Published May 28, 2010

Memorial Day destination suggestion: Coast Guard Beach in Eastham (Hadleygrass is asparagus/Flickr)

As I write, I hear WBUR’s Deborah Becker telling us more people are expected to drive, instead of fly, to their destination vacations this Memorial Day weekend. That means you’ll have more company on I-495.

For once, Massachusetts has done something that makes sense with regard to transportation: All construction is halted on major roads this weekend. So those yellow construction signs on WBUR’s new traffic map can be disregarded, at least for a few days.

So where to go? You might try Coast Guard Beach, in Eastham on Cape Cod, which debuts as No. 7 on the annual list of the top 10 beaches in America. You can probably thank the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for getting Mass. onto that list.