Archive for the 'Cape Cod Sightseeing' Category

Nantucket: Daffodils and Daytrips

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Yesterday I took advantage of a special FAM trip to Nantucket sponsored by the Steamship Authority, which offers fast ferry service to the island. The day dawned bright and sunny, but unseasonably cool for spring on Cape Cod and with the threat of afternoon showers. Undaunted, I grabbed my windbreaker and headed down Route 6A, [...]

More “1000 Great Places” on Cape Cod

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

As the state prepares to assemble a list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Times decided to give them a little help. In an online survey, the Times gave readers a chance to choose, from 103 notable spots in and around Cape Cod and the Islands spot, those that truly deserved to [...]

1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

On January 16, 2009 the governor of the state of Massachusetts enacted a new law that will establish a commission to designate “1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts”– destinations worth visiting within the Commonwealth. The promotion will encourage travel to the state as well as give a boost to civic pride. But how do you choose [...]

Cape Cod’s Three Sisters Lighthouses

Monday, February 16th, 2009

This morning, thanks to an article in the Cape Cod Times, I learned the significance, and recent history of, the Three Sisters Lighthouses in Eastham. The lighthouses earned the Nauset station the reputation as the only one in the country with three towers. The towers seemed doomed to extinction after the turn of the century, [...]