CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT : The pool at the luxurious Wequassett Resort and Golf Club ; the resort overlooks the Atlantic Ocean ; a room at the Red Jacket Inn overlooks the beach ; try a flight at Truro Vineyards ; Oreo pancakes at Keltic Kitchen ; ice cream at Cape Cod Creamery ; Pirate ’ s Cove .
Nuts & Bolts
Travel Time : An hour and forty minutes from Providence to Harwich . How to Get There : I-195 East and US-6 East to MA-124 South / Pleasant Lake Avenue in Harwich . Bucket List for Next Time : A visit to the Farm at Chatham Bars Inn for a four-course , farm-to-table dinner . Worth a Detour : Ride the Cape Cod Rail Trail by bike and stop into the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Chatham Shark Center in Chatham .
hash and poached eggs and Oreo pancakes at Keltic Kitchen ( keltickitchen . com ) in West Yarmouth , then made our way to Red Jacket Inn ( redjacketresorts . com ) in South Yarmouth for a night . This part of the trip was mostly to fulfill my need for childhood nostalgia , since this is where I vacationed with my parents growing up .
Red Jacket Inn boasts a beautiful barrier beach and pool , but we mostly enjoyed exploring the bay beach area searching for sea critters . We also stopped for some of the best ice cream I ’ ve ever had at Cape Cod Creamery ( capecodcreamery . com ); try the Nauset Peach , Sandbar Swirl or Monomoy Mud Pie . Red Jacket Inn has an on-site restaurant , serving burgers , pizza and fish tacos for convenience , and a giant Adirondack chair and swing for family photo ops . That night we swung over to Pirate ’ s Cove ( pirates cove . net ) for some mini golf adventures . This outing brought back memories of being a kid and conquering the waterfall at the top of the mountain . I got two holes-in-one and beat my whole family . So , if I leave the magazine to join the PGA Tour , now you ’ ll know why . — Jamie Coelho
Cape Cod Inf latable Park and Wicked Waves Waterpark
This seasonal inflatable park boasts more than twenty inflatable slides , games and bounce houses , as well as a water park with waterslides and the Roaming River float attraction . Adults can also enjoy the swim-up Surf House Pool Bar . wickedwavescapecod . com
A breaching humpback whale .
FAMILY FUN Looking for things to do with kids ? Here are some seasonal ( and year-round ) ideas .
Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises
Head out on a four-hour open water adventure narrated by a naturalist to witness humpback and finback whales , and even dolphins , in their natural environments . Cape Cod ranks as one of the world ’ s top ten whale watching destinations . whales . net
Whydah Pirate Museum
An interactive science museum that spotlights the history of real pirates and treasures . The museum displays the largest collection of pirate artifacts ever recovered from a single shipwreck . discoverpirates . com
The Adventure Park at Heritage Museum and Gardens
Ages seven and older can explore the “ aerial forest park ,” which includes a self-guided adventure along treetop trails and sixty platforms within forty acres of woodlands . myadventurepark . com / location / sandwich-ma — J . C .
PHOTOGRAPHY : COURTESY OF WEQUASSETT RESORT AND GOLF CLUB ; COURTESY OF RED JACKET INN ; JAMIE COELHO ; GETTY IMAGES / PHILIP THURSTON .
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