The
area of National Seashore near Nauset Light Beach in Eastham was the picture of
Cape Cod I had in my mind before arriving there. The sand dunes capped with
weather beaten wooden homes really made me feel like I had finally found the
real Cape Cod – yes it was just as Patti Page crooned, “You’re sure to fall in
love with Old Cape Cod.”
The beach itself, flanked by large sand
dunes and the ocean water was quite breathtaking. Although we did not have time
on our drive through, Nauset Light Beach is reputed to be a great place for
swimming, surfing and boogie boarding. The boys were a little young yet but in
subsequent vacations to Florida and North Carolina boogie boarding would rule
for them.
Just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod
the old town cemetery in Truro beckoned us to stop. This was the site of four
grisly murders in 1969 but that was not what attracted us to the cemetery.
Karen has always enjoyed reading the headstones and often learned a lot about a
place by doing so even with Adam riding along merrily on her back. Today Truro
is an exclusive town on the Cape, marked by affluent residences and rolling
hills and dunes along the coast.
Our final destination on Cape Cod was
Provincetown, located on the extreme tip of the Cape, which is reason enough on
its own to go there. Referred to locally as P-town, it is known for its
beaches, harbour, artists and reputation as a gay community. With a year-round
population near 3,000 that balloons in the summer months to 60,000 – thankfully
we missed that pleasure. The town is surrounded by water and strewn with boats,
working vessels and partially sunken wrecks, a living personification of almost
any Jimmy Buffett song, it was the perfect spot to terminate our exploration of
Cape Cod.
National Seashore
Truro
Provincetown
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