How does anyone deal with coming back from Cape Cod?
 

Spent 8 days camping in Eastham. Spent a lot of time at Head of The Meadow beach in Truro and at First Encounter in Eastham...mini golf, riding bikes on the trail which cut through the campground, ice cream, Orleans Firebirds baseball games (Cape Cod League), did a lobster trip out of P-town, saw huge seals while watching boats unload at Chatham Fish Pier, 9 year-old did a lot of body-boarding. Only one small wrinkle, it was howling the day I booked a fishing trip out of P-Town, so that got cancelled. Other than that, it was beyond awesome. Great restaurants. Fun at Arnolds, awesome pizza and ice cream at Savory, tried this bbq joint on rt6 in Wellfleet near Marconi, THAT was awesome. Ate 500 oysters while out there. Breakfast sandwiches at Nauset Market were fantastic.

Back to work tomorrow, where at some point I will bury my head in my hands and weep.

Amazing, amazing place. Could see retiring there.

Nice
Head of the Meadow brings back a lot of great memories. I hope you took them to Longnook and Balston too. My all time favorite family picture is at Head of the Meadow. I am jealous.
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We went to Ballston, didn't get to Longnook. We liked Head of The Meadow because (1) there is that tidal pool my little guys (6 and 5) swam in, (2) it has waves for my 9 year-old to body-board, and (3) there were a lot of seals, and (4) it's just beautiful to look at, and (5) it's not rocky at all.

Going for 10 days in 2017, already starting the countdown. Man oh man, what a place.

It sure is a great place and I love summer but give me September. Less crowds and beautiful weather. Glad you had fun.
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Jim, so happy you had a great time here...
I didn't know what I really had until I retired... Took it for granted, what a dummy! :smash:

Even with the questionable people that come over the bridge every morning.... See post 4

I can imagine sept is great. This was still the preseason, not too crowded. Unfortunately we are tied to the school calendar for the next 12 years
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Hey jim I and family was down there this weekend too camping,and hanging out the beach is nice down there.
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Nauset Market will make you a kick bass steak and cheese at 6:o0 in the mornin!

Stuffed quahog at Land Ho looks like a pie , they use sea clam shells, heart atack waiting to happen.... :cheers2::cheers2:

That was such a great place, the nicest people there.

Had one of those this winter when we were there.

I love all those places, the Barbecue smoker place has great food. I miss stopping at Moby #^&#^&#^&#^&s on the way back from all day at the beach too. I have not been back in almost 10 years, need to take a long weekend out there sometime soon

Get out there Slipknot. If you are the type of person who is moved by that place, being there is so profound and restorative and rejuvenating.

My hart and soul belongs out there,you have hit all of the stops when you came,glad to hear the kids loved it but how about the boss was she happy as well?
The reason I ask is my wife loves York Beach ME.
I too also enjoy York,people, shops food but the fishing is tough to dial in.

I want the Cape she wants York I'm a blue coller worker and can't flip the bill to buy in both places.


Torn.

5/0
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I thought for sure this thread would be about traffic. :D
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Me too....if I had to pick one place at the Cape...it would be head of the meadow.... I haven't been there in 20 years.. but the place holds some fond ( and not so fond) memories...

Never enough money or time.

My wife loves the cape. She (and I) also loves the White Mountains of New Hampshire, we love to hike and canoe up there. But I think if pressed, we would both pick the cape.

With traffic on Rt 6 backing up to exit 6 on Saturday and Sunday It's hard to leave

Bob you have to trade off one year the Cape the next year Maine, or just do as I do what ever makes her happy I do and everyone is happy
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LOL travel at night or in the middle of the week.

We used to meet you guys in the parking lot at HOM. Lotsa fish out there then...it was a fun time.

I try to get down every chance I can get. If it makes you feel worse, I was on my way there to take a Sous Chef job at a pretty famous restaurant in the 90's, and stopped in Burlington, MA on the way for another interview. I never really "left" the interview and started work the next day.

I can get to Wellfleet in two hours from Waltham, so I try to go for at least two weeks in June, then again weekends in September every year.

I feel like I get as much time in as I need.

I have lots of good friends at the Cape, some are gypsies, like marky, the Kulis brothers, and me, really.

Long term vacationers, like 5/0 and TTB, but I never see those guys, and fun residents like Guppy, Bruce, and Rich Wood.

My problem is that the fishing heats up on the North Shore at the end of June, and I can be there in 45 minutes. Makes for easy day fishing.

Maybe Mom and Dad will be selling the Bomba compound in two years and make the move full time. If that happens, the die will be cast. I will spend way more time down there, and find a way to parlay a little bigger boat.

You just hit the nail on the head why I stopped going south in summer/late spring.... it seemed every time we spent the weekend at the cape.... the fishing here got white hot...so now a days I fish @ PI and vacation in Maine...

Rich Wood, the captain from P-town? GREAT guy. I have taken my family fishing on the Beth Ann 3 times, he has a great temperament with little kids. That was the only downside of this trip, my scheduled charter with him got blown out and we couldn't reschedule.

We took the kids there a few years back, before went out the movies at the drive-in in Wellfleet. I remember Cameron at 5 years old, trying out his best pick up lines on a waitress there who was from Australia. It was hilarious...:laugha:

I still have yet to fish the outer cape beaches .. anyone wanna go?

Huge Cape Cod fan. Vacationed in East Harwich for years. Last year we tried Dennis. This year we are going to Brewster. Each town is great. We are a Bay family now with a little one. At low tide all the way out it feels like you are on another planet. Can't wait for August. I love the BBQ joint on Route 6. Love all the seafood everywhere you look. The fishing can be fantastic too.

For exploring bay side beaches with little kids, First Encounter Beach in Eastham is our favorite. Not sure how old your little one is, but ever since my youngest was 3, he has also enjoyed Head Of The Meadow in Truro (there is a town beach and a national seashore beach). That beach (facing the Atlantic) has a large tidal pool between the beach and the ocean, goes from 2 feet deep to 5 feet deep in places, depending on the tide. My little kids loved splashing and trying to swim in that tidal pool. It's not as good as the bayside at low tide for exploring, but a great transition to exposing them to a bit of swimming.

I just dont go to the cape so I dont have to worry about getting off that hellhole ... to many places in SE new England and RI with better beaches less traffic and 1\2 the headache .

As soon as my oldest could drive, we'd leave a ride at Ballston, drive up to Longnook with him and his younger bother,and spend the night fishing every point and hole in between.
Great times I'll never forget.

The RI stretch from Westerly to Narragansettt is very beautiful, and has always been special to me. As you said, it is a lot less crowded, and easier to get in and out of, than the Cape.

I have to say, going to a Cape Cod League baseball game was a terrific experience. Great level of baseball, cheap, you are right next to the action, locals root for the home team...just what a summer afternoon should be.

New England sure is a great place. We are so, so, so lucky. I am friendly with a family in my town, from miserable Africa, they own a convenience store. They always tell me, that they can't imagine being so lucky as to be born anywhere in the US, but particularly the New England coastal areas. I guess it's easy to take something for granted when it's been handed to you on a silver platter.