Lobsters and Chowder Tour 2008 - Day 9

Boston was fabulous, despite the lightning hits and torrential rain!

We have arrived in Cape Cod at a beautiful little motel aptly named "The Cove".  It sits on a tidal cove just off the Atlantic Ocean.  Boats are moored in the cove and wonderful houses dot the shoreline.

It is cooler out here, though the locals are complaining of the humidity.  Monday night we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Cap't Elmers in Orleans, Massachusetts, just down the road from our motel.  According to our friend Lloyd, a local, Captain Elmer's has the boats, the market and the restaurant.  And it tasted as fresh!

On the trip out we visited Gloucester and America's oldest fishing seaport.  And stumbled onto Pratty's, the bar where this season's After the Catch II was taped.  Didn't go in.  It was 10am.  And it looked as though they would really rather keep it sailors, fisherman and locals.

After Gloucester came Plymouth, site of Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II.  Quite a little! ship.  And still seaworthy since her 1958 crossing.

Today, Tuesday, we plan on a beach day and perhaps some mini-golf, a family vacation tradition.  But the beach will be more for looking and sand castle building than swimming. 59º water just isn't pleasant!  But it is forecast, or was, to be a humid hot day before cooling off on Wednesday.  This morning's local website forecast was not as favorable an outlook with a forecast high in the mid to high 70s.  But we'll see.  It's 8a.m. and the morning mist and fog is burning off and I can feel the day heating up, though its a bit overcast.

Thus, we look forward to whale watching on Wednesday afternoon. Hmm, sailing in the North Atlantic.  That should be an experience!

So, good morning from Cape Cod. It's time for a bit of breakfast.  Oh, check out www.rbw.net, scroll down to the "Lobsters and Chowder Tour" link.  There you will find Part 1 and Part 2 of a photo album.  Part 1 has about 5 pages of photos, Part 2 has 2 pages. You can do a slideshow or simply double click on a photo to enlarge it and navigate through the album.

So enjoy!