Cape Cod Memorial Day Traffic Nightmare Begins

Traffic Started Backing Up at 9:30 am

I truly think coming to Cape Cod for Memorial Day weekend is the dumbest thing anyone could do. People sit in traffic for hours to get here, then they try and leave at the same time on Monday. That's a lot of effort for not much down time.

Anyways this is Route 6A at the intersection of Dewey Avenue, which is about 4 miles from the Sagamore Bridge.  I live around the corner from here. Normally the traffic just whizzes by. Not today. Although I am a bit surprised that traffic started backing up as early as it did. Usually it's later on a sunny day. 

I picked up Mom to go to the Stop & Shop and Sandwich Marina about 9 am. Traffic was completely normal. I had told Mom that we probably wouldn't go anywhere else because of the traffic. As I left the Sandwich Marina, I told her we would go explore an old cemetery, the traffic was still light. I was really shocked at the traffic backup that happened in only one hour.  This was the scene at 10 am. One of the people who live on Route 6A said it slowed to a crawl at about 9:30 am.

Usually Route 6A will back up about 15 to 20 miles on a typical Memorial weekend. I do resent it a bit, because we can't ever have a Memorial Day barbecue or go to one out of the neighborhood. No one is willing to fight the traffic.