Wife and 3 year old stayting at cape an motel? what to do?

WIfe is dragging us up there to gloucster and staying at the Cape Ann, where she stayed as a kid. So we are driving from Syracuse to there for a 4 day weekend. Thats my venting :o)

What is the motel like? just old or digustingly old?

The beach still ol to play on? water must be FRIGID!

I%26#39;ll check out Rudder Restaurant (kids ok?)

WHAT can we do with our 3 year old? We have a 6 month old in tow too.

Wife and 3 year old stayting at cape an motel? what to do?

Were you looking for the Dr. Phil website when you stumbled onto TA? That%26#39;s my venting :0)

This place? Looks fine.

http://www.capeannmotorinn.com/

The water is cold--builds character! Kids won%26#39;t notice the cold.

Lotsa good restaurants--from Jalapeno%26#39;s Mexican to our friends at Thai Choice to some great seafood places, all tolerant of kids.

Take the 3 year old to see the llamas near the movie theatre on rt133, across from old Yankee Fleet.

Take the 3 year old to watch the bridge open and the boats go through.

Take the 3 year old to Stage Fort Park to play.

Take the 3 year old for a whale watch.

Take the 3 year old fishing.

Take the 3 year old for ice cream.

Take the 3 year old to see the fishing boats.

Take the 3 year old to Good Harbor Beach to float in the river, see some striped bass and catch creatures in a net to then release.

Take the 3 year old to walk around in Rockport.

Take the 3 year old to fly a kite.

Take the 3 year old to see the wolves at Wolf Hollow in Ipswich.

Take the 3 year old to see the lighthouse at Eastern Point.

All of which you can take the 6 month old along on.

Have a great time!

Wife and 3 year old stayting at cape an motel? what to do?

If you%26#39;re talking about the Cape Ann Motor Inn, in my opinion it may be the most obviously family-friendly motel/beach combination that can be found. (There are others, but not as obvious.) It%26#39;s not luxurious, but its location on Long Beach is hard to beat. Right on the soft-sand beach, literally. The neighborhood - and it really is a neighborhood - is very safe for several reasons. The curving beach is lined with small summer cottages, jumping with families. The whole beach can be seen from any vantage point on the seawall. If it%26#39;s crowded, I think nearly nothing bad can happen without dozens seeing it and reacting. The beach in front of the motel has large lights trained on it until late at night. There is a whole neighborhood between the motel and the main road. At the ';Y'; where you drive off of Hwy 127, there%26#39;s a classic New England walk-up short-order seafood/sandwich/ice cream etc. -type of place, including a small diner.

Um, was this the place you meant...?

Be prepared for the rooms to be sand-filled, no matter how much housekeeping vacuums. As another poster stated, the beach is literally ON Long Beach. Luckily for you, it%26#39;s one of the cleanest beaches around. The water doesn%26#39;t start to get comfortable until mid to late August.

Take the wife and kids into Bearskin Neck for part of the day. The have some nice restaurants, shops, places to get ice cream and taffy.

Also, check out Captain Carlos%26#39; in Gloucester. Nice spot and very family-friendly.

3-year-olds enjoy digging in beach sand. Most parents of 3-year-olds enjoy doing this with them.

I mentioned Rudders restuarant. Somewhere on a point that some poster mentioned..is worth checking out.

Bearskin is something my wife plans on doing as a day trip, so thats planned in already.

Sure I love playing in the sand with my childrren. But staying on the beach all day is not my idea of fun.. THus looking for other activities we could enjoy and break up the day.

Yeah, Heard the hotel is SANDY. No matter where you go for beaches, you can never clean out sand. HElk my G-parents in florida have a car just for the beach, they cal it their beach car (VW bug) Needs to be shoveled out. :o)

ANyone have input ona a seafood and GOOD steak house?