Cape Cod Vacation

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by edmorel

- B

 

[Douglas]

How far are the various towns and beaches from one another by car? Is it easy to get around once there if I do have a vehicle?

Also, I note that the drive up I-95 looks like it hugs the coast (I've never driven this route before, at least not in years and years). Are there any good places to stop along the way, roughly halfway between NY and the Cape?

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Douglas

How far are the various towns and beaches from one another by car? Is it easy to get around once there if I do have a vehicle?

Also, I note that the drive up I-95 looks like it hugs the coast (I've never driven this route before, at least not in years and years). Are there any good places to stop along the way, roughly halfway between NY and the Cape?

Wife-friendly:

Enroute: http://www.innatmystic.com/

Mid-Cape: http://www.chathambarsinn.com/

P-town: http://www.crownepointe.com/


- B

 

[Douglas]

Thanks, Bill. I should have figured you'd have all the most exclusive places staked out.

I was thinking of stopping more for the day for a few hours. If we do it, we'll go up in two 4-5 hour spurts, stopping overnight in NYC. We've got the little tyke to be concerned about, and wife refuses to lock her in the car for that long a stretch at a time. So the hope is to break each stretch in half and have drive time coincide as much as possible with nap time.

I think she's being ridiculous, but the kid does hate the car and I won't be the one sitting in back trying to divert her attention.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Douglas

I was thinking of stopping more for the day for a few hours.

You can keep to the coast and stop in Newport. Should be about three and half hours from NYC, if the traffic isn't horrible. You could have lunch at the Spiced Pear, and if you two want to stretch your legs carrying the tyke, you could do part of the Cliff Walk and maybe visit The Breakers.


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[Agnacious]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

You can keep to the coast and stop in Newport. Should be about three and half hours from NYC, if the traffic isn't horrible. You could have lunch at the Spiced Pear, and if you two want to stretch your legs carrying the tyke, you could do part of the Cliff Walk and maybe visit The Breakers.


- B

Rosecliff was always my favorite (no fancy link), but the point stands that the cliff walk and mansion tour can be fun for adults. As an aside, my Grandmother was about to buy the Marble house back when it was considered a white elephant, but a family emergency kept her from going and the Newport preservation soc. grabbed it. Til her death, no one could mention the marble house. I went on a tour and found it to be disgustingly garish.

But whoever said Orleans on the Cape echoed the sentiment of my aged memories of where I would go.

 

[Douglas]

thanks for the great suggestions. just the kind of thing i was looking for.

 

[shoreman1782]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Wife-friendly:

Enroute: http://www.innatmystic.com/

Mid-Cape: http://www.chathambarsinn.com/

P-town: http://www.crownepointe.com/


- B

Chatham Bars is fantastic. Look out for sharks up there, though, these days.

No cape for me this year

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Douglas

thanks for the great suggestions. just the kind of thing i was looking for.

you're not going next week, are you?

 

[Douglas]

I was thinking about it but decided to skip yours and kunk's little **** bash. wouldn't want to interruptus the coitus.

Actually, srsly, we're considering the week after Labor Day. I hear September at the Cape is amazing.

Can't swing the Chatham Bars - Way too pricey for me, especially this year (house project).

 

[thekunk07]

september and october is a great time to go IMO

 

[pscolari]

Originally Posted by crazyquik

[Will Ferrell as Harry Caray]
If you have a house in Sandwich, how hard would it be to eat yourself out of house and home?
[/Will Ferrell as Harry Caray]


Awesome.

 

[NH_Clark]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

september and october is a great time to go IMO

+1 .. last week in Aug is good too. You want to time it right to miss the greenhead season.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Can't swing the Chatham Bars - Way too pricey for me, especially this year (house project).

If you like the idea of Chatham, I've had friends who have stayed at this place and liked it:

http://www.pleasantbayvillage.com/

If you want something beachy and inexpensive, but near Ptown for restaurants etc., I've heard good things about:

http://www.sandbars.com/


- B

 

[crazyquik]

Better go while the gettin's good!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/us...me&ref=general

ORLEANS, Mass. "” Rising nitrogen levels are suffocating the vegetation and marine life in saltwater ponds and estuaries on Cape Cod, creating an environmental and infrastructure problem that, if left unchecked, will threaten the shellfishing industry, the tourist economy and the beaches that lure so many summer visitors.