Just thought I'd post about last week's trip to the Cape.

Headed out Saturday morning, traffic was light and the driving was easy. Our check in at Dunscroft by the Sea wasn't until 2pm, and we arrived in Harwich Port around 11am, so we headed out to Chatham Light and parked the car to eat a light lunch. Our light lunch turned into a short nap, but what a relaxing place with the sunlight dancing on the ocean water in front of us.

Saturday night, we headed out to find a place to eat. First stop was a restaurant we thought we had been to before. It turned out to be a real stuffy French place, which isn't really our thing, so we went down the road to a bar and grill called "400 Club" that had awesome portions and an excellent staff.

Sunday morning we ate breakfast with a couple from "Boston", then headed out to Woods Hole, where we got to see captive seals being fed. The ride down was great: light traffic, sunshine, serenity. We started to walk around, but the wind was really brutal, so back into the car, for a short ride around (the area isn't large), and back towards Harwich Port. The traffic coming towards us was at a standstill. We moved along quite freely.

Monday morning brought the arrival of a snowstorm. After breakfast, we headed down to the water to watch the snow fly. Neither one of us had seen a snowstorm over the ocean. The tide was in, and the waves appeared to want to take even more of the beach. None of this affected the gulls search for food, however.

The ride home was interesting. US-6 was slippery and just a mess, though this didn't stop others from going along at 65mph (mostly New York and New Jersey plates). Off the Cape, the roads fared much better, and I only saw one accident near Sturbridge.

Things confirmed: People who say they are from Boston many times are not - as above, the individual said every time he "crosses the Charles into Cambridge coming home from work." This irritates many longtime Bostonians.

Also: People who are in the mortgage business do not like to hear about how overpriced you think the housing market in the area has become, (I didn't know he worked in mortgage until afterwards!), no matter how much truth there is in that statement.

And: There is no off-season, even on Cape Cod.