in addition to bicycling on Cape Cod, we did some sightseeing, too. We visited Hyannis and Hyannis Port on the southern end of the cape. This is the location of the Kennedy Compound and the place from which the Nantucket Island ferry departs. We ate lunch on the docks at a seafood restaurant where we enjoyed fish chowder, lobster bisque, native clams and sea scallops.
After lunch we took a boat tour of Hyannis harbor and saw the marina where the Honey Fitz, President Kennedy’s yacht, was kept.
The tour then took us out to see the Kennedy compound including the homes of Ted Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and the Shrivers.
We learned that when President Kennedy was visiting the compound, the Secret Service did not want him staying in his own house for security reasons so he stayed in a a house loaned by a neighbor.
After the boat tour Irene and I biked to the Kennedy Memorial and around the harbor. We then headed home concluding another interesting day.
The next day, after riding the northern section of the Cape Cod Rail Trail, we drove north to the town of Provincetown, MA, at the end of the island, a town with many old homes of sea captains.
We found Provincetown to be an interesting and charming town that reminded us of Key West, FL. We took a trolley tour that gave us an overview of the town and also took us to the Cape Cod National Seashore.
We learned that the Pilgrims actually came to Provincetown first and stayed five weeks, but they moved on to Plymouth Rock because they found no farm land at Provincetown.
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