Last week we were invited to spend a few days with my wife's old roommate from college at a house she had rented in Truro Ma., which is on Cape Cod. We all needed a break from everything and it was nice to be able to clear our minds for a few days and just have fun
This was my first time on the Cape so I really didn't know what to expect. The house we stayed at was about a block off the bay and sat up approx 100' on a bluff. It awarded us with magnificent sunsets each night.
We were about a mile from Highlands Light. David decided that he would make the climb to the top with me. There was a 51" minimum height to be able to climb the stairs but with an adjustment of his baseball cap he met the height requirement.
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We were about 20 minutes from Provincetown so we thought we would check out the "sights". P-town is a pretty unique place with lots of restaurants and art galleries. It is definitely a place with many photo ops.
Here are a few random samples from a stroll down Main st.
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And one of my favorites; (I think the name of the boat says it all :wink: )
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While looking in a hat shop my wife and her friend met the "Hat Ladies" from Essex Ct. I guess they are local celebrities as they said that they had been on the Oprah show. Here is a shot of the ladies with my group; (The two Hat ladies are on the left)
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David and I decided to go on a whale watch trip while we were there. We were lucky enough to find a pod of Fin-back whales which are the second largest approx 80' in length just about a mile off shore. After a short boat ride we came across "Sedge" a male Humpback whale which they have been tracking since 1988. He put on quite a show for the boat including "breaching" twice about 100 yards from the boat. It truly is an amazing sight to see a 60' long animal launch itself completely out of the water. Unfortunately I did not get a shot of this as I just stood there with my mouth open in awe
I did manage to grab a couple of tail shots.
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We all had a great time and would like to go back again sometime.
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This was my first time on the Cape so I really didn't know what to expect. The house we stayed at was about a block off the bay and sat up approx 100' on a bluff. It awarded us with magnificent sunsets each night.
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We were about a mile from Highlands Light. David decided that he would make the climb to the top with me. There was a 51" minimum height to be able to climb the stairs but with an adjustment of his baseball cap he met the height requirement.
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We were about 20 minutes from Provincetown so we thought we would check out the "sights". P-town is a pretty unique place with lots of restaurants and art galleries. It is definitely a place with many photo ops.
Here are a few random samples from a stroll down Main st.
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And one of my favorites; (I think the name of the boat says it all :wink: )
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While looking in a hat shop my wife and her friend met the "Hat Ladies" from Essex Ct. I guess they are local celebrities as they said that they had been on the Oprah show. Here is a shot of the ladies with my group; (The two Hat ladies are on the left)
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David and I decided to go on a whale watch trip while we were there. We were lucky enough to find a pod of Fin-back whales which are the second largest approx 80' in length just about a mile off shore. After a short boat ride we came across "Sedge" a male Humpback whale which they have been tracking since 1988. He put on quite a show for the boat including "breaching" twice about 100 yards from the boat. It truly is an amazing sight to see a 60' long animal launch itself completely out of the water. Unfortunately I did not get a shot of this as I just stood there with my mouth open in awe
I did manage to grab a couple of tail shots.
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We all had a great time and would like to go back again sometime.
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