We once had a boating holiday on the Thames. This was a very pleasant way
to spend a week, literally going with the flow. But it had one huge
downside.

When we had travelled up the river for three days, it was time to turn
round and head back and that turn round point seemed to mark the end of
the holiday. We still had three days left but all the steam had gone out
of it.

The end of Cape Cod gave us a similar feeling.

Yes, it was the end of the holiday but we had set out that morning
determined to enjoy our last day. When we left Provincetown and headed
back to Hyannis, we both knew it was over.

The drive up to Provincetown was just as I imagined it would be. As the
strip of land gets narrower and narrower, you get glimpses of the sea on
either side and the sand dunes start to encroach onto the road.

It's kind of bleak out there and I should imagine that Winter must be an
experience.

On Aug 11, 4:57 pm, Mick the Merciless wrote:

Thanks for a great read, Mick.

Katherine

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:06:09 -0700, Katherine wrote:

Glad you liked it.

On 08/11/2007 20:06:09 Katherine wrote:

'twas indeedy !

Mudge wrote:

Reminds me of my own trips to Cape Cod, the first time in 1977. It doesn't
really change much. One of the best attractions is whale-watching trips in
Cape Cod Bay. Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are interesting too.

Your biggest mistake was trying to drive a car in Boston! The "T" is a
much better way to get around, and it goes to the airport (close, anyway).
It's as hard to find your way out of the centre as Norwich. Trying to get
on the freeway towards Maine, I was directed by firemen down a one-way
street - the wrong way! I don't know if GPSs can cope with Boston streets,
but a map is pretty useless. I could pinpoint where I was, but had no idea
how I'd got there from the last time I pinpointed.

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:50:03 -0400, MartinS wrote:

We were novices. However, the plan was never to drive in Boston anymore
than simply getting out of the place. Until the great (extended) moment
arrived, we had no idea how much fun that would be.

Being our first US trip, and the interweb being as yet unproven to us, we
booked the flights, the hotel for the first couple of nights, and the car
hire, through a local travel agent. We thought the hotel would be close,
not fifteen miles away.

It was a godsend to us that our friends met us there and guided us to the
hotel, otherwise we'd still be looking for it.

On 08/12/2007 12:16:39 Mick the Merciless wrote:

Where were they on the building of the big ditch - I suspect that would
not have helped much either - quite a big project

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:38:48 +0000, Mudge wrote:

At that time, I think they were in the middle of the dig. I know that in
2002 it was still very much 'there' and causing as much chaos.

I'm not 100%% sure but I don't think, looking at the route from Logan to
Peabody, that we were caught in the Big Dig horror the first time we
arrived in Boshton, however we did get caught up in it when we came to fly
out.