wellfleet Cape Cod MA tips?

[tygab]

Sounds like a good weekend - overall I find the drivers to be courteous as well, even the tourists. But, you do get a lot of congestion in season and depending on the road it can be challenging. But, at the end of the day most realize everyone's there to have a good time so they are respectful, it's just "relax" mode. I am pretty sure many of these same drivers are not so mellow when they are rushing to/from work, or to the kids' game, vet appt or whatever else they are busy with back at home.

In P-town people on bikes bob and weave all over in ways I have yet to fathom as safe, not to mention the pedestrians stepping out wherever they please, and yet it all seems to work.

As for upper NY, hmm... I've ridden around near Saratoga Springs, Lake Placid, Wilmington, Jay, Keene areas and the cars have been almost without exception considerate... even on the roads farther away from LP and the IM course they've been pretty good. Not sure where you are but maybe your area needs more cyclists to cause a mindshift in the drivers.

Oh, and another restaurant to go to (best in non-peak season) is Moby <banned word here>'s, right on 6 out of Wellfleet. It is my husband's fave seafood shack there, but it is always mobbed in summer.

So glad you had a restful and meaningful weekend there...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sounds like a good weekend - overall I find the drivers to be courteous as well, even the tourists. But, you do get a lot of congestion in season and depending on the road it can be challenging. But, at the end of the day most realize everyone's there to have a good time so they are respectful, it's just "relax" mode. I am pretty sure many of these same drivers are not so mellow when they are rushing to/from work, or to the kids' game, vet appt or whatever else they are busy with back at home.

Good point, I bet you are right about that when they are out of the "vacation environment"

In P-town people on bikes bob and weave all over in ways I have yet to fathom as safe, not to mention the pedestrians stepping out wherever they please, and yet it all seems to work.

Driving right in Ptown is a surreal experience. I suppose one gets used to it, but it sure freaked ME out....scary!

As for upper NY, hmm... I've ridden around near Saratoga Springs, Lake Placid, Wilmington, Jay, Keene areas and the cars have been almost without exception considerate... even on the roads farther away from LP and the IM course they've been pretty good. Not sure where you are but maybe your area needs more cyclists to cause a mindshift in the drivers.

I'm up the Hudson river southeast of Albany, in a fairly dairy area.
I don't mean that the car drivers around are discourteous- actually i am usually treated very courteously...but they do drive fast right past you not too far away. You just have to ride steady and not let the wind and rumble from trucks faze you. Cars will NOT usually go into the oncoming lane to give you 8 feet of room like they often did in Cape Cod. More common is that they just move over an extra 2 feet from where they were before passing you. I guess it's because in Cape Cod everyone knows there are a lot of beginner bike riders, so they give them EXTRA WIDE berth.

Oh, and another restaurant to go to (best in non-peak season) is Moby <banned word here>'s, right on 6 out of Wellfleet. It is my husband's fave seafood shack there, but it is always mobbed in summer.

Moby ____'s, ok! (too funny)

So glad you had a restful and meaningful weekend there...

Thank you. It wasn't what I'd call restful, but it WAS meaningful and all went relatively smoothly as family gatherings go.