While we are waiting for snow to fall this evening (we’re expecting 1-3 inches here in the city tonight/tomorrow from a rare October Nor’easter), I thought I would finish the post about our August trip to Provincetown, MA.
We stayed at Christopher’s by the Bay. We had reservations for 2 nights, but ended up just staying 1 night with the impending hurricane!
We like staying at bed & breakfasts because each one is so different and it’s a surprise when you get there.
Having booked less than a week before, it was slim-picking in P-town. But Christopher’s was a great place to stay. It’s less than a block from the main street that everything is on and is still quiet. We had a room on the top floor and it was an excellent value. We had a full bed and a shared bathroom. Again, each place is different and here they named the rooms after artists.
There were lots of galleries and cute shops:
I loved these whales!!! They were cut from wood and looked so neat!
There were little walkways and alleys to shops and restaurants:
In the afternoons, actors from the shows go out into the street, interact with the crowds, and hand out flyers for that night’s show:
There were several t-shirt shops:
There were lots of old houses that were kept up nice:
We caught a sunset between 2 houses:
So we found a walkway to the beach:
We had our first Narragansett Fest. It’s the Narragansett (Rhode Island) brewery’s traditional German Oktoberfest style beer.
When we’re in a touristy place, we like to look around for a while and then find the postcards/prints for sale in the gift shops to see if we’ve seen most of the attractions. For P-town, there were lots of prints of the Lobster Pot so it’s one of the quintessential pictures of the city.
We went to the Lobster Pot and I got my first lobster roll:
For those of you that don’t know here’s what in a lobster roll- it’s lobster meat, tossed with mayonnaise, scallion, and diced celery on a roll. You eat it more like a hot dog rather than a sandwich. It was served with potato salad. It was okay- just okay- although the bread was awful. I was glad that I tried it since we were at the Lobster Pot.
Pilgrim Monument in the background:
The Pilgrim Monument was built between 1907-1910 to commemorate the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Provincetown on November 21, 1620. They spent 5 weeks on Cape Cod, before they sailed on to Plymouth.
It is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. You can walk up to too! Hopefully you’re not afraid of heights:
During the climb, you can see interior stones that were donated by cities, towns and organizations from all of the United States.
We weren’t really impressed with the top because it was raining and it wasn’t covered but there was a fence with gates all the way around and so it was hard to get a picture without getting the gate in it or getting wet:
We climbed back down and went into the museum where we learned that President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone (1907) and President William H. Taft led the dedication ceremony after the Pilgrim Monument’s completion in 1910.
The museum also housed a section of artifacts brought back from Arctic explorations around in 1913 by Provincetown native Donald B. MacMillan
By late afternoon on Saturday, a few businesses had boarded up their windows in preparation for Hurricane Irene:
You can see the monument in the background:
Before we left, we got “fried dough” from the Portuguese bakery. We thought it looked like an alien. It was shaped a little funny, but it’s similar to what we call elephant ears back in Kentucky.
We got on the last ferry back to Boston before the storm:
We got to watch the Patriots football game:
Boston ended up just getting rain and some wind from Hurricane Irene, but other places like New York and Vermont had bad flooding.
What a neat place. You all have so many neat adventures. How great. Thanks again for sharing & all your wonderful pictures & postings.
I guess the ferry would not have run, if a hurricane was close?
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I can’t believe all these places you are visiting. The pictures are great.
You two must really be having a ball. I am so happy that you are getting to do so much stuff.
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awesome pictures. Reminded me of Brown County only you have the ocean etc Looks like it was made for walking tours. Hugs
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I love staying at B&Bs… they are always so cozy! And lobster roll is definitely the way to go in the middle of summer. If it’s on the menu, 99% of the time I’ll get it. Actually, make it 99.9%… 0.01% would be if I got one for lunch already and it’s dinner time 😉
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I’ve never stayed at a Bed and Breakfast before–I’m really missing out on a lot of fun and new adventures!!!!
Sorry you had to leave with such sober thoughts. And I’m really glad you just got a little wet (no nasty stuff)
hugs
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