Day Tripper Boston: DayTripping from Farm to Factory

DayTripping from Farm to Factory

Communing with Seagulls at Yarmouth

by our Cape Cod Gather blogger Rick S.

Sea Gull Beach is the largest beach in Yarmouth MA, on Cape Cod. The beach faces south on Nantucket Sound and is located a few miles east of Hyannis. It's popular with teenagers for swimming and windsurfing in the summer, but in the winter it's a great place for a quiet walk.

Looking west down the beach:

Looking back to the east, the lifeguard stations stand waiting for the summer crowds:

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Winter Walking at Eastham

Year-round Cape visitors and active retirees have known about the Eastham Walking Club for years. The Club walks weekly, every Wednesday from September to May. Recently drafted after longtime leader Hortense Kelley stepped down. Don Heyer leads the weekly pack of several dozen retirees and walkers of all ages, trekking down access roads and along beaches at a challenging, but reasonable pace for the crowd. Club members do extensive research before each walk, scouting and even clearing trails, getting permission from landowners, and reading up on local history and geology to entertain walkers during the occasional stop to collect stragglers. For more on the club and other Cape walks and hikes, visit the Cape Cod Trails Conference blog.

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Play Ball!

A great Cape Cod thing for baseball loving family in the summer is to go to Cape Cod League baseball games. You'll find college baseball players here in the summer; also a lot of great players and also guys who won't go to the majors. We like Orleans and Chatham's parks, but haven't been to games at any of the others yet. They play a short season, so by early August it's winding down (the players need to get back to school!).

Seagull Sunset

Seagull Sunset at West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod
Photo by Barbara Peirce, Sturbridge, MA
Taken July 7, 2008

West Dennis Beach Information: Off Rt. 28, West Dennis, MA 02670. Phone 508-394-8300