Jagoran Tafiya mai Lafiya: Cape Cod

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Tun lokacin da JFK ya jawo hankalin ƙasa zuwa gabar Cape Cod (kuma tabarau na Jackie O ya zama abu), ƙarshen kudancin jihar Bay ya kasance wurin zama na ƙasa don hutun bazara. Kuma yayin da kusan mil 560 na bakin tekun da ba a lalata ba wanda ya ƙunshi "Cape" ana yawan ɗaukar duwatsu masu daraja; zo bazara, tseren hanya, abubuwan hawan keke, da wuraren cin abinci waɗanda ke alfahari da abubuwan da suka fi dacewa kuma ana iya samun su a fadin gada.

Don haka idan za ku iya kwasar kanku daga rairayin bakin teku, la'akari da wannan jagorar ku.

Barci Lafiya

Ana yawan kwatanta siffar Cape a matsayin hannu mai sassauƙa. Yi haƙuri da mu. Ka yi tunani game da yankin a sassa daban -daban, daga kafada zuwa dunkulen hannu: babba babba (garuruwan da ke kusa da babban yankin ƙasa), tsakiyar cape (rairayin bakin teku masu albarka da ruwan dumi na Sautin Nantucket), ƙaramin rairayi (wurare masu natsuwa da sanyi, rairayin bakin teku masu kariya), da kuma bakin waje (daji da gaɓar ruwa na yanayi).

Upper Cape, zauna a Arewa Falmouth's Sea Crest Beach Hotel (hoton sama, hagu), inda babban abin jan hankali shine Tsohuwar Silver Beach na shiru. Ɗauki cardio ɗin ku zuwa cikin yashi kuma za ku kuma ɗauki ra'ayoyin Buzzard's Bay mai shuɗi-kore (wanda layin teku ya cika da gidaje na bakin teku); tashi tare da yoga yana kallon ruwa; ko gwada hannunka a SUP. Har ila yau, otal ɗin jifa ne daga filin jirgin ruwa na Shining Sea Bikeway, wanda ke rufe bakin tekun daga Falmouth zuwa Woods Hole (wanda shine inda jiragen ruwa zuwa tsibirin ke tashi, idan kuna yin tafiya ta rana). Ku ci a kan ɗaya daga cikin gidajen cin abinci da yawa da ke gaban teku da ke ba da abincin teku na gida (sabon Maine lobster da mussels na Gabas ta Tsakiya, kowa?). Ku zo faɗuwar rana, ajiye shi a kan falo don faɗuwar rana mai ban tsoro. Ziyarci a ƙarshen watan Agusta kuma buga labule a cikin sanannen Falmouth Road Race (ko kuma kawai masu tseren farin ciki akan-abin kallo ne).

Down Cape, Chatham Bars Inn (a sama, dama)-wurin shakatawa mai ɗorewa a ɗayan manyan ƙauyukan Cape-ba za a rasa shi ba. An cika shi da duka fara'ar New England (wani falo da aka yi wa fari Adirondacks yana kallon Tekun Atlantika) da ayyuka da yawa. Tafkuna biyu, rairayin bakin teku masu zaman kansu (madaidaicin kayak ko jirgin ruwa), da sabbin kotunan wasan tennis na yumbu suna nufin wani abu ga kowa da kowa. (Suna da shirin yara masu hauka don yin taya). Shawarwari: Takeauki jigon otal ɗin (yana barin kowane mintuna 30 daga rairayin bakin teku) a ƙasan tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa Cape Cod National Seashore don wani mummunan yanayi na ƙauna. Wataƙila za ku ga hatimin bobbing kan su a cikin ruwan sanyi.

Kasance Cikin Siffa

Game da Cape Cod National Seashore: Dukansu filin shakatawa ne na ƙasa mai wadatar namun daji da yanayin halittu da gidan motsa jiki na mafarkin ɗan wasa. Bayan rairayin bakin teku guda shida (shin kun san zaku iya gina ƙarfi mai ƙarfi akan yashi?), Masu hawan keke suna yawan ziyartar tekun. Ba za ku gaji da hawa keke ɗaya daga cikin ƙalubale guda uku ba (amma an shimfida su) daga ƙasa mai yashi da wuraren da aka rufe bishiyoyi zuwa ramuka da ɗimbin ra'ayoyin teku. Kuna sha'awar abin da kuke gani? Shiga cikin aikin da ke jagorantar masu kiwon dabbobi. Wurin shakatawa yana ɗaukar komai daga tafiye-tafiyen kwale-kwale, inda za ku yi tafiya da ruwa mai kariya, zuwa yawon shakatawa na fitilun ƙarni na 19 na kusa.

Mai da Tafiya

Tafiya zuwa Cape Cod ba zai zama cikakke ba tare da manyan abincin abincin teku ba (saboda duk muna buƙatar waɗannan omega-3s!). Kuma godiya ga gonarsu mai kusa da kadada takwas inda otal ɗin ke samo kayan abinci, zaku kullum sami sabo, abincin da aka samo daga gida a Chatham Bars Inn. Otal ɗin yana da wuraren cin abinci huɗu-komai daga ɗakin cin abinci mai daɗi da ake kira Taurari zuwa gidan rairayin bakin teku wanda ke ɗaukar nauyin New England Clambakes. Matsalolin menu sun haɗa da abincin teku da aka kama (duba kawai wanda aka yada a sama, hagu).

Idan ba ku damu da ɗan tuƙi ba, layin a Sesuit Harbor Cafe (a sama, dama) ya cancanci jira. Ganin Northside Marina da Cape Cod Bay, gidan abincin teku gida ne ga danyen mashaya wanda ke da wahala ga kishiya da wurin zama na waje.

Tashin hankali

Kuna sha'awar mashaya rairayin bakin teku mai kyau? Babu wanda ke yin nishaɗin bakin teku fiye da Beachcomber a Wellfleet. Shahararrensa ga duk mafi kyawun dalilai: filin ajiye motoci mai yashi, wurin bakin teku (sannu, ra'ayoyi!), Cocktails funky (kamar Mudslide: vodka, Kahlua, da Irish cream liqueur hade da vanilla ice cream), da kiɗan raye-raye (raye-raye) yana ƙone calories, daidai?).

A kan hanyar ku daga ƙasa, kar ku rasa abin da ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba, ɗakin shakatawa na ice cream na Tekuna huɗu a Centerville. An yi musu ado da faranti na lasisi daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar da ke ɗauke da sunan ta, suna da abubuwan da ba su dace ba kuma suna hidimar siyan gida tun 1934.

Maida Dama

Gidan shakatawa na Chatham Bars yana ɗaukar rayuwar wurin hutu da mahimmanci. A gaskiya ma, wurin shakatawa kwanan nan ya gina "spa suites" - dakunan otel sanye take da kayan abinci a cikin daki kamar saunas (eh, mai tsanani) da jacuzzis tare da faucets da ke sauke ruwa daga rufi. Babban gidan shakatawa mai cike da annashuwa tare da tafkin kansa don shakatawa bayan jiyya da ɗakunan da yawa-suma suna canza menu na lokaci-lokaci, suna mai da hankali kan abin da jikinku ke buƙata a lokuta daban-daban na shekara. Ba ku so ku ciyar da sa'o'i a cikin gida? Yi ajiyar magani na mintuna 30 kamar Barefoot akan Tekun, tausa ƙafa da fitar da wannan duka gajiya hakori na bukata.

Hotuna daga: Sea Crest Beach Hotel, Matt Suess, Ben Nugent, Instagram, Luke Simpson, William DeSousa-Mauk, da Chatham Bars Inn.

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