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>> CRUISE THE BEST RIVER.
>> OF THESE ARE NEW HOMES.
>> CHECK OUT THE SANDCASTLE TRAIL.
>> DOGS AND PIRATE BOOTY.
>> THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN FIND IT ARE HERE.
>> BUY UP SOME CLAM CHOWDER?
THERE’S A LOT TO DO IN THIS TOWN.
TRY THE HONOR SYSTEM.
>> THE SLOT IN THE DOOR.
>> TALK LIKE A WINDMILL HER.
>> NOSE TO THE GRIND SCHOOL -- GRINDSTONE.
>> THE DAILY GRIND.
>> THE BACK STREETS OF YARMOUTH, NEXT ON COMICAL -- CHRONICLE.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WITH TEMPERATURES OF STAYING IN THE 90’S FOR A WHILE, CAPE COD LOOKS MIGHTY INVITING.
>> AND PLENTY OF TRAVELERS ARE HEADED TO YARMOUTH, WHERE THEY WILL FIND SUN, SEA, AND SOME UNEXPECTED ATTRACTIONS.
>> THE PACE IS SLOWER.
YOU KNOW THE KIDS DOWN THE STREET.
YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE AROUND THE CORNER.
WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY ENTERTAIN THEM, BUT TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE WE ARE INVESTED.
>> SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, PROUD TO SHOW OFF HER COMMUNITY AS SHE GUIDES US ALONG THE BASS RIVER.
>> SMUGGLERS BEACH, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS LIGHTHOUSE BEACH, ONE OF THE LANDING PLACES DURING PROHIBITION WHERE THEY SMUGGLED ROM INTO THE CAPE.
>> MANY OF THE HOMES LINING THE BANKS TODAY ARE A LITTLE MORE ELABORATE.
>> THESE ARE NEW HOMES.
DID THEY REPLACED SMALL HOMES.
IT IS STARTING TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER.
ANYONE CAN GET HERE AND GET TO THE RIVER AND GET THEIR FEET IN THE WATER.
YOU CAN RENT VARIOUS SIZED WHALERS FOR THE DAY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
HOW DO YOU BEAT IT?
>> GRAYS BEACH OVERLOOKING CAPE COD BAY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN YARMOUTH.
THIS BOARDWALK CUTS THROUGH A SALT MARSH, A PLACE TO STOP, TAKE A BREATH, AND ENJOY THE VIEW.
IT IS ADORNED WITH MESSAGES TO LOVED ONES PAST AND PRESENT, ALL OF THEM TOUCHED IN SOME WAY BY THIS VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
YARMOUTH IS SPECIAL FOR ALAN DELANEY, WHO CROSSED THE POND IN 1983.
>> MY FIRST JOB, I CAME TO YARMOUTH ON A FRIDAY AND I WAS WASHING DISHES ON A SATURDAY AT THE IRISH VILLAGE.
>> IT WAS AT A YARMOUTH RESTAURANT WHERE ALLEN FOUND THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, AMY.
>> THANK GOD I HAD THE BROGUE.
>> THEY MARRIED, STARTED A FAMILY, AND BOUGHT THE SKIPPER CHOWDER HOUSE, A YARMOUTH FIXTURE SINCE THE 1930’S.
>> WE DID NOT THINK WE WOULD MAKE IT.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE RESTAURANT AND THE LINES UP -- OUT THE DOOR, USING, IT MUST BE NICE TO HAVE A RESTAURANT LIKE THIS.
I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE NO LINES AND I WAS THINKING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THE MORTGAGE THIS MONTH?
>> A DRIVE TO SUCCEED HELP TO THEM -- HELP THEM PUSH THROUGH THOSE YEARS.
>> AND THE SAME PEOPLE COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AS WE GET TO KNOW THEM, THEY GET TO KNOW US.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER’S KIDS.
IT IS A NIC FAMILY RESTAURANT TRADITION.
>> TRADITIONAL CAPE COD FAVORITES REMAIN THE TRADITION.
>> WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR CLAM CHOWDER.
>> WE WON THE BOSTON-NEWPORT HARBOR CHOWDER FESTIVAL.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS CHOWDER.
>> THE BEST CHOWDER ON THE CAPE.
>> WE DECIDED, HOW CAN WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT DIMENSION?
FRY IT.
>> FRY, FRY AGAIN.
>> WHEN WE STARTED SERVING IT -- FIRST OF ALL, THE TRADITIONALISTS WOULD BE, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
WHY WOULD YOU FRY CLAM CHOWDER?
SACRILEGE.
WE WERE BREAKING ALL THE RULES.
>> BUT ONCE THEY BIT INTO IT, THEY LOVED IT.
>> A REVOLUTIONARY TASTE IN A CLASSIC SETTING.
>> MY FATHER WAS ONLY ASKING ME THE OTHER DAY, DID YOU HEAR THAT SQUEAKING US ON THE SWING?
DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT SOME WD-40 ON IT?
I SET HOLD OFF, BECAUSE I LOVE THAT SOUND.
THAT SOUND TO ME IS THE KIDS LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN, AND THAT, TO ME, IS SUMMER IT CAPE COD.
>> OK, BACK TO THE FRIED CLAM CHOWDER -- WELL.
IT LOOKED COMPLICATED, BUT GOOD.
>> YOU DEEP FRY IT LIKE YOU DEEP FRY ANYTHING AND IT’S VERY POPULAR.
PEOPLE LIKE IT A LOT.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
>> I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
NEXT, A ROADSIDE ATTRACTION.
>> WHAT BETTER WAY TO SIT IN TRAFFIC THEN WITH AN ICE CREAM CONE?