Eastham it is for vacation, need final suggestions

[capecodder]

Lots of great advice already, but I'll throw in a little as well.

Fairway restaurant is excellent for dinner as well, very kid friendly and very good food. Always been happy with it. Arnolds is great, but also Moby #^&#^&#^&#^&s in Wellfleet which is BYOB as opposed to Arnolds.

The beach in front of you is as good as it gets. Ocean side beaches are beautiful, but crowded and the water is FRIGID. Your kids will be much happier in the bay.

Provincetown is definately worth a trip. At low tide walk across the jetty in the harbor and on to the flats (or part way) with the kids. Marine Specialties will be a hit with your 6 yr old. Have lunch outside at the Surf Club looking at the harbor. Dolphin Fleet started the whale watching industry in the NE. Your kids will like the Wydah Pirate museum on the wharf. Bike through the dunes out to the beaches on the Provincelands bike path. The CeeJay does harbor fishing trips that may be pretty good for the kids.

We have spent many vacations on the outer cape with our kids where we rarely leave the house/beach. You can rent kayaks and have them delivered to your house. On a calm day, take a light tackle setup out in the bay and cast to stripers and blues. Soak some sand eels on the bottom at hi tide. Sunsets are amazing. Sand bars and tidal pools will keep the kids happy.

If you wish to cook your own lobsters, call Cheryl the Lobster Lady in N Truro. Best lobsters on CC, hands down. She sells from her garage the lobsters her husband brings in that day. None better. PM me for a number. Pick them up on the way back from PTown.

The CC Rail Trail (bike path) is not far from you and goes by Arnolds.

If I were you, I would focus the activities from Orleans/Chatham to PTown. Otherwise you will have lots of traffic issues between Orleans and Dennis on Suicide Alley.

So much to do, start planning for next year...

[jredfly]

Originally Posted by capecodder

Moby #^&#^&#^&#^&s in Wellfleet which is BYOB as opposed to Arnolds

I can see why BF would say Moby #^&#^&#^&#^&s is a tourist trap because most of the time I would rather go to smaller local places when I am on vacation. If you do go to Moby #^&#^&#^&#^&s one good tip I got is do not be intimidated by the the long line out front it moves very fast. The line was beyond the length of the building into the parking lot and I was seated in 15 minutes (family of six). It is very casual with picnic tables, I thought the food was good and I found out they change the oil in their frialators daily.

Be careful in the surf with the kids on the ocean side!

A lot of great advice in this thread, I am going to save to use my next trip down.

HAVE FUN!!!