In just a few miles we were in Massachusetts. We stopped at a tourist info for some motel discount coupons but the place was closed. I'm not sure this is a wise move in a tough economy because if the few tourists traveling can't find information about what a state has to offer they won't be spending any money - the tourists will just move on to the places they can find. Same with Rhode Island - all of their tourist info places were closed also.
Eventually we found a town and got some breakfast. A few miles later and just before we crossed the bridge to Cape Cod we did find a tourist info place open and got some more brochures and discount coupon books.
Cape Cod is quaint and the homes are beautiful. We rode highway 6A, a winding twisty most of the way out to the end and then finished up the trip to Provincetown on US-6. On the way to Provincetown we stopped at a church cemetery. Many graves were from the 1800s and a few from the 1700s. The mausoleum had been turned into a information room including information on how the stone cutters could be identified by the shape of the tombstones. We were going to eat in Provincetown but the streets are not car/motorcycle friendly; they were narrow and had cars parked along side. Restaurants listed on the GPS seemed to be closed and parking would have been a problem. We left and headed back down the island. We were able to find a place and all of us had some great seafood.
We had checked out our options for lodging early on and knew we had a good chance of getting rooms at a good price in Hyannis. We did just that. After checking in and relaxing, David and I went for a swim; first in the outside pool while the inside pool was being cleaned and then in the inside pool. Do we know how to live or what?
Our motel is in town so we are within walking distance of several restaurants and shops. David and I walked to a seafood place; Ted and Wanda rode down shortly after. We had great seafood for the second time today. I'm guessing in the next or so we will continue to have great seafood.
We are loving Hyannis and all the things to see and do here so we have decided to stay another day here and do more tourist stuff.
One 'oops' moment happened when the shifter fell off of David's motorcycle while we were heading down the highway towards Hyannis. He saw it fly off and was able to pull over. I ran back down the highway and picked it up. It was the heel shifter and he could still use the toe shifter but it was something he didn't want to lose. The difficult if not impossible part was next, trying to leave the shoulder and pull back onto the highway with bumper-to-bumper traffic. Finally a car stopped and flagged us out and onto the highway; that car has Massachusetts plates. Who said Mass drivers were bad? Of course we haven't made our way past Boston yet.....
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