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

Biker's Paradise

Cape Cod is a biker’s paradise and we always load up all four bikes for our Cape vacations. One of my favorite books is Short Bike Rides on Cape Cod, Nantucket and the Vineyard, by Edwin Mullen and Jane Griffith. You can also look online for maps and routes, or discover your own. One of our favorites is the Shining Sea Bikeway in Falmouth, near Silver Beach. {excerpt from the upcoming Compleat Day Tripper: Cape Cod} - by author Marlissa Briggett

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