
for our MBL Tour.
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at the Pierce Exhibit
Center included a visit to the Marine
Resources Center for a look at the marine animals used in research, and we were able to walk the Institutes' campus. The science laboratory is where the ocean
discovery, shark research, and finding the titanic originates.
At Waterfront Park and the MBL is the Pierce Exhibit Center.
Dockside, the actual research ship: Atlantis was there with ROV: Alvin inside. This is used to examine ships and ocean, and hydrothermal vents by Robert Ballard.
ATLANTIS:
The ship that
found Titanic,
by Mr. Robert Ballard
What a wonderful man Mr. Robert Ballard is for being the messenger to the public in the interest of our Earth
(he says: "Our planet should be called Ocean because our earth is 70% ocean)!
The ocean continues to be studied at:
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: WHOI.
Dockside, the actual research ship: Atlantis was there with ROV: Alvin inside. This is used to examine ships and ocean, and hydrothermal vents by Robert Ballard.
ATLANTIS:
The ship that
found Titanic,
by Mr. Robert Ballard
What a wonderful man Mr. Robert Ballard is for being the messenger to the public in the interest of our Earth
(he says: "Our planet should be called Ocean because our earth is 70% ocean)!
The ocean continues to be studied at:
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: WHOI.
Sandwich,
Cape Cod @ Shawnee Crowell State Park
8/25
Friday We relocated our home to the West side of Cape Cod. We walked along Cape Cod Canal
wwwcapecodcanal.us.
The Visitor’s Center featured ‘GPS' map displays to scan and monitor locations of vessels transiting the canal.
Canal barges travel from New York to Boston. Some of the barges carry automobiles and trucks.
The Visitor’s Center featured ‘GPS' map displays to scan and monitor locations of vessels transiting the canal.
Canal barges travel from New York to Boston. Some of the barges carry automobiles and trucks.
We soak in the waterfront, lunch, and fish for cod and flounder, and then we lounged on
the front porch in a rocker chair at the Visitor’s Center. HeritageMuseums.org
Sandwich, MA
8/28
Monday
Hy-line Cruise, Canal
1st the thing you see to Cape Code is the Canal. It is a man-made, fully excavated canal built over a hundred years ago. The project’s financier August Belmont
II.
Many come here:
Many come here:
3 million people per year use it for recreational
purposes.
Any kind of boat is allowed. Phil Donahue & wife Marlo Thomas frequented this place in the ’90s, dined at the Bee-hive Tavern Bob Kind owns
Café Chew.
Any kind of boat is allowed. Phil Donahue & wife Marlo Thomas frequented this place in the ’90s, dined at the Bee-hive Tavern Bob Kind owns
Café Chew.
We enjoyed our 3-hour Sightseeing Cruise through Cape Cod Canal,
to the Sandwich Boat Basin.
Sights: Onset Bay to Wickers Island to the Railroad Bridge, Canal Traffic Control Center in Bourne.
The Bourne Bridge (to Falmouth) and Scenic Park includes RV campsites along the shore, and the
Sagamore Bridge is the entrance to Cape
Cod Bay. The Army Core of Engineers took control in 1928.
2017 Travel Tour: going to discover MAINE !!!
Sights: Onset Bay to Wickers Island to the Railroad Bridge, Canal Traffic Control Center in Bourne.
The Bourne Bridge (to Falmouth) and Scenic Park includes RV campsites along the shore, and the
2017 Travel Tour: going to discover MAINE !!!
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