Provincetown (Miles to date: 475)
We were woken in the early hours by the pounding of the rain on the tent. It is amazing how much a tent resembles a drum at such times. . We had been planning to go out kayaking with a ranger from the National Seashore Park but the outing was canceled due to the rain. So instead we decided to take a drive up to the top of the Cape – Provincetown.
En route we pulled off the highway and went to the National Seashore Park visitor center at the Province Lands. This center is smaller than the one at Salt Ponds but has a great lookout point across the dunes. Well worth the stop.
Post the cultural experience of the dunes we went into Provincetown – which was a very different experience indeed. By this time the rain had started to abate. Not exactly the place we expected it to be. The town was extremely touristy, with a lot of eateries and gift shops. The town itself is has its quaint aspects and some of the buildings are elegant – at the same 
time there are some shops with tacky frontages. There are also plenty of art shops and galleries and by all accounts there is a resident community of artistic types. We had lunch in a South African oriented restaurant which had a selection of food from around the world – they even had such delicacies as Marmite, Smarties and HP sauce of sale (much of this will not mean much to anyone who has not lived in the UK). For the rest of the afternoon we strolled around the town and were amazed by the strange collection of people wondering the street – reminded us very much of Brighton (a south coast town in England).
All in all we would recommend Provincetown as a place to visit for its shopping, eating and it’s community of bon vivants.
We were woken in the early hours by the pounding of the rain on the tent. It is amazing how much a tent resembles a drum at such times. . We had been planning to go out kayaking with a ranger from the National Seashore Park but the outing was canceled due to the rain. So instead we decided to take a drive up to the top of the Cape – Provincetown.
En route we pulled off the highway and went to the National Seashore Park visitor center at the Province Lands. This center is smaller than the one at Salt Ponds but has a great lookout point across the dunes. Well worth the stop.
Post the cultural experience of the dunes we went into Provincetown – which was a very different experience indeed. By this time the rain had started to abate. Not exactly the place we expected it to be. The town was extremely touristy, with a lot of eateries and gift shops. The town itself is has its quaint aspects and some of the buildings are elegant – at the same 
time there are some shops with tacky frontages. There are also plenty of art shops and galleries and by all accounts there is a resident community of artistic types. We had lunch in a South African oriented restaurant which had a selection of food from around the world – they even had such delicacies as Marmite, Smarties and HP sauce of sale (much of this will not mean much to anyone who has not lived in the UK). For the rest of the afternoon we strolled around the town and were amazed by the strange collection of people wondering the street – reminded us very much of Brighton (a south coast town in England).All in all we would recommend Provincetown as a place to visit for its shopping, eating and it’s community of bon vivants.
Earlier in the day we had discovered that there was several scouts troops camping at the State Park during that weekend. Karen got talking to the leaders and got Jack invited to join them that evening. Jack was a little concerned at the beginning but eventually had a great time talking to the scouts and building a camp fire.
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Glad to see Jack got to do an outdoor activity with a group of Scouts after all! Back here, we are planning for the Thunderbird Games, so in mid-October, think of us, and we'll know you're with us in spirit! :)
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