Bicycle Tour: Cape Cod, Day Two

Thursday, September 4, 2025, was the second day of my tour of Cape Cod. (For the first day of this tour, see Cape Cod, Day One).

I slept 9:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., 3:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. My air mattress was leaking air because I hadn’t closed the valve completely. I read from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo on my Kindle while I was awake in the middle of the night.

Dawn was sunny with a few clouds. I charged my phone and watch using a powerbank, and then I took the powerbank over to the campground’s recreation hall for charging. I turned off my Garmin inReach Messenger since I had a strong cell phone signal.

I walked west from the campground on Head of the Meadow Rd to Salty’s Market in North Truro on Route 6A; this is an upscale and expensive deli and market; the employees are very friendly and helpful. I bought a sandwich, some bagels, and fruit.

Forty-three units of new housing were under construction just east of Route 6. There is a severe shortage of affordable housing on Cape Cod since much of the housing stock has been purchased by investors for short-term rentals. Some new housing is being built to attract workers.

I walked back to the campground taking a longer route on Highland Rd, Coast Guard Rd, and the Head of the Meadow Bicycle Trail Connector. The roads were typical Cape Cod roads with no sidewalks or bicycle lanes. I find the Cape annoying automobile-oriented. While walking along Coast Guard Rd, I photographed gargoyles and a robot at the driveways of very expensive homes.

Highland Rd, A Typical Cape Cod Road

8 Coast Guard Rd

11 Coast Guard Rd

Starting at 11:15 a.m. I bicycled to Provincetown, where I rode all of the Provincelands bike trails, returning to the campground at 3:35 p.m. The Provinceland bike trails pass through the dunes to the ocean. Some of the hills on the bike trails are too steep to ride up unless you build up a lot of speed and momentum. I rode 28.87 total miles, all of the distance in Zone 1 or Zone 2. I was pretty tired.

Provincelands Bike Trail

I took a shower and relaxed at my campsite. In the early evening, after dinner, I walked around the campground loops to stretch my legs.