Cape Cod - I
Some trips are remembered because of the marvel of the places visited and some are remembered just for the travel and the friends. The trip to Cape Cod was of the latter type. After staying indoors for all of winter we decided to make a trip to any place to celebrate the last week of being together as one of our friends was bidding adieu. Well, I am tempted to say that it was more to console him than to celebrate as he is going to India to lose his bachelorhood. But then, that's a totally different subject.
We made the plans on the eve of the travel. Desperate googling revealed few places that sounded great and we made a decent plan to cover 3 of the 4 regions in Cape Cod (the upper cape, lower cape, mid cape and outer cape). The route to the different places was sandwiched between trees that would have looked astounding during summer or fall. They did not look too bad even in their winter outlook of baldness either.
The first place that we visited was en route in Rhode Island. There was a flower and garden show that happens only for 4 days every year, may be to mark the beginning of summer. The show was pretty good with nice arrangements of flowers varying from a simple bouquet to the garden in front of the Eiffel tower. There were also many vendor shops for garden set-up and maintenance and other miscellaneous shops. The place was good, but I don't think it was worth the $17 entry fee.
The second place that we visited was the Cape Cod natural history museum. The website suggested it would be a good place to watch the flora and fauna of Cape Cod, but we got a different opinion when we reached there. A discussion with the person at the front desk revealed that the place was not what we expected it to be and she was kind enough to suggest that we can go on the John Wing's trail at the museum if the exhibits do not interest us. The trail lead us through woodlands into a marsh land and then to the beach. The place reminded us of villages back home. Wonder why we do not make those as tourist destinations.
We made the plans on the eve of the travel. Desperate googling revealed few places that sounded great and we made a decent plan to cover 3 of the 4 regions in Cape Cod (the upper cape, lower cape, mid cape and outer cape). The route to the different places was sandwiched between trees that would have looked astounding during summer or fall. They did not look too bad even in their winter outlook of baldness either.
The first place that we visited was en route in Rhode Island. There was a flower and garden show that happens only for 4 days every year, may be to mark the beginning of summer. The show was pretty good with nice arrangements of flowers varying from a simple bouquet to the garden in front of the Eiffel tower. There were also many vendor shops for garden set-up and maintenance and other miscellaneous shops. The place was good, but I don't think it was worth the $17 entry fee.
The second place that we visited was the Cape Cod natural history museum. The website suggested it would be a good place to watch the flora and fauna of Cape Cod, but we got a different opinion when we reached there. A discussion with the person at the front desk revealed that the place was not what we expected it to be and she was kind enough to suggest that we can go on the John Wing's trail at the museum if the exhibits do not interest us. The trail lead us through woodlands into a marsh land and then to the beach. The place reminded us of villages back home. Wonder why we do not make those as tourist destinations.
To be continued
posted by Jammy at 2:42 AM
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Nice snaps! What camera did you use to take these?
Multiple cameras - Canon S3IS and Canon SD850IS
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