The first time I visited Cape Cod, two years ago in 2021, I stayed at a place more centrally located on the cape, Yarmouth Port. I wandered the villages and beaches on the Atlantic coast, as well as a few other interesting spots (see below for links). Falmouth is on the southwestern point of theContinue reading “Cape Cod beach walking”
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Newport Cliff Walk
Looking for an interesting day trip from Cape Cod, I decided to check out Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is well known for hosting the America’s Cup, an international sailing regatta, the Newport Jazz Festival, and massive mansions. An upscale hangout for the rich and famous, those that can afford yachts and mansions, considered summer cottages,Continue reading “Newport Cliff Walk”
Boston waterfront
In my wanderings around Boston to follow the Freedom Trail and visit art musems, I walked. The distance to the waterfront was a little further, and in eighty degree (F) heat, it seemed like a good idea to take mass transit in one direction. I was staying at a bed and breakfast in Back Bay,Continue reading “Boston waterfront”
Boston art day
When I planned what I wanted to see in Boston geographically, it easily fell into three groupings: a history day, an art day, and a waterfront day. I chose two museums to fill the art day, the incomparable Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the unique Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum. Both were southwest of myContinue reading “Boston art day”
Boston Freedom Trail
Follow the red brick stripe! The path, starting at the Information Center in Boston Common, a site where colonists gathered to rally, winds through city blocks for two and a half miles, linking historically significant sites from days of the American Revolutionary War, the war for independence from England, and the country’s early years. The trailContinue reading “Boston Freedom Trail”
Boston Common & Public Garden
My bed and breakfast was at the east end of the Back Bay neighborhood, less than one block from Boston Public Garden. I returned the rental car I used for my week in Cape Cod to Logan Airport, took the free shuttle to Back Bay, and walk, walk, walked around Boston from that central location.Continue reading “Boston Common & Public Garden”
Heritage Gardens
My last few days on Cape Cod this trip took me a few drives away. In 2021, I had arranged to meet a longtime friend but a ferocious storm blew in (Nor’easter) upending any plans. This time, we met in Duxbury for lunch, a town between the Cape and her home near Boston. Rowers wereContinue reading “Heritage Gardens”
Martha’s Vineyard
Just a ferry ride away, I took a day trip to Martha’s Vineyard. A short walk to the Steamship parking lot in Falmouth and then a shuttle bus to Wood’s Hole brought me to the port. Forty-five minutes later, on the good ship Nantucket (named for the other popular island off Cape Cod), across VineyardContinue reading “Martha’s Vineyard”
Falmouth bike path to beach
Happy to spend some time at Cape Cod again, I offered to cat sit for a week in July while my son and his wife visited friends in another state. The summer crowds were in full force, and there were hour-long lines or reservations required at restaurants in Falmouth. (Pictures of downtown and nearby WoodsContinue reading “Falmouth bike path to beach”
Colorado National Monument
Decades ago, I rode through the twisting, winding road that follows the rim overlooking the plateau carved by the Colorado River. I was not the one driving then; this time I was. At times, the twenty-three mile road seemed precariously close to the edge, sometimes with guardrails and sometimes without. At one of the firstContinue reading “Colorado National Monument”
Ruth Rosenfeld 