Greetings from beautiful downtown (to the extent that there is one) Provincetown, Massachusetts

[DFW]

Where the word "trump" only is heard in cabarets and bridge games:

[Lonestarblue]

1. I hope you've been enjoying some excellent lobster rolls!

[DFW]

10. Your hope has not gone in vain! n/t

[Diamond_Dog]

2. You have a beautiful family!!

[DFW]

11. Thank you! Republicans wouldn't like them though.

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]

28. Who cares what Republicans like!

You’re all good people, that’s all that matters to me.
They wouldn’t like my three adult sons either, all are liberals.

[debm55]

3. Enjoy yourselves. Beautiful family.

[DFW]

12. Thanks Deb!

My wife wears her 73 years far more gracefully than I do mine!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. What a beautiful family photo, my dear DFW!

I know you're enjoying your well-deserved vacation!

[DFW]

13. It is already more than half over

Tears are already beginning to form. I am slowly beginning to understand why people retire.

[radical noodle]

5. Love it there!

What a lovely family photo.

[DFW]

14. And that's only half of us!

Last year, we were ALL here:

[radical noodle]

23. Oh wow! You're one lucky guy!

Great photo, with everyone happy and having a wonderful time!

[DFW]

24. I haven't lucked out with everything

But with them, I really win the lottery.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. What fun! Thanks so much for sharing this, DFW! Love it! ❤️

[DFW]

15. Our once-a-year chill out

A desperately needed battery recharging!

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. We were just there! It would've been cool to run into one of DU's greats!

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]

17. We visited the Pirate Museum when it was still on the pier in P-town.

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]

30. Well, the new location is vastly bigger and better. It's worth braving the traffic back to W Falmouth.

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]

8. Beautiful family. Those babies are just adorable.

[DFW]

18. They are as rambunctious and difficult as they are cute.

Be thankful for your distance!

[LoisB]

19. I know exactly what you mean. I have three great-grandchildren aged 3 to 6.

[DFW]

22. OH, yes!

I wasn't telling you anything you didn't already know.

[ratchiweenie]

9. What a handsome lot, and those babies are absolutely gorgeous.

[DFW]

20. Luckily for them......

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]

16. Hope you all enjoyed your salt water taffy at Cabot's!

[DFW]

21. Dentistry and sugar issues there, though the temptation IS great, even after all these years.

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]

25. That is a truly lovely photo of some of your family DFW.

[DFW]

37. Thanks!

Sometimes the camera is kinder than we deserve.

[dlk]

26. Thak you for sharing your beautiful family

In the dark days ahead, it will be our families and friends who will see us through.

[DFW]

38. Sometimes, there is little else.

That is why we choose a place in a galaxy far, far away from the usual haunts.

[dlk]

47. All we can do...

[surfered]

27. Beautiful family. We were lucky enough to stay there in a B&B that was like a Tiffany Art Museum

[not fooled]

29. "Where the word "trump" only is heard in cabarets and bridge games"

As it should be.

[malaise]

31. Enjoy

😀

[biophile]

32. Good looking group, there! Have a wonderful time!

[DFW]

39. Ten more days.

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]

44. Good luck there, too!

[DFW]

45. I have three weeks to learn Portuguese. N/t

[biophile]

46. I looked on a map after you said 5000 miles and figured Brazil

☺️

[electric_blue68]

33. Nice photo. Keep enjoying yourselves!

My sis reccentlyb got back from Cape Cod, hanging out with a friend.

[DFW]

40. I hope she got to stay longer than we did! n/t

[CTyankee]

34. Our family has a nice place on Chappaquiddick Island. Provincetown looks similar!

[DFW]

41. I've never been to Chappaquiddick

But I hear it is indeed similar.

[justaprogressive]

35. When I lived on the Cape

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]

42. There are already no crowds where we are (that's why we come here to Truro)

But maybe next year, we will run over there. Thanks for the tip!

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

36. Only been there once ...

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]

43. The traffic is indeed punishing

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.