Cape Cod Canal

This is really just a quick overview of the Cape Cod Canal based on my visit to the Scenic Park
campground May 2011 and the Railway station park where there was a Fall Stripper Cup 2010.
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/ccc/recreation/recreation.htm

The railroad bridge is an amazing structture that 2 times a day the elevator of the bridge comes down for the train to pass to get trash. Later in the evening there is a dinner train for Cape Cod that runs the Canal the trip goes through Bourne Mass and the Buzzards Bay area of Bourne also. The little town where the railway bridge is located is Buzzards Bay.

The town of Buzzards Bay is right at the Bridge and there is a beautiful Train Station that is use for a Tourist Center.

The structures that make up the Train Station have a style that makes me think of Frank Lloyd Wright's design for so many of his Prarie style architecture. This specific example has a roof and the overhang that reminds me of his style and also a beautiful old California look like a mission style. If you take a look at the Coronado Hotel you can see some of the similarities.
The Bourne Bridge is in Bourne.  The Bourne Bridge is one of the only two bridges to the Cape Cod. It is also the route that we take to go to the National Cemetary to visit my parents in Bourne.
When we drive to Truro and Providencetown for our vacation or to fish Race Point we take the Sagamore Bridge.  The most famous I think the most used is the Bourne.  This year Colleen was for the first time, on Cape Cod with me. We drove over the bridge to go Kayaking.

Here a tugboat is passing under the bridge near our campsite. The Bourne Scenic Park area is very special because is has the Canal trail that is a wide paved trail on the property so that we could just jump on with our skates or our bikes.  

Canal Trail near our capsite.