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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGreetings from beautiful downtown (to the extent that there is one) Provincetown, Massachusetts
Where the word "trump" only is heard in cabarets and bridge games:

Lonestarblue
(12,945 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)Diamond_Dog
(38,588 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)Half of the people in the photo were not born in the USA, two do not live there permanently, and one is not a citizen, or even interested in becoming one!
Diamond_Dog
(38,588 posts)Youre all good people, thats all that matters to me.
They wouldnt like my three adult sons either, all are liberals.
debm55
(51,021 posts)
My wife wears her 73 years far more gracefully than I do mine!
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,195 posts)I know you're enjoying your well-deserved vacation!
DFW
(59,008 posts)Tears are already beginning to form. I am slowly beginning to understand why people retire.
radical noodle
(10,407 posts)What a lovely family photo.
DFW
(59,008 posts)Last year, we were ALL here:
radical noodle
(10,407 posts)Great photo, with everyone happy and having a wonderful time!
DFW
(59,008 posts)But with them, I really win the lottery.
littlemissmartypants
(29,887 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)A desperately needed battery recharging!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,561 posts)
BTW, The Pirate Museum is now moved from the P-Town pier over to West Falmouth, but if you haven't seen it, it is a MUST! It's the real thing, the Black Sam Belamy's pirate ship -full of treasure- was found off the waters of Coast Guard Beach. The museum is a blast for all ages!
Cheers!

DFW
(59,008 posts)I can't imagine it getting the visits it used to get, but I never stop in West Falmouth, so that's just a guess.
Too bad we didn't know you were around. Who else was here from DU? I would have wanted to meet with one of greats as well. (no one here but us chickens....)
FailureToCommunicate
(14,561 posts)They are still diving and finding stuff from the Whydah, and sometimes Barry Clifford is there at the museum.
Cheers
For any fans of pirate stories and swashbuckling days of yore, chart your course to go see it!
link: https://www.discoverpirates.com
LoisB
(11,704 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)Be thankful for your distance!
LoisB
(11,704 posts)I wasn't telling you anything you didn't already know.
ratchiweenie
(8,133 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)They take after my wife and daughter--although not in nature. They'll never become male models because they'd probably take a machete to a studio that did photos of them that they didn't like (and they are all of 2 and 4). Sandpipers in the sand, but Great Whites in the water.
TheRickles
(2,958 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)We have graduated to the store-made ice cream of Sweet and Savory on Route 6 in Truro.
The "Key-Lime-Cheesecake" ice cream would be worth a trip from Bhutan on muleback, and we only had to come from Düsseldorf!
irisblue
(36,066 posts)Sometimes the camera is kinder than we deserve.
dlk
(12,968 posts)In the dark days ahead, it will be our families and friends who will see us through.
DFW
(59,008 posts)That is why we choose a place in a galaxy far, far away from the usual haunts.
surfered
(9,428 posts)not fooled
(6,478 posts)As it should be.
😀
biophile
(919 posts)Every year, the first day we get here, I say to my self, "this is going to go by so fast, we won't even notice it."
And so it has. In one month, I have to be 5000 miles southeast of here. By then Cape Cod will seem like a pleasant distant memory.
biophile
(919 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)biophile
(919 posts)☺️
electric_blue68
(24,029 posts)My sis reccentlyb got back from Cape Cod, hanging out with a friend.
DFW
(59,008 posts)CTyankee
(67,115 posts)DFW
(59,008 posts)But I hear it is indeed similar.
justaprogressive
(5,532 posts)I visited P'town often. Check out Great Island in Wellfleet!
If you want to get away from the crowds, pack a lunch and water
have a day of peace on the Cape in mid-summer...
DFW
(59,008 posts)But maybe next year, we will run over there. Thanks for the tip!
SomewhereInTheMiddle
(568 posts)But my sister and her wife, along with many friends and family usually make the pilgrimage there from NJ every summer.
I enjoyed it the one time, except for the traffic getting there and leaving.
Thanks for sharing.
DFW
(59,008 posts)Saturday morning, on Cape or off Cape
But once we're here, all is forgiven. Most of the traffic is for Hyannis or Chatham anyway. The Outer Cape is 90% for stupid fanatic like us, who really want to get away from it. Unfortunately, cruise ships occasionally dock at Provincetown, in which case the normally peaceful atmosphere is shattered by day tourists who really aren't interested in much beyond lobster rolls and salt water taffy. But they are usually gone by dinner time, and P-town reverts to being its usual quirky self.