Our journey today along Route 28 took us through quaint towns and into wonderful harbors like Saquatucket.

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I didn't think that Drive-ins still existed today but this one is alive and well in Wellfleet.

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Do you get the idea that this is beach country??

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As we got closer to the tip of the peninsula we began to see glorious sand dunes. We commented that about 45-years ago a group of us went to the Cape for the weekend and the girls climbed to the top of a dune like this one. I certainly would not make it today!

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Our friends own the "Inn At The Moors" in Provincetown. They have this incredible view from their apartment.

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Cape Cod juts over seventy miles into the Atlantic Ocean making it an obstacle to navigation. During the past 300 years, there have been over 3,000 shipwrecks along the outer shore. Lighthouses are meant to warn mariners away from this "ocean graveyard". Wood End Lighthouse was built in 1873 and is located toward the end of the breakwater at the tip of the Cape.

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This light at the entrance to Provincetown harbor was first lit in 1827. The lighthouse and keepers cottage were rebuilt in 1875 and remained active until 1952 when the lighthouse was automated. This light and Wood End Light are twins.

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Provincetown was the site of the first landing of the Pilgrims It is isolated at the tip of Cape Cod. The settlement always depended on the sea for its livelihood though today it is now an art colony and tourist mecca. Its narrow streets are hard to navigate because of all the foot and bicycle traffic.

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This week is Carnival Week in P-town. The town was decorated with creatures such as these as this year's theme is Space Aliens.

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It was so much fun catching up with Loretta and Diane.

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We visited our friends Margaret and Vic at their home in West Barnstable. After catching up a bit, we took off in their car for what Vic promised to be "interesting places the tourists don't go". Our first stop was the West Barnstable beach. With their resident sticker, we didn't have to pay the $20 parking fee that has been plaguing us.

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How thoughtful of the beaches here to have one of these mobility chairs with balloon tires to make going on to the beach possible for disabled people.

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The canal was originally opened in 1914 under private ownership in an effort to create a toll shipping route that did not require going all the around the tip of Cape Cod. This effort failed miserably. In the early 1930's, the Corp of Engineers took the project over and made the canal both wider and deeper. By 1940, reconstruction was complete and the toll-free canal was reopened. The Cape Cod Canal is the widest sea level canal in the world.

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The Cape Cod Canal 17.4-miles long and saves an average of 165 miles of coastline travel around the tip of Cape Cod. The Sagamore Bridge is one of two bridges that cross the canal.

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We stopped for a while at Hyannisport Beach so I could gather some shells and wade in Nantucket Sound.

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If you are lucky enough to be with a local, you get to see where the Kennedy compound is located.

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It seemed like every corner we turned brought another incredible sight into view. These moors were between the mainland and small Shaw Island. The mansions on this island were something to behold.

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Sitting on top of a hill overlooking the moors and Nantucket Sounds stands St. Andrews Church. The church was built in 1906 and until recently didn't even have electricity and still is not heated. The church is only open for 3-months during the summer but according to Vic has plenty of money.

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Our final stop of the day was at the Kennedy memorial.

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