Enjoy this smoke free, 3 bedroom getaway on the Cape. Work remotely while you enjoy all the Cape offers. Week long, Saturday to Saturday, availability. Our home is perfect for singles that want to get away or families or friends that want to hang together. You will have your own indoor and outdoor fireplace, a large open floor plan on the first floor, a fully furnished cook-in kitchen. Wifi. Robust Long Pond sunsets and wrap around deck will help you enjoy the Cape salt air. This whole house and yard with bird feeders, bags aka corn hole, croquet and four decks will be yours to enjoy for your perfect Cape vacation. First floor: living room with sliding door to large deck facing Long Pond; sitting room with tv, fireplace and sliding door to outside grills and outdoor shower; dining area with table and chairs; kitchen with butcher block island and stools with stove, dishwasher and double door ice maker refrigerator; bathroom with shower and bedroom with two twin beds. 2nd floor: master bedroom with full bathroom and two decks with sliding doors; full bathroom off hall and another bedroom with queen bed and twin trundle bed with sliding doors to a deck. Lower level: tv room with couch and sliding door to the yard; game room with pool table, ping pong table and laundry room with washer machine and dryer. No need to bring a kayak or canoe. Two of each are there for you to enjoy along with boogie boards, skimmers, beach chairs and umbrellas. Plus beach toys for the young ones and 2 kid size kayaks. Rainy day? There’s a game room with a pool table and ping pong, plenty of jigsaw puzzles, books of all kinds, dvds, Netflix and tv’s. Wireless internet, of course. And a perfect kitchen to cook up clam chowder or lobsters you can pick up at nearby Macs Seafood or Breakwater. Or try one of the great local eateries- HangarB for breakfast/lunch at the Chatham Airport or dinner at 400 East, Pizza Shark , Macs, Corner Store, Brewster Fish House or Fin. You will be steps from beautiful fresh water Long Pond aka Pleasant Lake with your own sit-upon raft, beach chairs, canoes and kayaks. Self access to house with key pad. We live off site but are available 24/7 via phone or text. Your vacation home is located on a quiet, dead end road just above beautiful Long Pond. We are half way between Brewster and Harwich, and a ten minute drive to Orleans. Choose solitude for long beach walks (15 minute drive to Pleasant Bay on the ocean or Cape Cod Bay) or bike up the main road to the Cape Cod Rail Trail. Lots of fun places- Nickerson State Park, Cape Rep Theater, Cape Cod Natural History Museum with hiking trails, the Sundae School, seal & whale boats, shopping and Cape Cod Baseball League are all nearby. Check out the quiet affordability of spring & fall or warm tides in the summer season. Parking is available onsite. We are in a rural setting, so you’ll need a car or bike. Occupancy Tax- The recent addition of State of Massachusetts And Local Cape Occupancy Tax requires the owner to collect of 14.5% of the total rental rate for this location. It can be added to the Airbnb payment. Check in is 4:00 pm Saturday and check out 9:00 am Saturday. Frequently Asked Questions-Our Home on Cape Cod or What We Have Learned Over Time • Favorite beaches for swimming/relaxing/fishing (all free after 4:30 and free 24/7 in off season) – there are lots more all along the coast – explore – but these are some of our favorites. There are beach chairs, umbrellas, beach toys, skimmer and boogey boards in the garage for you to use when you travel to beaches. Long Pond – at our house – no need to drive anywhere - walk about 100 yards from our house to the stairs on the left and walk down to the largest freshwater pond on Cape Cod. There are chairs and a sit upon tethered floating dock for your enjoyment-great sunsets. (People on our small road often access the pond via the stairs, but the beach area is ours.) The water is really high this year, and our little beach has gotten pretty little. Blow up rafts and tubes are in the garage for every age. Swim, canoe, (two canoes tethered at the pond) or kayak (2 kid tethered at the Pond and 2 adult behind garage) on this wonderful pond. There are TEVAS and water slippers in the garage – or bring your own. Small stones and rocks wash into the area. If you have a small motorboat that needs to be moored, we have a mooring. Email us to discuss using the mooring. Long Pond large sandy public beach - .5 mile from house either direction – life guard - canoe or kayak or bike or walk to it for free or get beach permit from Village of Harwich Community Center to park or drop off kids/adult and jog/walk back. Bank St Beach – a Harwich public beach – 15 minute drive – on Nantucket Sound – calm - get beach permit from Village of Harwich Community Center – has food cart, life guard, large sandy area and bring a beach chair. You can find out about all the Harwich beaches here. https://www.harwich-ma.gov/beaches Pleasant Bay – 10 minute drive – ocean- calm – swim at high tide – kayak – no fee- park in lot or along road in designated area Nauset Beach – 20 minute drive/Orleans-exit 12 on Hwy 6– ocean – boogy board mid-tide – walk & play low tide – daily fee is good for Nauset Beach & Skaket Beach on same day – has food carts – changing room/shower. Skaket Beach – 20 minute drive/Orleans-exit 12 on Hwy 6- Cape Cod Bay – walk out one mile at low tide – swim at mid and high tide – take blow up rafts - tide pools for kids to collect hermit crabs – has food stand - changing room/shower – BEST KIDS’ BEACH! – go early! Beautiful sunset. Coast Guard Beach- 25 minute drive/Eastham – US National Park Service (NPS) Beach – free with NPS pass or daily fee – park in NPS lot for beach & shuttle down to the beach – fun shuttle for kids or drop off at the beach and run back along 3 mile bike trail. Fishing – Bring your fishing gear. The largest freshwater pond on Cape Cod, our Long Pond has small mouth bass, perch and other game fish. Licenses can be purchased for adults at the hardware store in Brewster. Children do not need a license. You will need a permit for clamming – there are clamming shovels in the garage. • Whale watching & seal tours – tours are available from Hyannis or Provincetown for whales – we go to Provincetown and take the Dolphin Fleet https://whalewatch.com/ and we take the Monomoy Island Ferry from nearby Chatham to see the thousands of seals that have migrated to Cape waters from Canada and Maine www.monomoyislandferry.com • Top attractions – best attractions are exploring the waterways and unique coastal landscape. Unlike a city vacation, it’s the spit of sand called Cape Cod that is the top attraction. The Cape Cod National Seashore Center https://www.nps.gov/caco/index.htm in Eastham offers terrific kid friendly activities- check out their posting. There is a bike trail down to Coast Guard Beach (bike rental nearby off Route 6) for a fun day at the beach. Pack a lunch in a cooler from the garage, the boogie boards and sand toys and go to any of the beaches. It is a bit of a drive but there is a kid friendly farm, Coonamessett Farm in Falmouth. You can collect your own eggs from the nestling chickens or pick farm produce from the fields. Each town has it’s own Farmers Market. We love Chatham Market on Route 28 & George Ryder Rd. on Tuesday afternoon and Orleans on 6A Saturday morning. Check out the website for more information at http://ediblecapecod.ediblecommunities.com/shop/cape-cod-farmers-markets Missed the market? Check out Capeabilities’ Farm Stand on 6A in Dennis for organic produce and local gifts. Google mini- golf – there are a plethora on the Cape. One is nearby on Underpass Road. Next to Arnold’s on Route 6 there is a one to while away the time until your table is ready. Heading toward Yarmouth on Route 28, there is Pirates Cove and many more. Our kids have gone to Cape Cod Inflatable Park near Yarmouth on a cloudy day. Or there are go-karts, trampolines, batting cages and bumper boats along route 28 in Harwichport. Check out the website for Hokum Rock in Dennis for blueberry picking – usually in July and August. Harwich has a wonderful new kids’ playground in the park on Oak Street next to the basketball, tennis and pickle ball courts. The Cape Cod Rail Trail runs between the high school and the park. • Efficient routes to go to Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket You can avoid the traffic in Hyannis and catch the high-speed ferry to Nantucket in Harwichport – 15 minutes from house. https://www.nantucketislandferry.com/ On Nantucket you can rent bikes to take advantage of the bike trails or a jeep to head out to the outer beaches. Often folks ride to one of the beaches and stop at Cisco Brewers with its food carts to eat lunch. To get to Martha’s Vineyard, you can drive to Hyannis or Woods Hole to get the Steamship Authority or Hyline. We generally go to Woods Hole because it is a shorter boat trip but longer car ride. If you book in advance, you can take your car to Martha’s Vineyard. There are also buses on the Vineyard. • Kid friendly and adult activities (in the event of rain) Art – at the house there are lots of books, kids games and crayons to occupy children. You can collect shells at the beach and create an art project. There are lots of art galleries in Wellfleet, Brewster, Chatham and Orleans and the public libraries often have kids’ activities and play spaces. The Brook Street Library in Harwich Center has a fun children’s room and story time. Check out library websites for Brewster and Orleans, too. The Edward Gorey House in Yarmouthport has many of his original drawings. Museums – The NPS Cape Cod National Seashore Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham is free and has a free and fun museum with critters to touch and movies to watch on the history of Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Natural History Museum on 6A in Brewster charges a fee and has a wonderful small aquarium with local critters to look at and touch, a playroom, children’s activities and a wonderful walk through the woods down to Cape Cod Bay. The Audubon Reserve in South Wellfleet has a hands=on museum and wonderful forested walk to Cape Cod Bay. The John F. Kennedy Museum in Hyannis offers a visual walk through that family’s history. Movies – The historic Cape Cinema in Dennis and the newly renovated Orpheum in Chatham show first run and independent movies. Plus there are the movie theaters in Dennis at Patriot Square. The Cape Cod Rep in Brewster https://caperep.org/ has kids’ shows each week and fabulous adult shows at night. There is even a drive in movie on Route 6 between Eastham and Wellfleet – take your beach chairs and repellent and popcorn for an old fashion experience. An adjacent playground entertains until dusk when the movies begin. At the House you will find jigsaw puzzles, games, a pool table, ping pong table, DVDs and Netflix/HBO/movies to entertain in the event of rain. • Fun shops or areas to spend time Provincetown If you take a whale watching trip out of Provincetown, you can spend the rest of the day at Race Point or Herring Point Beach, bike through the NPS Cape Cod National Seashore -Provincelands or walk up Commercial Street in Provincetown for people watching, shopping and dinner. You can rent bikes with trailers or seats in Provincetown. Art’s Dune Tours can take you on a ride up into the large sand dunes that flank the Atlantic Ocean. There is a trolley in Ptown that offers a thirty minute narrated ride through this historic Portuguese fishing village, writers’ enclave and haven for the gay and lesbian community. Chatham This is a small town about fifteen minutes from the house. Little shops, an old-fashioned variety store and your local t-shirt shops line Main Street. There is a lighthouse at the end of Main Street and small beach to walk on especially at low tide. Wellfleet This is a small town with fun toy store, places to eat at the harbor (Mac’s Seafood) and watch boats and lots of art galleries. Orleans has a great Farmer’s Market and Art Shacks each Saturday morning, and sometimes-on Wednesday mornings. Farmer’s Markets abound in each town – Harwich Thursday and Chatham Tuesday. Art and craft shows – Check the Cape Cod Times for a list – there is almost always one on weekends. Cape Cod Baseball League – Each town has its own field and team made up of premier college athletes. They have day camps for kids and afternoon and night games. Fun activity that is either free or a donation. A summer tradition not to be missed. www.capecodbaseball.org/ • Running trails/paths (with a stroller) The Cape Cod Rail Trail is 22 mile minimal grade, blacktop trail that can be reached minutes from our house. You can bike to the Pleasant Lake General Store and hop on the trail, park at Headwaters off Rt 124 or if you are renting a bike, park at the Brewster Bike Shop. https://www.mass.gov/locations/cape-cod-rail-trail Check out the website above. It has a good map and free places to park. Running from our home without a stroller, head up the gravel road, turn left at the mailboxes, continue on Great Woods Rd, turn left onto Long Pond Drive, turn left onto Cahoon Road, turn left onto Old Long Pond Rd and turn left onto Hamilton Cartway for a three mile run there and back. Rainy and need to work out? Check out the Harwich Community Center for day/week pass on Oak Street. https://www.harwich-ma.gov/community-center • Places to Eat (besides the well-stocked, large eat in kitchen or deck at the house with gas or charcoal grills. Extra gas and charcoal on site. There is a lobster pot and all you need to make a seafood dinner. Grind your coffee beans and brew a cup to have on the deck before heading out. There are so many choices and new ones all the time, but below are a list of our favorites. Shopping – Great meat market at Ferretti’s Market https://www.ferrettismarket.com/ left on 137 or go the opposite direction to the huge Stop and Shop. https://stores.stopandshop.com/ma/harwich/111-brewster-chatham-rd Great choices at Friends in Orleans. http://friendsmarketplace.net/ Breakwater Fish or Chatham Seafood – have carry out meals, fresh seafood and will even cook lobster for you. Sesuit Café – on the harbor in Dennis off Bridge Road and Route 6A- great seafood and eating on picnic tables outdoors. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, but go early – gets very busy for dinner. Watch the boats come in and out. Favorite – oysters & wasabi and grilled scallop salad. Hangar B – off the bike trail at the Chatham Airport – great breakfast and lunch and place to watch planes come in and out- outdoor waiting area- go early – can get really busy. Tracy and Brian have done a superb job of using local produce and interesting recipes. Favorite – red flannel hash and ricotta pancakes plus kids menu. Coby’s – off 6A in Brewster and bike trail- typical Cape picnic table, eat outside or take away to Linell Landing Bay beach nearby – dinner, lunch, ice cream and more. Favorite - clam strips and their relishes. Kate’s Seafood - off 6A in Brewster - typical Cape picnic table, eat outside or take away to Paines Creek beach nearby – clam strips, ice cream and more. Favorite – Liam’s onion rings. (Note – if you loved Liam’s at Nauset before the last nor’easter tossed the dune, Kate will help you recover. Kate is Liam’s aunt and the Liam’s owner’s sister. There is a guy named Sparky that gives rides from here on his tractor pulled wagon to Paines Creek and Cape Cod Bay in the evening.) Lunch and dinner. Rock Harbor Grill – on Colony Road off 6A in Orleans- indoors and everything here is local as possible. Casual atmosphere. Favorite – whatever their nightly special. Lunch and dinner. 400 East – on 137 and 39 in East Harwich Center – the place locals go for casual lunch and dinner and a full bar. Favorite – clam chowder and fish tacos. Fin – on 6A in Dennis – an upscale slow food restaurant in an older home for dinner – takes reservations. Favorite – tuna. Brewster Fish House – on 6A in Brewster- an upscale slow food restaurant for lunch and dinner – a local favorite so always busy. . Favorite – tuna. The Knack – on 6A in Orleans- drive in. Favorite – Chicago hot dog and yummy fish tacos. Arnolds- on route 6 near Eastham- a very popular walk up window where you can order any kind of seafood and a raw bar – sit inside or out on picnic tables. Play mini-golf while you wait or after with coupon Arnolds gives you. Favorite – lobster or clams. FYI Cash only PB Boulangerie – on route 6 in South Wellfleet – a French bakery complete with croissants, croque mousierre and espresso for breakfast and lunch with sit down dinner – takes reservations for dinner. Favorite – almond croissant. Canteen – on Commercial St in PTown – a trendy seafood shack in heart of the city with indoor and outdoor seating. Favorite – cod bahn mi and fried eyes. Lobster Pot - – on Commercial St in PTown – a seafood shack in heart of the city with indoor and outdoor seating. Favorite- lobster. Mac’s Seafood – four of them – one on harbor in Wellfleet and one on Shank Painter Rd in PTown and one In Eastham and nearby in South Chatham - a trendy seafood shack with indoor and outdoor seating. Favorite – scallop burrito. Ice Cream Café – locally prepared, some dairy free and many choices. A fun night treat after a day at the beach or eat some at their truck at Nauset Beach. http://www.icecreamcafe.com/ Favorite – cappuccino. Sundae School – three locations with yummy ice cream – East Orleans on way to Nauset Beach, Harwichport on Route 28 near Bank St Beach and Dennis Port off Route 28 – afternoons and night- call for hours. Favorite – black cherry and Nauset. Four Sea’s Ice Cream- in Centerville – worth the drive-locally made with rich hot fudge and eat it at their counter or in old wooden booths or take away as you leave the Cape. Favorite – almond joy. Chocolate Sparrow – in Orleans – open early to late – great coffees, rolls, sandwiches, ice creams and candy. Favorite – chai latte and coffee shake. Cottage Street Bakery – in Orleans – open early to late afternoon – great coffees and bakery. Favorite – cranberry almond muffin and maple Danish. And dirt bombs. Marion’s Pie Shop – in South Chatham – pick up pies and prepared foods. Amazing cinnamon rolls, berry and peach pies and more. Never had a Clam Pot Pie? Check out a mini-one to start your meal. Dunkin Donuts- in every town – nearby on Route 124 or Route 137 toward East Harwich. Food store – Stop and Shop on Hwy 39/137 in East Harwich. Conventional and organic. And for the Sheets and Towels - Since you are renting the whole house, we provide some of the necessary items. Each bed has a quilt and pillows. You bring your own sheets. We have beach towels and dish towels; you bring your own bath towels and wash clothes. If you are traveling long distance, you can rent linens from http://furiescapecodlinenrentals.com/ There are two twin beds in the bedroom on the 1st floor. On the 2nd floor there is one bedroom with a queen bed and a twin bed. On the 2nd floor the master bedroom has a king bed. What did we forget? Leave a note and let us know what you found. Hmmm… roast marshmallows in the evening in the outdoor fireplace on the deck. Chilly night? Light the fireplace in the sitting area and catch a movie. Speaking of movies – a night at the drive-in in South Wellfleet with lawn chairs or independent or first run movies at the historical Cape Cod Cinema in Dennis or Chatham Orpheum. And croquet and bags/corn roe are onsite at the house. Enjoy!