Pent up for months due to the pandemic lockdown, come mid-July, we were ready to leave the house and head to Eastham on the Cape for a week. We rented a cottage down the block from the bayside Thumpertown Beach, where we would spend most afternoons and evenings swimming in the calm surf and watching the sunset. In the mornings we would bike to Nauset Light Beach and on the up-and-down Province Lands Bike Trail<\/a>, walk the Fort Hill Trail<\/a> and beaches of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>, and swim in the surrounding kettle ponds. We had our requisite lobster rolls and tasty onion rings at Arnold\u2019s<\/a>, but also were content barbecuing in the backyard and spending time outdoors with the family. Another highlight was a guided tour with Art\u2019s Dune Tours<\/a> in Provincetown. You must be doing something right if you\u2019re still in business since 1946. We spent an hour in a Suburban as our driver and guide cruised over the sand dunes on Provincetown\u2019s Cape Cod National Seashore, telling us about the unique topography and the history behind the longstanding dune houses that still cling precariously to the shoreline. We ended at Race Point Beach to watch another glorious sunset. Breathing in that salty air and viewing the serene seascape was the best form of pandemic therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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