Labor Day marks the end of our longest possible summer, if and only if the season is measured from Memorial Day to Labor Day (with no measurement of heat indices, equinoxes, and solstices taken into consideration). The former occurred on the earliest last-Monday-of-May possible and the latter on the latest first-Monday-of-September possible, making for a total of 166 days.

Here are some random questions/thoughts: if you have the answers, please lemme know.

• Why are there no restrooms on the 115-mile drive from Provincetown to Boston, beginning on Route 6 and then continuing on Route 3 (both state roads) and ultimately on I-93 (an interstate)?

• Why is there no recycling at the Cape Cod National Seashore beaches in Eastham and Wellfleet? [Besides reducing landfill needs, the retrieval of deposit cans/bottles by some seniors augmented their income, judging by their bulging bags of recyclables at redemption stores.]

• Why has the National Park Service curtailed many of the ranger-led family activities all along the National Seashore?

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• Did the state engineers who work for MassDOT understand the traffic congestion that would result northbound in Eastham and Wellfleet when it okayed the installation of a bike lane versus a second travel-lane for cars?

• If “Suicide Alley” between Route 134 in Dennis and the Orleans Rotary is so dangerous, why aren’t there “Jersey barriers” to prevent head-on collisions on the 13-mile run instead of two pairs of double-yellow lines, a 5-inch berm in the middle, and flimsy reflectors all down the middle of the road?

• If any Martha’s Vineyard resident comments on current morality or the lack thereof, he/she should be reminded of all the pilfering that occurred on that bucolic island – the theft of countless items during the filming of the movie “Jaws” way back in 1974-1975, as revealed years ago by a writer/actor involved with that classic’s production.