Cape Cod and Marthas Vineyard

[Goddy43]

My girlfriend and I went to the cape this past weekend to do some riding. The cape has dedicated bike paths everywhere and almost every town we were in had some form of marked bike route it.

On Saturday we left our campsite and rode the shining sea bikeway from Falmouth down to Woods Hole to take the Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard
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We hopped on the Steamship Authority Ferry and enjoyed the 45 minute ride to Vineyard Haven.
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Once in Vineyard Haven we rode up the coast to check out the West Chop Light
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Then we headed south to Oak Bluffs stopping along the way for a lunch of clif bars, peanut butter sandwiches and luke warm water. Yum.
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Oak Bluffs was a nice little town. This was a small park that’s right along the coast.
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The next stop was Edgartown – we rode several miles along the Joseph Sylvia Beach and even spotted a sea monster in a backwater.
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The remains of our blizzards from the DQ in Edgartown
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Edgartown was really nice with lots of older homes and Edgartown Light.
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Then we headed back up to Oak Bluffs for the ferry back home.
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We finally made it back to the campsite in Sippewisset after logging 36 miles for the day.


Sunday we drove to Nickerson State Park which is further out on the cape. The park itself has a ton of bike trails and the Cape Cod Rail trail runs right through the park. We decided we would ride this trail up the coast to the Cape Cod National Seashore and hang out at Coast Guard Beach for the afternoon.
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Total miles logged for the trip: 57 miles

We will probably go back again this year to ride more of the bikeway further out on the Cape. It seemed like every time I looked I found more and more information on cycling routes on the Cape and MV.

[I Are Baboon]

Very nice pics! Looks like an excellent way to spend a weekend. :) MBC's cousing keeps bugging us to go to the Vineyard with them to ride, but it just hasn't happened yet.

[DRB]

Nice pics. Sounds like a good trip.

Very nice pics! Looks like an excellent way to spend a weekend. :) MBC's cousing keeps bugging us to go to the Vineyard with them to ride, but it just hasn't happened yet.

Don't let her open a can of e-jihad whoopass on you.....

[splat]

Looke like a fun time , My wife wants to do something similar

[McGRP01]

That's awesome Steve!! Looks like a blast! Kelley just got a road bike, you guys should come over and we'll all go for a ride some evening! :thumb:

[narlus]

excellent ride and pics. it's fun riding on the islands since there's not so many cars. my dad is in falmouth, and there are some great roads around there, but really narrow w/ no shoulders and everyone drives some humongo SUV. my brother got taken out 5 years ago and got some nice road rash.

[luvz2ridez]

These pics were nice to see, brought back memories. I'm originally from the Cape (Dennis actually), but moved to Seattle 4 1/2 years ago. I've been missing it lately so this pics were nice...

[dfinn]

how was the camp site in Sippewisset?

We spent 3 days camping on the vineyard this week and did a good bit of biking around. It's such a fun place.

[TreeSaw]

:thumb: Beautiful pics for sure!!!

[Goddy43]

how was the camp site in Sippewisset?

We spent 3 days camping on the vineyard this week and did a good bit of biking around. It's such a fun place.


The camp site was pretty good. Here is the link - http://www.sippewissett.com/

What was really nice (and unplanned) was its proximity to the main bikeway (shining sea), it was probably a mile away down a paved back road.

[skinny mike]

i think i can see the house my family stayed in one year when we went out there for two weeks in this pic. it's the one furthest out on the point. it had an unbelievable view, but it was kind of scary if you walked out close to the edge of the bluff.

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[.:Jeenyus:.]

was just at the vineyard staying at a friend's house. really cool place.

[chuffer]

The cape rocks. Though the rail trail gets a little busy in the summer, it sure beats dealing with cars.