Bay View Campground –
Cape Cod
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Our drive from Rhode Island to Cape Cod was very easy and
uneventful; however, it was driving mostly on interstates. The best thing is
that it was only about 60 miles and the traffic wasn't bad at all.
After we arrived at Bayview Campground on Cape Cod, we set up
our RV and got very comfortable. This park was very nice with every amenity you
could imagine and very clean spacious sites. The weather was overcast and
gloomy, with little sprinkles here and there, so we decided just to take a
scenic drive around parts of the Cape to get our bearings. We drove around the
northern part of the Cape towards a town called Sandwich, which is an
historical Colonial area. While there we drove to and walked on East Sandwich
Beach to check it out. The beaches are very different there, lots of gravel and
rocks, but the sand is really nice; it seems to be natural sand not renourished
beaches. We also drove around the town of Pocasset, which was near where we
were camping. This town is on the south side of the western part of the Cape.
All of these areas were beautiful drives through winding rural towns with many
small farms. There were several quaint small towns, obviously original Colonial
settlements. This is what we pictured as typical New England. However, we again
had no idea that Cape Cod would be so rural, with many big pickup trucks like ours
driving around the area, we never had a hard time finding diesel fuel.
The next day we decided to drive to the Eastern end of the
Cape to a town called Chatham, which is a major fishing harbor. Chatham is the
typical New England town as we expected with all the original Cape Cod style
homes and quite a few mansion homes along the coast, it was gorgeous. We walked down to the fish market and the
docks to watch the fishing boats come in. There were many seals who waited for
handouts from the fisherman. Then we walked around the downtown area of Chatham
to check out the shops and restaurants. We found a really nice restaurant that
didn't have a huge waiting line and was a pub and grill, with very good food.
We had a nice lunch there. We then headed home to get the dogs out for a walk
so they could stretch their legs as they have been cooped up in the RV for a
couple of days.
The Cape Cod Canal is a very wide sea-level canal extending
across the narrow neck that joins Cape Cod to the mainland. Along the Canal are really nice bike trails
on both sides. We took the dogs up there to run along the trail and get rid of
some pent-up energy, they really enjoyed it.
We were really wanting to jump on the ferry to Martha's
Vineyard, but the next two days the weather was going to be overcast and rainy.
So we decided to stay through Monday as the weather forecast was much better
and we would take the Martha's Vineyard Ferry then.
The next day we were able to again hook up with some friends,
David and Linda, who we had met RVing back in 2013 when we did our first tour
around Northern Florida. At that time they had just decided to full-time RV and
work on the road. They are currently working at an RV Park in Cape Cod, so we
went over to their place and had breakfast with them. We had a nice time together talking about all
of our travels and experiences RVing.
So on Monday we decided to load up and take the ferry to
Martha’s Vineyard. We took our bikes so that when we got over to the Vineyard
we could ride around the island. The weather was a little overcast but the
ferry ride over was really nice and we arrived at the town of Oak Bluffs. While
there we rode our bikes around town, checked out a lighthouse and all the old
homes and neighborhoods. After strolling around town a while and checking out
the little shops we decided we were hungry and found a really nice restaurant
right on the bay front where we could sit and look out at the boats while we
had our lunch. I had a lobster grilled cheese sandwich! It was quite good, along with the nice
chilled glass of sangria. After lunch, Kurt rode his bike around to the Western
end of the island while I relaxed at the docks. The ferry ride back was very enjoyable,
and from there we decided to ride our bikes from the ferry dock back to the
parking area along a very nice bike trail called Shining Sea. At the end of the
day we really enjoyed Martha's Vineyard and the experience of being there.
Tuesday, July 12th – Wednesday, July 13th
Boston Minuteman
Campground
When we left Cape Cod, we headed to Harvard, Massachusetts.
It’s outside of Boston about 45 miles, in a really nice rural area. We met up
with some friends, Ken and Noelle, who used to live in Jupiter. Ken worked with
Kurt and I at the same company about 15 years ago. We really enjoyed their friendship
back then, and since reconnecting, we wanted to visit them at their home in
Harvard. It was great to see them again, talk about old times and get caught up
on what we are up to these days. We spent two days hanging out with them at
their home and exploring the area. It’s so amazing when you haven’t seen
friends in a long time and when you do, it’s like nothing has changed, expect maybe
some grey hair. They also have a very awesome dog, Nika. We will keep in touch
and hope to see them in the future and continue our friendship.
We also went mountain biking one morning at a local town
park. The trails were much more difficult than what we are used to; with very
steep, rocky and rooty single track. Maybe these trails will help us improve
our skills as we continue to ride in New England.
For our next adventure, we will move on to Vermont, where we
will spend 3 weeks in 3 different areas. So excited to visit this beautiful
state.
