Cape Cod Travel Information
How to fully enjoy the Cape Cod area.
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Biking on Cape Cod
April 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
My favorite scene in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is the montage of Paul Newman riding a bike through the pasture trying to charm Katherine Ross, with Burt Bacharach’s “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head” playing in the background. Call me crazy, but I would have fallen for the impish Newman character over Robert Redford’s rakish Sundance any day. So when Rich suggested we buy bikes some years ago to enjoy the many bike trails throughout Cape Cod, I was envisioning lazy afternoons... [Read the full story]
Cape Events
Cape Cod: A Brief Maritime History
April 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
To the mariner, Cape Cod represents both a hazard and a haven. On a sunlit summer day, with balmy breezes and endless sandy coastline, boaters can be lulled into a sense of complacency, blissfully unaware of the treachery that lies beneath. It is the shallow sand bars several hundred yards off the beach that present the greatest danger. Here is where countless storm driven ships have grounded over the years, broken into pieces under the pressure of tons of raging water, and spilled their fragile contents and occupants into... [Read the full story]
Activites
Nantucket: It Truly is a State of Mind
June 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Recently, I took advantage of a special FAM trip to Nantucket sponsored by the Steamship Authority, which offers fast ferry service to the island. The day dawned bright and sunny, but unseasonably cool for spring on Cape Cod and with the threat of afternoon showers. Undaunted, I grabbed my windbreaker and headed down Route 6A, the Old King’s Highway, to pick up my friends Helen and Mary for our date with the 11:00 AM fast ferry. Nantucket, many say, is a state of mind, and having lived there briefly between college... [Read the full story]
Press Releases
Top Ten Reasons to Stay at the High Pointe Inn
December 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Awarded Innkeepers of the Year 2009 Selected Top Ten Inn in the U.S. 2007-2008 Selected Top Ten Inn in North America, 2005-2006 Selected Top Ten Most Romantic, Undiscovered Inn 2004 Gold Award for Best B&B in the Mid-Cape 2008 Gold Award for Best B&B in the Mid-Cape 2007 Silver Award for Best B&B in the Mid-Cape 2006 Gold Award for Best B&B in the Mid-Cape 2005 Celebrating Ten Years of Innkeeping 2009 Located near one of the Ten Most Scenic Drives in America…Scenic Route 6A, the Old King’s... [Read the full story]
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Press Releases
Top Ten Reasons to Stay at the High Pointe Inn
Awarded Innkeepers of the Year 2009 Selected Top Ten Inn in the U.S. 2007-2008 Selected Top Ten Inn in North America, 2005-2006 Selected Top Ten Most Romantic, Undiscovered Inn... [Read more]
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Cape Events
Cape Cod: A Brief Maritime History
To the mariner, Cape Cod represents both a hazard and a haven. On a sunlit summer day, with balmy breezes and endless sandy coastline, boaters can be lulled into a sense of complacency,... [Read more]
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Activities
Nantucket: It Truly is a State of Mind
Recently, I took advantage of a special FAM trip to Nantucket sponsored by the Steamship Authority, which offers fast ferry service to the island. The day dawned bright and sunny, but unseasonably cool for spring on Cape Cod and with the threat of afternoon... [Read more]
Cape Cod Cranberries
As we rounded the corner on our favorite route back from Sesuit Harbor in Dennis this fall, Rich and I happened upon a cranberry bog in full harvest. It was one of those rare October days when the sky is impossibly blue, the sun warm, and the primary... [Read more]
Cocktails by the Cape Cod Canal
Often during the summer months, Rich and I will pack our folding beach chairs into the car, fill a cooler with drinks and hors d’ouevres, grab the dog and head for the Cape Cod Canal for what we like to call “Cocktails by the Canal”.... [Read more]
Off-the Beaten Path: The Backroads and Breadmakers of Cape Cod
For a real taste of Cape Cod the average visitor will need some Innsider Innformation. It’s not just all sand dunes and salty air on this remote sand spit that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Codders are hardy stock, hardscrabble folks who... [Read more]
Cape Cod Lighthouses
A couple of weeks ago, Rich and I headed down Cape to Truro, an area we have not yet explored in depth. It was a rare day for us in the summer– – no guests checking in that day and our already-checked-in guests all off early for a day of exploring... [Read more]
Won’t You Let Me Take You on A Seal Cruise?
On one of our frequent “jump in the car and see where it takes you” adventures, Rich and I discovered the Monomy National Wildlife Refuge, a division of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in Chatham. Around the corner from the Coast Guard... [Read more]
Shopping in Cape Cod – Shop Treasures
When Rich and I lived in North Conway, one of the major outlet shopping Meccas in New England, it was not unusual for guests at our inn to plan a whole weekend around shopping. This was especially true in the weeks just prior to Christmas, when hoards... [Read more]
It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…No, Wait, It IS A Bird: Cape Cod, A Birder’s Paradise
I grew up in New England, and one of my parents’ favorite pastimes was watching the birds at various feeders and bird baths they had placed around the yard. They weren’t birders, mind you, they just enjoyed watching the antics of birds bathing... [Read more]