Chatham Pier – peerless
We decided to do a loopy tour of Cape Cod today, loosely based on the recommended loop that Mike & Helen leave in the Inn rooms for their guests.
Not everything on their loop took our fancy, but we certainly liked the idea of a few scenic stops along the way (Fort Hill, Marconi Beach, Race Point Beach to Provincetown, a look around that place, then back via Chatham.
In Provincetown, we struggled to make the local parking app work, settling in the end for $20 a day car park near the centre of town.
We enjoyed walking around, taking in the vibe of the place, streets and sea front…
…looking at the quirky wharf mall, and taking ice cream there…cos that’s what you do in a place like Provincetown.
Then on to Chatham, where we stopped at the village end of the town and then walked past some beautifully appointed houses/gardens…
…to the fishing port part of the town.
Beside the fish market, we saw the afternoon catch arriving, with gulls and seals waiting eagerly in the hope of some tasty by-catch.
Quite a full day, that, leaving us no time to sit like lord and lady muck on our terrace before it got too chilly. Instead, we readied ourselves for dinner and braced ourselves for the 30 second walk from our Inn to the Old Yarmouth next door, where we had booked a table in the Red Room, in the hope of seeing the ghost.
Disappointingly, the ghost didn’t show, but we did enjoy a feast of shrimp in coconut starter, followed by swordfish (in Janie’s case) and a “lazy lobster” dish in my case, which was not only pieces of buttered lobster but also a breadcrumby pounding of shrimp and scallops too.
Again, enormous portions beyond our ability to finish, but very tasty.
If this article does not have sufficient eye-candy for you, by all means delve into the infeasibly large number of pictures we took that day, through this Flickr link or the picture link below.
