Down the Cape

We biked bonus miles today due to a detour and resupplying a mile off the trail — a sort of there and back and off to the campsite in Rochester, MA.

But the day started chilly, windy, and sunny with a litany of favorite sites on the Cape Cod Rail Trail — like Seymour Pond.

Not much pedestrian or bike traffic on the rail trail early Monday morning.

Some of the touring group here getting started again after a 10-mile break stop, and heading toward the end of our time on the Cape Cod Rail Trail.

We bikes through some scenic communities like Yarmouth with its series of historic homes.

And nearby Yarmouth Port.

We had to detour around power line installation in Hyannis.

But found easy succor at Mary Lou’s Coffee down the road.

I actually ate my lunchtime sandwich in Sandwich, MA.

Here we’re getting ready to head on the second bike trail of the day the Cape Cod Canal Trail.

The trail  covers both eastern and western sides of the Cape Cod Canal. Here Peter, Dan and Paula are headed toward the Sagamore Bridge—one of only two ways to get on and off Cape Cod on the road.

This is a memorable bridge crossing — not for its length or height …

… but because there is no guard rail between bicyclists and pedestrians from traffic roaring by two feet to the left.

This is the Saganore Bridge after crossing it and heading on the Canal Trail in the opposite direction.

And finally the railroad bridge at the end of the Cape Cod Canal Trail at Buzzards Bay.

Wickets Island in Buzzards Bay.

Christopher after an ice cream break at Guido’s Ice Cream in Onset Village.

Our resupply stop in West Wareham.

Day 81
Start: Brewster, MA
End: Rochester, MA
Miles: 60.22 / 1,243

Tomorrow 72 miles to Providence, Rhode Island.

What I’m Reading:

… An estimated 80% of banana exports which supply supermarkets around the world come from Latin America and the Caribbean — one of the most vulnerable regions to extreme weather and slow-onset climate disasters.

And yet the crop is under threat from the human-made climate crisis, and threatens a vital food source and the livelihoods of communities that have contributed virtually nothing to the greenhouse gases driving global heating.

— Nina Lakhani / “Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows” / The Guardian