Andrew Delaplaine - Cape Cod--The Delaplaine 2021 Long Weekend Guide

CAPE COD The Delaplaine 2021 Long Weekend Guide

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Every time Im on Cape Cod, I think two things: Thank God it never turned into the Hamptons and Thank God its still the same. Its not of course. Nothing ever really is the same. But when you run into old-timers on Long Island, theyll tell you how it was in the Hamptons before the mega-rich moved in and built their monstrously inappropriate mansions, bringing along with them, naturally, their monstrously inappropriate attitudes. The Hamptons with their fancy shops and nightclubs. (Can you ever imagine a NIGHTCLUB on Cape Cod? Not really.

Who would ever go to it? Im not including P-town in this statementwith all the gay people out there, of course they have nightclubs.) Cape Cod is really one of the great things about America. Theres a unique ecosystem or lifestyle or way of life or mindset on the Cape, however you may want to describe it. The cheesy little stores selling dust collecting souvenirs, the roadside seafood shacks selling fried clams the way they have for decades, the quiet beaches on Nantucket Bay, the shops selling saltwater taffy and other summer goodiesall of it is remarkably the same as it was when my grandmother used to drag us out there from Boston every summer. Its kinda like the northern version of the Florida Keys. (Though the local people couldnt be more different if they triedthe ones up on the Cape actually read books and know whos President. In the Keys, they couldnt care less.) Like Key West, Cape Cod, and especially P-town, has been a magnate for artists of every type.

If youre lucky, you might be able to catch filmmaker John Waters tooling around town on his weird looking bike. Just as the Keys are divided into three parts, the Upper, Middle and Lower Keys, Cape Cod goes them one better and is divided roughly into four parts: the Upper Cape, Mid-Cape, Lower Cape and Outer Cape. (Five parts if you count the IslandsMarthas Vineyard, Nantucket and the others.)

UPPER CAPE T he Upper Cape runs north to south and is bounded by Buzzards Bay and the Cape Cod Canal. Sandwich takes the honors as the oldest town on the Cape, thus the most historic. Charming Falmouth and its lovely waterfront arent far away. Woods Hole, of course, is home to the big oceanographic institute youve probably heard a lot about over the years.

Then theres Mashpee, New Seabury, Bourne. MID-CAPE Exactly as the name indicates, Mid-Cape is in the middle of the peninsula, boasting towns like Hyannis (famed for its Kennedy connection), Osterville (where we stayed with grandmother in a whitewashed house), Barnstable Village, Dennis, Yarmouthport, Centerville, West Barnstable, Craigville, Cummaquid, HyannisPort.

L OWER CAPE In the geography of the arm that Cape Cod forms, this area starts at the elbow and makes its way north. Chatham is the jewel of the Lower Cape, sporting a charmingly quaint downtown area, shops and restaurants. Chatham makes a great place to stay because its so centrally located to the rest of Cape Cod. (Long before the lobster roll, he probably had his lobster cooked over a spit with no drawn butter and loved them just as much as we do today.) Also here youll find Harwichport and Brewster. (Long before the lobster roll, he probably had his lobster cooked over a spit with no drawn butter and loved them just as much as we do today.) Also here youll find Harwichport and Brewster.

The thing that gets me about Leif Eriksson is why in Gods name he didnt send his boat back and tell the crew to bring their families. Think of the real estate he could have stolen from the Indians.

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