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Nantucket: It Truly is a State of Mind

dhoward — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:29:39 +0000

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, [...]

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Nantucket: It Truly is a State of Mind

Biking on Cape Cod

dhoward — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:24:42 +0000

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 [...]

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Biking on Cape Cod

Cape Cod: A Brief Maritime History

dhoward — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:35:37 +0000

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 [...]

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Cape Cod: A Brief Maritime History

Cape Cod Cranberries

dhoward — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:30:02 +0000

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 colors of summer softly waning autumnal. There [...]

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Cape Cod Cranberries

Cocktails by the Cape Cod Canal

dhoward — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:10:32 +0000

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”. It’s a great way to wind down after a busy [...]

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Cocktails by the Cape Cod Canal

Off-the Beaten Path: The Backroads and Breadmakers of Cape Cod

dhoward — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:42:46 +0000

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 have learned how to eek out a paycheck using all sorts [...]

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Off-the Beaten Path: The Backroads and Breadmakers of Cape Cod

Cape Cod Lighthouses

dhoward — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:30:43 +0000

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 on their own. We [...]

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Cape Cod Lighthouses

Won’t You Let Me Take You on A Seal Cruise?

dhoward — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:00:01 +0000

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 Station, off Morris Island Road, we followed the signs for the Rip [...]

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Won’t You Let Me Take You on A Seal Cruise?

Shopping in Cape Cod – Shop Treasures

dhoward — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:04:18 +0000

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 of folks would take advantage of tax-free shopping [...]

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Shopping in Cape Cod – Shop Treasures

It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…No, Wait, It IS A Bird: Cape Cod, A Birder’s Paradise

dhoward — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:43:51 +0000

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 and munching on seed. It seemed pointless to me at the time, [...]

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It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…No, Wait, It IS A Bird: Cape Cod, A Birder’s Paradise