Today we were to get from our morning hotel and drive through Boston without actually stopping in the town for the sake of budget and time. Also our focus on exploring the outdoors would be distracted from this. Our usual morning routine was to get coffee and hit the interstate, with the goal to head to Cape Cod. The drive through boston was smooth and overall enjoyable. We made it to the Cape and drove through the central road to the tip. The drive itself in my opinion was not particularly scenic, but our idea for the day was to get a nice lunch on the water, and reach the tip of the cape at Providence.
We stopped at a place on the coast for lunch, and ate very well. We had pasta and of course a lobster roll since that was the primary food to try in the region. Overall it was delicious but the price of lobster rolls no matter where you go can leave a bitter taste in your mouth after leaving. Nonetheless we had a nice lunch on the water, thus mission accomplished! While we continued to drive along the coast, we saw many beautiful houses, but also a camping area on the cape (which I found interesting being surrounded such nice houses). We decided to setup camp before we headed about an hour down the street so we could relax the rest of the day.
As we headed toward the tip of this peninsula, it struck me that this was where the founders of this country that came across from Europe landed, and wow was it spectacular to know it was where it all began. We had found many historic houses and building, and the most notable of these were the lighthouse that reflected off the tip. We decided to have drinks at a place on the coast….which was on a beautiful location on the water. We also decided to tour the sand dunes which are a scenic area of the cape. These were spectacular but with our limited time we headed back towards the campsite. This was a nice day, but it was bittersweet knowing that the trip was quickly coming to a close.
EXPENSES
9.09 Dunkin Donuts
15.05 gas
53 lunch
13 beer
6 tolls
4 parking
35 camp
9 games
14 beer
25 beer
4.30 snacks
Total – 187.44