Recreation & Activities

It’s all Paws-sible

By Leslie Hatton | January 15, 2025

Del Mar offers several high-end, dog-friendly properties all over Cape Cod so that you and your pet can enjoy vacation together.

A Dashing Day of Fun

By Christina Galt | January 15, 2025

Cape Cod Doxie Day celebrates their Sweet 16! 

Walk with a Friend

By Julie Craven Wagner | January 15, 2025

The Cape has endless options for both yourself and your dog to get some exercise while enjoying the exquisite natural surroundings.

Journey’s End?

By Christina Galt | January 15, 2025

Beaches, Beaches and More: A 20 Year Journey Around the Coast of Cape Cod by local author Anthony Crookshank chronicles his 22-year journey traversing the sandy shores of the Cape. 

Lab Report

By Julie Craven Wagner | January 15, 2025

For those who don’t know me, my name is Enzo and I am the Canine Product Reviewer (CPR) at Cape Cod Life Publications. I have worked here since I moved…

Weekend Away: Newport, Rhode Island

By Julie Craven Wagner | December 5, 2024

Our seaside sister to the west offers an escape to a coastal playground that bridges the gap between history and tomorrow.

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

By Ron Woolley | December 5, 2024

Barnstable Land Trust’s exciting new calendar of activities.

Posh Picnicking

By Hannah Eaton | September 24, 2024

Luxury picnic companies are popping up across the Cape & Islands.

Bewitching the Cape

By Sarah Serota | September 24, 2024

Witches on the Water rings in the spookiest time of year with their annual paddle for charity.

Good Reads in LIFE: If You Give a Man a Fish….

By Chris White | September 24, 2024

But if you teach a man to fish… he’ll write a book about it. For fishermen and best-selling authors Adam Gamble and Michael Tougias, fishing has proven a lifetime journey…

Gunk’holing: Standing Tall in Truro 

By Julie Craven Wagner | September 23, 2024

As Brian passes the mantle to me for his Gunk’holing column, I am both honored and cautiously respectful of the reflections he has shared with all of us for decades. …

Brewster Dog Park: A Tail Wagging Success Story

By Brooklyn Moore | August 20, 2024

Dogged determination helped build this special place for play.

Girl Power

By Julie Craven Wagner | June 17, 2024

Increased accessibility and new technologies are smashing the gender barriers in recreational boating and fishing.

Spotlight: New England Vacation Rentals

By Cape Cod Life Publications | June 17, 2024

Trust and Understanding Being in business on Cape Cod for 20 years, you are bound to learn several valuable lessons. For New England Vacation Rentals (NEVR) those lessons are indiscernible…

Spotlight: Chatham Boat Company and Beachcomber Boat Tours

By Cape Cod Life Publications | June 17, 2024

With a refreshed vision, new owners chart a course for success. Todd and Molly Fedele, the new owners of Chatham Boat Company and Beachcomber Boat Tours, are set out to…

Gunk’holing: As far as the eye can see

By Brian Shortsleeve | May 21, 2024

Recently I asked my son Joshua, our photographer, if he thought we should tell the Cape Cod LIFE readers what he has taken photos of, and if they could do…

The Child In All of Us

By Greg O'Brien | April 16, 2024

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Celebrates 70 years!

Weekend Away: British Virgin Islands, Virgin Gorda

By Julie Craven Wagner | April 16, 2024

When considering a weekend away, why not really get away? All the way to the Bitter End of Virgin Gorda.

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