Unforgettable Cape Cod Vacations: The National Seashore Gift

Written by Cliff Calderwood


Take a captivating trip throughrepparttar Cape Cod National Seashore with miles of white sandy beaches, trails and hikes to take your breath away, and majestic dunes. Just keep reading and you can visit all those places right now.

The Cape Cod National Seashore is a 4,308-acre park set aside by an act of congress in 1961 to preserve and protect a unique geological area and wild life habitat of New England. Cape Cod is about 60 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts. It was formed whenrepparttar 133817 last glaciers to visitrepparttar 133818 region melted about 12,000-years ago leaving a large lake. Because of special features and material surroundingrepparttar 133819 glacial lake,repparttar 133820 water drained out exposingrepparttar 133821 sediment and deposits left byrepparttar 133822 glaciers from earlier times. Withrepparttar 133823 rising sea level andrepparttar 133824 protection fromrepparttar 133825 battering ocean provided by Georges Bank gone, nature started to reshaperepparttar 133826 whole of Cape Cod -- especiallyrepparttar 133827 Atlantic facing National Seashore area. The relentless shaping ofrepparttar 133828 Cape continues even today. But this isrepparttar 133829 place to come to escape. This isrepparttar 133830 place to come to experience nature.

So let’s take a brief Cape Cod vacations trip together. Are you ready?

Nauset Beach…

The first stop on your trip is Nauset Beach inrepparttar 133831 town of Orleans.

The entrance to Nauset beach is located in East Orleans atrepparttar 133832 end of Beach Road, where there’s a large parking lot. The lot is about 2 miles from Routes 6/6A. Duringrepparttar 133833 summer months you’ll pay to userepparttar 133834 lot. Protection isrepparttar 133835 name ofrepparttar 133836 game at Nauset not just forrepparttar 133837 dunes, butrepparttar 133838 birds nesting inrepparttar 133839 spring. Always pay close attention to beach erosion and bird nesting protection signs anywhere during your Cape Cod vacations. Heedingrepparttar 133840 signs meansrepparttar 133841 area could still be here next time you visit.

Atrepparttar 133842 entrance torepparttar 133843 beach you can turn left and walk North, or takerepparttar 133844 South walk by turning right. Both walks offer spectacular views and hidden areas ofrepparttar 133845 Cape even many residents haven’t discovered. Time your walks to be at low tide so you’ll be walking on exposed sand bars onrepparttar 133846 North walk, or have a dry crossing to Pochet Island onrepparttar 133847 South walk. Inrepparttar 133848 summer Nauset beach is very popular with vacationers, but there always seems to be room even atrepparttar 133849 busiest times. Swimming is good -- but stay close torepparttar 133850 shore. It’srepparttar 133851 Atlantic Ocean so it’ll be a little cooler than onrepparttar 133852 Cape Cod Bay side orrepparttar 133853 Nantucket Sound beaches. National Seashore Eastham Visitors Center…

The Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham is your next Cape Cod vacations stop. It'll orientate you torepparttar 133854 park, and provides short films, a museum, and free maps for hiking and biking trails. Note: The Salt Pond Visitor Center building has been closed for renovations since 2003. It’s due to reopen in 2005 – in fact right about now!

Starting fromrepparttar 133855 visitor center isrepparttar 133856 short and easy 1-mile loop Nauset Marsh Trail that follows a path aroundrepparttar 133857 salt pond and Nauset Marsh before returning torepparttar 133858 visitor center. It’s a varied terrain of salt marsh grasses, juniper and bayberry bushes, and a great place for bird watching due torepparttar 133859 proximity ofrepparttar 133860 marsh. The salt pond itself is a glacial kettle pond that was once freshwater butrepparttar 133861 ocean has seeped through. The Lighthouse Beaches…

Two wonderful beaches to visit inrepparttar 133862 Eastham area are Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Light Beach. Coast Guard Beach can be reached by bike fromrepparttar 133863 bike trail fromrepparttar 133864 Salt Pond Visitor Center, or by car from Nauset Road off Route 6 directly afterrepparttar 133865 Visitor Center -- just followrepparttar 133866 signs torepparttar 133867 lot on Doane Road. This beach is a favorite walk of mine at low tide, and wasrepparttar 133868 area where Henry Beston wrote "The Outermost House." Sadlyrepparttar 133869 blizzard of 1978 washedrepparttar 133870 cottage where he lived while writingrepparttar 133871 book -- out to sea. Yet another example ofrepparttar 133872 awesome forces continually sculpturingrepparttar 133873 Cape Cod National Seashore. But here's another gem of a beach for you... Nauset Light Beach can be reached from Brackett Road also off Route 6, and then Cable Road and Ocean View Drive. The parking lot is small and fills up quickly inrepparttar 133874 summer. Close byrepparttar 133875 beach is Nauset Lighthouse. Originally built in Chatham inrepparttar 133876 late 19th century, it was moved here shortly after, and moved again in 1996 when erosion ofrepparttar 133877 cliff threatened to collapserepparttar 133878 lighthouse. The beach is popular forrepparttar 133879 imposing and towering cliffs and clean white-sand, and walks that create memorable Cape Cod vacations.

Finding The Best Oahu Activities Discounts

Written by Greg Mattson


Are you a "coupon-cutter"? Well, if you're looking to find some Oahu activities discounts on your Hawaii vacation, you'll do well in Waikiki!

There are lots of discounts and coupons on Oahu attractions to be found, Waikiki coupons are good for discounts on Polynesian shows, sunset cruises, Hawaiian luaus, dolphin shows, zoo and aquarium, and submarine rides, just to name a few.

Usually what we do is just take an hour or two atrepparttar start of our Waikiki holiday and stroll down some ofrepparttar 133816 main Waikiki avenues (Kuhio Ave, Kalakaua Ave and Lewers St. are 3 of our favorites). In vending boxes and dispensers, you'll find all kinds of Oahu attractions booklets and guides.

Then, it's help yourself time! It's easy to load up on meal discounts, 2-for-1 Mai Tai offers, guided tour deals, and so on.

Another good place to find Oahu attraction discount coupons and offers is inrepparttar 133817 Honolulu newpapers, likerepparttar 133818 Star Bulletin (especially on weekends).

Here's a look at some ofrepparttar 133819 popular publications that are full of discounts and coupons on Oahu attractions, shows, tours and restaurants:

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