After all the years of traveling to Maine for Cousins family functions we finally made it down to the Cape. We had a short 50 minute drive to Dennisport from Plymouth and were settled in by 1:00PM.
We headed up the Cape from Waltham to Provincetown which encompasses the entire Cape Cod National Seashore. 
The visitor's center at mid Cape has a beautiful presentation that explains the ever changing landscape and ecosystem of the beaches, ponds, and salt marshes. 
It is hard to grasp that eventually the entire Cape will disappear under the relentless pounding of the winter storms off the Atlantic.
We did not give the upper Cape the time it deserves so after several detours on the drive up the Seashore we had little time to spend in Provincetown, a whaling center two hundred years ago and now a summer haven of artists and tourists. The community has retained its 18th century look with very narrow streets and alleys and weathered buildings.
The next day was a trip to Hyannis to visit the JFK Museum and memorial and see how the upper crust enjoys summers on the Cape.
Jeff managed to brush the curb with a tire pressure sensor that snapped the tire stem off so we had lunch waiting for our road service show up and change the flat that resulted. An hour at the local Honda dealer installed a new TPMS sensor that is attached to the stem and we were set.
Our last full day was a chance to travel by Ferry out to Nantucket Island and spend four hours touring the very busy summer resort before the 1:50 minute ferry back to Hyannis. 
We took a tour around the Island to get a little background on Nantucket and Siasconset, the fishing village on the SE side f the island that has become a haven for the New York artistic set.
The unusual building design in Siasconset include the trellised roofs. The trellis prevents the roots of the vines to penetrate the shingles and damage the underlying roof. Some of the buildings were covered by beautiful vines to the peaks of the roof.
The ferry ride was quite violent on the open water because of high winds so we stayed outside on the rear deck. We returned to Hyannis around 6:00PM and headed back to the m/h.The next day we drove up to Wompatuck State Park in Hingham, Mass 30 miles south of Logan Airport to be as close as possible for Sue's early departure Thursday for Honolulu. After dropping her off and making sure the flight left on time Jeff spent a couple of hours in downtown Boston around Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall having breakfast and playing tourist.
