I've flown around the Cape and airports like P-Town and Chatham are delightful by day and in good viz.
At night (and the Cape is prone to mist/fog), in a high performance complex twin (which is nowhere near as forgiving as a 172 (which is what Melanie will have been likely to have flown at Chatham), then thats a whole new ball game.
She did very well. (in my amateur opinion as a few hundred hour PPL) In fact I hope I would be able to do as well and also hope that I never have to try........