I grew up with "rotaries", here in Central Oregon they began installing them and they are called "round-a-bouts. They seem to think they created them. The rotary noted in this pictures is at the Eastham/Orleans townline.Below is my beloved Nauset Light. The pic was taken with my cell phone during my last visit. The lighthouse was on the bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, 1/8 mile north of Coast Guard Beach at Nauset Beach (imagine that?). Back in the 90's due to erosion, it was literally within danger of being swept over the bluff into the ocean. A non-profit was formed to raise the funds to move it to it's present location. When Bonnie and I took Ansel to see the lighthouse, I asked him if he saw anything familiar? He snorted and said why yes there are all kinds of pictures of that lighthouse in my house.
Then we took a drive to Provincetown. The town on the very tip of the Cape. It is a Portuguese fishing village. The number one priority for me, was to get a loaf of Portuguese Sweet Bread from "the" Portuguese Bakery on Commercial St. mmmm, the only thing close I ever had, is Hawaiian sweet bread. Mission accomplished, and the loaf of bread was eaten as a snack when we got home.
MacMillan Wharf, Provincetown Hah-ba :0)
This is the Pilgrim Monument... built in 1910 to honor the Pilgrim's first landing on American shores and where the Mayflower Compact was created. It is 252' tall with a 360 degree viewing area. I believe it is completely made out of granite. (New England is home to many granite quarries) Several times as a kid I made the trek up however many stairs there are to the top of this masterpiece. Forty years ago, in all it's majesty the monument could be seen on the horizon from anywhere on the Cape, now the trees make it impossible.
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