Cape Cod and Plymouth, MA
Luke and I spent the weekend out on The Cape. We'd left Saturday morning and arrived in the afternoon. You wouldn't know that we were out on the peninsula if you hadn't read the signs. No water to be seen from any highway. Just a wall of trees. We felt like we were in the country and not ocean-side. We stayed in W. Yarmouth at a hotel with a view of Lewis Bay. It had a man-made beach that ended at the marshland. It was pretty.
We saw Hyannis. Drove through Old Town. Walked at the docks. Saw the JFK memorial. It was a huge-ass wall with a side view of his face (like on a coin). There was a fountain in the middle of the courtyard. The courtyard was painted WHITE. It was very bright in teh sunlight.
We went out to Eastham and stopped at the Coast Guard Beach. It was interesting to see all the fog. Yea Fog!! It was very cool to look at and feel (cuz it'd been warm all day). There was this house at the top. It's still a Coast Guard station and a residence for them. The former boathouse nearby is now a bathroom/shower area for the beach below. Back in the day, you used to be able to drive down to the beach and park there to have fun. Well, after some infamous storm that rocked Boston a few decades ago, the ocean overtook the land. The beach disappeared along with the parking lot and any houses along that side of the cape. What's left is a public access beach W/ SAND that you can walk down to.
We went to Provincetown. It's known for being a hot spot for the gay n lesbian community and the party hot spot. Ferrys from Plymouth land there and it's the last city at the tip of the cape. It was a lot of fun. I was trying to park near city hall, but the sign said it was a no parking zone for people during 8-5pm on M-F w/o the correct permit number. Well, it was the weekend, so yes?? Nope. The sign continued to say that cars will be towed at any other remining times. I drove on and came across a wall of people. A closed street? A parade? No. It was just the normal thing for the weekend come summertime. The entire street was still open to cars, if you could get through. I ended up parking somewhere nearby and we walked the street with the hundreds of other people. It was a lot of fun. It was such a party atmostphere. All the businesses were open really late and it was probably the largest group of people we'd seen all day! We hada couple of drinks at a bar/restaurant so that we could be paying customers and I could use the bathroom. (oh, yes, one bar had a sign up that there was no public bathroom. you had to buy a drink or pay $5!) We had some burgers at a burger joint and then some fresh ice cream (there are fresh ice cream stand all over all the towns). We then saw a cabaret show, "Big Wigs", starring Joe Schmitz and Thirsty Burlington. They were halarious. It started off with Celine Dion and ended with Sonny and Cher. Luke took a small video of the last one w/ the digial camera. He also took another video of Marilyn Monroe, who after coming back from the dead, they'd decided she'd be best as a stripper. There was Michael Jackson and Blondie and I can't remember who else. It was a good show. Everyone loved it and was dancing and singing to various songs.
On Sunday, we left. We never found any of the cranberry bogs or factories. We stopped at Sandwhich on the way off the cape, but couldn't find the Glass Museum and demos. For being such a small town, you'd think it'd have been easier, but now. This was New England, after all. The few signs that are out don't always give clear directions.
We went to Plymouth. We saw the Plimoth Plantation which recreated the settlement of both the English and the Native Peoples (not Indians nor Native Americans). We saw the Mayflower II, the recreation of the first boat that was sailed back to England and then "lost" to history. It was interesting to see the boat. It was a seafaring boat that has been sailed out around the cape and the crew hopes to take it out next year on it's anniversary. I was amazed that over 100 people, PLUS their animals fit on that little boat. One floor, no light, no fresh air. We saw Plymouth Rock. It's a real rock. It was a symblic thing where the first settlers stepped on it when they came ashore. It's been divided and rejoined in it's life. It's now whole and next to the Mayflower II with a beautiful engraved stone overhang. We walked the main street along the water and called it a day (after stopping for some yummy chocolate).
We went to Marblehead for dinner. It's on the coast and a little north of Boston. Couldn't find much open, nor the area Luke was thinking of, so we left for greener pastures.
We went to Salem. We had a great dinner. I got a little tipsy from my glass of wine b/ of my dehydration from being in the sun all day long. Per tradition, we got lost on the way out of town. New England really does lack clear sign-age, people. We somehow made it home and happily went to bed soon after.
We saw Hyannis. Drove through Old Town. Walked at the docks. Saw the JFK memorial. It was a huge-ass wall with a side view of his face (like on a coin). There was a fountain in the middle of the courtyard. The courtyard was painted WHITE. It was very bright in teh sunlight.
We went out to Eastham and stopped at the Coast Guard Beach. It was interesting to see all the fog. Yea Fog!! It was very cool to look at and feel (cuz it'd been warm all day). There was this house at the top. It's still a Coast Guard station and a residence for them. The former boathouse nearby is now a bathroom/shower area for the beach below. Back in the day, you used to be able to drive down to the beach and park there to have fun. Well, after some infamous storm that rocked Boston a few decades ago, the ocean overtook the land. The beach disappeared along with the parking lot and any houses along that side of the cape. What's left is a public access beach W/ SAND that you can walk down to.
We went to Provincetown. It's known for being a hot spot for the gay n lesbian community and the party hot spot. Ferrys from Plymouth land there and it's the last city at the tip of the cape. It was a lot of fun. I was trying to park near city hall, but the sign said it was a no parking zone for people during 8-5pm on M-F w/o the correct permit number. Well, it was the weekend, so yes?? Nope. The sign continued to say that cars will be towed at any other remining times. I drove on and came across a wall of people. A closed street? A parade? No. It was just the normal thing for the weekend come summertime. The entire street was still open to cars, if you could get through. I ended up parking somewhere nearby and we walked the street with the hundreds of other people. It was a lot of fun. It was such a party atmostphere. All the businesses were open really late and it was probably the largest group of people we'd seen all day! We hada couple of drinks at a bar/restaurant so that we could be paying customers and I could use the bathroom. (oh, yes, one bar had a sign up that there was no public bathroom. you had to buy a drink or pay $5!) We had some burgers at a burger joint and then some fresh ice cream (there are fresh ice cream stand all over all the towns). We then saw a cabaret show, "Big Wigs", starring Joe Schmitz and Thirsty Burlington. They were halarious. It started off with Celine Dion and ended with Sonny and Cher. Luke took a small video of the last one w/ the digial camera. He also took another video of Marilyn Monroe, who after coming back from the dead, they'd decided she'd be best as a stripper. There was Michael Jackson and Blondie and I can't remember who else. It was a good show. Everyone loved it and was dancing and singing to various songs.
On Sunday, we left. We never found any of the cranberry bogs or factories. We stopped at Sandwhich on the way off the cape, but couldn't find the Glass Museum and demos. For being such a small town, you'd think it'd have been easier, but now. This was New England, after all. The few signs that are out don't always give clear directions.
We went to Plymouth. We saw the Plimoth Plantation which recreated the settlement of both the English and the Native Peoples (not Indians nor Native Americans). We saw the Mayflower II, the recreation of the first boat that was sailed back to England and then "lost" to history. It was interesting to see the boat. It was a seafaring boat that has been sailed out around the cape and the crew hopes to take it out next year on it's anniversary. I was amazed that over 100 people, PLUS their animals fit on that little boat. One floor, no light, no fresh air. We saw Plymouth Rock. It's a real rock. It was a symblic thing where the first settlers stepped on it when they came ashore. It's been divided and rejoined in it's life. It's now whole and next to the Mayflower II with a beautiful engraved stone overhang. We walked the main street along the water and called it a day (after stopping for some yummy chocolate).
We went to Marblehead for dinner. It's on the coast and a little north of Boston. Couldn't find much open, nor the area Luke was thinking of, so we left for greener pastures.
We went to Salem. We had a great dinner. I got a little tipsy from my glass of wine b/ of my dehydration from being in the sun all day long. Per tradition, we got lost on the way out of town. New England really does lack clear sign-age, people. We somehow made it home and happily went to bed soon after.
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