A Day on Cape Cod

Dolphin Restaurant in Barnstable, Massachusetts 

JFK Memorial

Our plan had originally been to go to Cape Cod and then farther south to Rhode Island.  I don't think we realized how many things we would be able to see so we decided we would take another day to visit Rhode Island.  Cape Cod begins as you cross over the Sagamore Bridge and ends in Provincetown at the tip of the peninsula. Because of work being done on the bridge it took us about 45 minutes to get across which meant lunchtime.  We ate at a quaint restaurant called the Dolphin Restaurant.  Everyone there seemed to be local people and in fact much of the area had signs on closed businesses that said "see you in the Spring."  Although they specialized in seafood I had a BLT and Scott had a Poppyseed tuna salad sandwich.  Both were excellent. Once we were fed we headed to Hyannis.  We drove around and saw some amazing houses and bunches of miniature golf courses which looked like they would have been a lot of fun.  While driving we saw a sign for a JFK memorial so we checked it out.  It looked out onto a bay and was quite beautiful.  There was also a memorial for veterans of the Korean War. Our next plan was to find a lighthouse.  Although we followed directions we weren't having any luck so we headed to the next destination which was a bird sanctuary.  Much easier to find.  By that time I was definitely needing a brief nap so I stayed in the car and rested and Scott went inside and enjoyed some bird watching.  You can see his post below this one.  Once we finished there we headed back towards the Sagamore Bridge but fortunately Scott knew the light house name we were searching for and we noticed a sign along the way.  We made a left and drove down to the beach and the beautiful Nauset Lighthouse.

The View From the Memorials

Korean War Memorial

Cape Cod was really great and we appreciated cooperative weather and clear views.  We will definitely go back so Scott can spend more time at the bird sanctuary and maybe enjoy some miniature golfing!