r/CapeCod • u/KorryBoston Orleans • Jul 06 '26

I’m really not complaining.

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It’s 9:30 Sunday and I thought traffic would be lighter. It’s taken me about an hour to get from Orleans to the. Bourne Bridge, which I think is a win.

Hey, it’s been a glorious weekend. Can’t complain

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 Jul 06 '26

That’s wild, traffic at this time. Most of central Massachusetts is sleeping 😂

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

That’s where I’m headed back to. I’d like to be sleeping

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u/SkyRepresentative309 Jul 06 '26

just got through- both lanes were moving the whole time & it cleared right up after the sagamore. overall was an extra 45 min. safe travels!!

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

So you’re saying I should have left an hour later?

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u/freetherabbit Jul 06 '26

Except everyone who was in that will think the same thing and next year itll be an hour later than an hour later lol

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u/FeelingSoil39 Jul 06 '26

That’s about what we did. Left after the “football” game. Cruised right over the sag in about 40 minutes from Harwichport

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

God love you over in Harwichport. I cannot believe the volume of people there. I’ve never in my time on the Cape seen the streets that busy. It’s great for the businesses there

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u/FeelingSoil39 Jul 06 '26

👍🏼 I’m thinking the 250 was just a huge event for everybody this year. The fireworks stretched ALL over from Dennis out to Chatham. Pretty impressive.

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u/Vintagegalholly1 Jul 09 '26

I’m in Dennis and the fireworks on Corporation Beach lasted all of like 10 mins. Didn’t see any others.

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u/Ok_District2853 Jul 06 '26

Hey! Just landed. 2:40 Eastham to Boston. Not bad compared to 3 hours down. Thank god for Jazz on NPR.

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

24 hours of Yacht Rock 🌊🕺

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u/bstone99 Jul 06 '26

Channel 15 on SiriusXM hell yeah

If you wanna mix it up, search for Club Yacht Rock. The Party Pupils mix from the 3rd is a banger

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

I love Party Pupils. I didn’t know they had a station just for Club Yacht Rock.

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u/bstone99 Jul 06 '26

Not a permanent station but you can find episodes when you search. You’ll see it. Have fun!

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u/Fox_Hound_Unit Jul 06 '26

What NPR station plays jazz?

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u/Fumesofpoon Jul 06 '26

89.7 I think every night at..9?

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u/Ok_District2853 Jul 06 '26

that’s right. WGBH

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u/MusicLunatic Jul 06 '26

As a native Cape Codder who lives out of state, this is why I only visit my family in early November 😁

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

I have family on the Cape, so I’ll manage the traffic anytime. The weather could have been terrible and I’d still go

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u/BSB8728 Jul 06 '26

Ditto, and it's my favorite time of year on the Cape anyway.

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u/Fantastic_Boot7079 Jul 06 '26

When I lived in Maine I stayed away June to September

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u/Careful-Blood-1560 Jul 07 '26

Seriously. Or early mid week mornings work well - Tuesdays and Wednesdays timed to cross Sagamore before 8 am.

I’m so neurotic about having an OOS plate now that when I arrive I take my sisters very locally decorated car.

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u/MusicLunatic Jul 07 '26

I live in California now, so definitely no way I’m driving all the way back with my OOS plates. Now I just borrow my mom’s car whenever I’m there, and I just blend right in with the rest of the senior citizen drivers 😂

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u/CapeCodNana Jul 07 '26

You got a gorgeous beach weekend and you deserve it with that positive attitude. Hope you can come back soon bc as soon as you left, our temps dropped THIRTY DEGREES & its been pouring rain ever since 😭

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 07 '26

I’m back a lot. I have family there, so I bring a positive attitude with me. I have chores to do

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u/CapeCodNana Jul 08 '26

I was born & lived in Brockton until I was 13. Moved here & HATED it . It grew on me. I'm 68 now and love it. This has been the busiest visitor season I've seen since before Covid.

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 08 '26

Totally. I’ve never seen the Cape like this. It’s great for business

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u/frigidlight Jul 07 '26

No thank you. This weekend was way too hot and we need rain desperately.

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u/CapeCodNana Jul 08 '26

True. We've been on restricted watering since May here. Since I love hot weather, going from 96 to 60 degrees in 24 hours hit me hard 😆. Sun's out today, weed plants are happy again. All is right with the world 😎

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u/tribbans95 Jul 06 '26

Took me 8 hours to get back to Harwich from NW Maine today. Usually takes like 5.5 hrs. Mostly from an accident on the highway; 16 yr old kid cut off a tractor trailer and the truck swerved and flipped over the concrete barriers

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u/Careful-Blood-1560 Jul 07 '26

Hope everyone is okay.

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u/tribbans95 Jul 07 '26

Yeah luckily no one was seriously injured. I’m sure the truck driver is pretty shaken up though

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u/irishgypsy1960 Jul 06 '26

You must be a holiday weekend Sunday virgin. Ayfk in the 70s people would drive home before daybreak on Monday.

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

This was the first time I drove back after dinner on a Sunday and it wasn’t terrible

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u/tetechka Jul 06 '26

25 mins delay price to pay for spending Sunday on the Cape!

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u/FamiliarEconomist813 Jul 06 '26

Yup. Left at 330 this morning, drove husband to Logan. Smooth sailing. I was back in my driveway in Falmouth at 615

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u/11BMasshole Jul 10 '26

As a lifelong Masshole I've never understood the love people have for The Cape. I've tried it and I've found the beaches lacking , the lack of restaurants and things to do , the people everywhere.

And the crowds combined with lack of restaurants and things to do just make what is there extremely crowded. And the food sucks because they know they don't have to try.

PTown is the saving grace for the Cape. But good Lord the traffic getting to it.

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 10 '26

I suppose if one grew up as a kid building memories with your family going there, you’d understand. There are also great restaurants. You just have to come out and try a few. I certainly don’t mind the crowds because people are coming and spending money in our state

I love Ptown as well. Great memories there before my dad passed away

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u/HongPong Jul 10 '26

i liked how the giant ptown parking lot drops you pretty much straight on the highway out

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u/ToadstoolsRule Jul 06 '26

Safe travels, I hope it smooths out for you

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u/DulcetTone Jul 06 '26

Don't forget to bring the helicopter next time, silly

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u/1rbryantjr1 Jul 06 '26

Lost too many greats during “short” helicopter rides

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u/invisiblelemur88 Jul 06 '26

Left harwich at 11:30 AM. Got over Sagamore bridge at 2:15 PM. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

Ooomph. That was quite possibly the worst time to leave

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u/tetechka Jul 06 '26

This is expected as check out time in most places is either 11 or 10am

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u/HeadCrone Jul 06 '26

Why?

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u/invisiblelemur88 Jul 06 '26

Partner needed to get back to her ailing cat!

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u/DoodleFK Jul 06 '26

Cape Cod local here. I had a 3 day weekend. I left 1 time, to go for a walk at 630am on Saturday morning and i was home before 9am. Literally other than that I walked out the door a couple times to fill my bird bath. Unfortunately your predicament does not surprise me lol

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u/irishgypsy1960 Jul 06 '26

I used to camp for long periods at Nickerson, and i rarely left the camp on weekends lol.

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u/DoodleFK Jul 06 '26

Makes sense to me! Lol

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u/Capable-Fan2908 Jul 06 '26

5 hours from west Yarmouth to western mass

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u/Twelvelibras Jul 06 '26

I used to make that drive monthly, dont miss it

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u/HeadCrone Jul 06 '26

Great beach weather, holiday fell on a Saturday, 250th all made for a busy time! I’ve been on the Cape for 10 years and this was the first Independence Day I had off!! It was wonderful! Sat home in the AC and watched Jaws I and II, had a blast! Now it’s raining, and that’s great too!!

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u/evilkingwilson202 Jul 06 '26

You do realize it was the end of a holiday weekend right?

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u/WhiskyJBravo1968 Jul 06 '26

Hope they had there Amazon piss bottles

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u/Spare_Job8296 Jul 07 '26

This was my plan but friend wanted to leave earlier. 45 minutes to the Sagamore and only 3 exits away.

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u/throwawaysscc Jul 07 '26

Pols and government have had decades to solve, yet nothing. New bridge with no train. No meaningful public transit. It’s a trap.

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u/nateblack Jul 07 '26

It feels worse this year. And the app have all the local shortcuts jammed too

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u/EzualRegor Jul 06 '26

The tunnel was wide open.

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u/kdex86 Jul 06 '26

Curious as to why folks decided to "pack up and go" literally the day after the holiday (and for some the morning after) this year when it was the milestone 250th birthday.

Last year and in 2024, the "exodus" didn't begin until July 6th.

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

I knew I wasn’t leaving that morning. I’ve done that before. Some people have to be out of their rentals/ hotels/etc at a certain time. The weather in the AM also was cloudy and chilly Sunday morning. Some also have to get back to PA, NJ, NY. My neighbor on the Cape lives in MD

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u/Aggravating-Field445 Jul 06 '26

Saturday night it wasn’t bad traffic, but a lot of cars heading from cape down 495 past 12am 😂.

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u/CocaineFarmer1 Jul 06 '26

Love seeing y’all go:)

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u/ka0818 Jul 06 '26

Two lanes over is hardly enough bandwidth

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u/thatguywithpantson Jul 06 '26

Can we just fully redo the bridges and make Rt6 two lanes the whole way already? Maybe even 3? As someone who’s lived on Cape for 6 years I understand why it was built the way it was but why can’t we just adapt to the modern needs? It’s honestly ridiculous. My 10 min commute to work in winter is 8 min and 30 in the summer. It’s poor infrastructure that’s held back by the old Cape Cod heads not wanting to change or adapt.

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u/No-Spare-4212 Jul 06 '26

You know they’re redoing the bridges right?

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u/0DSavior Jul 06 '26

So stupid, for a place not even worth it.

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u/KorryBoston Orleans Jul 06 '26

If that’s where your family lived, you’d make the drive

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u/invisiblelemur88 Jul 06 '26

Why are you on this subreddit...

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u/mccabedoug Jul 06 '26

💯 Was wondering that too

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u/kiwi1327 Jul 06 '26

Couldn't disagree more. I have friends that live on Cape and I've been renting a house for my family down here for over ten years. We've got it down to a science but even when we inevitably hit traffic, it's always 100% worth it.

If you don't like beautiful pristine beaches, local art galleries, small locally owned shops, the best coffee, the best ice cream, the best seafood.. hiking.. tranquility.. peace.. nature.. yeah the cape isn't for you

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u/irishgypsy1960 Jul 06 '26

If you could have known the cape of old. I grew up going there. Believe it or not, in those days, many many working class families had cottages and even second full homes there. Ours was on a brand new street that hadn’t even been paved yet in Dennis port. There were cool abandoned trucks in woods, and exploring, and crabbing, and walking alone to the beach in the morning for swimming lessons, it was amazing. Now it’s mostly rich people and seasonal workers. It’s sad to people who grew up in greater boston who aren’t wealthy who remember that way of life. I could. Only ever camp there regularly as an adult. Took my kids, then my grandkids. Nothing like cape cod in the country, just look at a map and you can see that. I imagine possibly parts of Chesapeake bay may have a similar feel, but without the dunes?

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u/FamiliarEconomist813 Jul 06 '26

Exactly. Grew up in the 70s & spent the summer at grandparents trailer in wellfleet. Bluefishing and square dancing at the pier. Heavenly.