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Planning a trip to Cape Cod? We spent a magical week there this summer and can't wait to return. Here is our list of suggestions for where to stay, what to eat, and how to have tons of family fun. Where to Stay A great campground at a great price with...
About two weeks ago, I shared a post about my frustration with getting (and keeping) our RV organized. After two years of good intentions, I decided to get serious and call in an expert. Yvonne Moss showed up with her measuring tape and smart phone, inspecting every...
Two years ago I found myself back in contact with my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Joe, whom I hadn't spoken to in 22 years. When Nancy found out that we travelled to New England every summer she insisted that we would LOVE Cape Cod, where she and Joe had retired, and she...
One of the wonderful surprises that Cape Cod offered us on our first visit was the great diversity of landscape. I think we expected to see beautiful beaches and dunes and not much else. However the kettle ponds, bay inlets, marshes, and wild National Seashore...
If you have been a reader of this blog for some time then you know downtowns are a bit tricky for us. We love local culture and enjoy exploring the bookstores, galleries, coffee shops, and restaurants of an area. However, our boys have never been stroller junkies and...
It was our fourth glittering summer morning on Cape Cod and I was brewing up a pot of coffee from Beanstock Roasters, whose headquarters was located about a mile up the bike path from our campground. We were almost out of beans and I was considering pedaling over to...
Every summer when we head into New England, we systematically work our way through the local seafood shacks. This tradition started four summers ago in Maine, where we happened to eat the best lobster roll of our lives at Marriner's Restaurant in Camden. Then the...
It would be easy to spend a week on Cape Cod, as we have done, and miss Nickerson State Park entirely. Why not just return to the golden beaches of the National Seashore, or spend another warm afternoon exploring the kid-friendly tide pools of Cape Cod Bay? Because...
Dear Janine, You probably don't remember us. The minute we pulled out of your restaurant, when calm and quiet was once again restored to the Marconi Beach Restaurant in particular and the entire Wellfleet area in general, I'm guessing you willed yourself to forget...
Cape Cod, where have you been all of our lives? It's hard to believe that we have never had the pleasure of walking your windswept beaches, bicycling along your wooded paths, and swimming in your sparkling bay. But it's our fault Cape Cod. The Siren Song of the...
