We got up Monday morning to a fantabulous sunrise. These pictures were taken just outside our door.
You can see Karol's pictures at:
They are much better than mine!
The first thing we did on Monday was go for a ride along the coast on our bikes. There are a lot of bike trails and the roads are pretty bike friendly - so getting around is pretty easy. Except for the hills - who knew Cape Cod would be so hilly!?!?
There are a lot of salt marshes along the coast.
And some picturesque ponds...
This one had an occupant...
We also went for a walk in the dunes.
This house provides a sense of scale. The dunes are pretty high and going up and down them through deep sand was quite a workout!
The walk soon turned into a trek and we went all the way to the beach, which is over the last dune behind me in this picture.
But we made it! Here I am on a bluff overlooking the water.
The beach itself went on for miles and was practically deserted.
Yesterday, it rained so we went to the Pilgrim Monument and museum and the Life Saving Station, which is no longer in use but has been restored.
The Pilgrim Monument was built in 1907 - 1910 in recognition that the Mayflower first landed at Provincetown. There is also a nice museum that includes a section on the fishing / whaling industries that used to be a mainstay here. We would have climbed to the top but it was so cloudy, all you would be able to see are clouds and I could see them without climbing 252 feet. They say that you can see Boston on a clear day.
You can read more about the monument at
The Life Saving Service operated stations along the coasts to help save people when their ships founder. It sounds like it was a pretty boring job until there was a storm or a ship in trouble. The station that we visited was active from about 1870 until 1915 and has been restored to the condition when it was in use. There were eight men stationed here, a Keeper and seven surfmen. You can read all about it at http://uslife-savingservice.org/
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