We started our day by by heading to the National Park Service’s Salt Pond Visitor Center. The ranger was able to give us some good advice about which sights and hikes would fit our itinerary.

We made our way to the town of Provincetown, on the tip of the cape. Their library (which is apparently one of the best in the country) has an actual full-size ship located within the children’s section of the building. (Sadly, the interior of the ship is not accessible to the public.) The library also offered the “best view in town” from its upper levels.

We drove back down the cape to do a short hike to an area swamp. As we started our trek, a sign warned that this was a tick infested area. The ranger said that the ticks are not out in force yet, so we shouldn’t worry too much about them. Nevertheless, we doused ourselves in tick/mosquito repellant before our walk. The swamp was accessible via a raised boardwalk and was quite swamplike.

We started our second day in Cape Cod by driving to an area of Yarmouth that supposedly has a lot of old mansions. We failed to find the mansions we were looking for, but somehow stumbled upon the Edward Gorey House. Neither of us knew who Edward Gorey was, but we decided to tour the house anyway. It was small and probably very interesting for people who enjoy the works of Edward Gorey.

Next, we drove to some tidal flats near Brewster. Valerie was hoping to find some tidepools, which we failed to do. However, we did see a lot of flat beach.

Valerie wanted to go for a bike ride, so she browsed the Internet for the best easy bike ride on the cape. We eventually made our way to Falmouth and rented a couple bikes for a quick 45 minute ride (each way) to Woods Hole. After a quick snack at a local cafe, we made our way back to Falmouth and then headed off the cape to Plymouth, where we are staying the night.