Late Monday a.m. start – didn’t wake ‘til 8 (slowly settling into lazy vacation life).  Yogurt, handful of nuts.  Day’s first stop: the Pilgrim Monument.

— The Pilgrim Monument was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Provincetown on November 21, 1620.

— The Pilgrim Monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States. The granite came from Stonington, Maine, and each stone is the thickness of the wall.

Toured the tired lighthouse museum.  Hasn’t really changed over the years but I go every visit – LOVE history, LOVE our American story.  Climbed 116 steps to the Monument top & took in its ocean view.  Stunning.  Best way to start a Monday morning 🙂

Walked Commercial thru P-town’s West End; met up with a local kayaker just past the Causeway. Paddled to the tip of the Cape three years ago.  This trip toured Provincetown’s extensive water estuaries.  Launched 2 hours before high tide, meandered thru tall field grasses…like something from the African Queen.  Water fowl, fish, green crab & [salty, edible] pickle grass.  Beached on a sand bar & enjoyed a short swim while waiting for the tide to come in.

One final dinner, one last evening show – then sadly, vacation time came to a close.

Tuesday morning ferry, another beautiful sunshiny day — AND 4 hours playtime before my airport return home.  BOSTON!  Day choice: Public Garden and a local cemetery.  [Honestly] it’s the history that interests me, not crypts & dead bodies.  Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere – these early revolutionaries & signers of the Declaration fill our school books.

WOW, whatta summer!  Visited both coasts of Canada, family vacationed in St. Louis, road-tripped thru Yellowstone, pony-trekked the Tetons…then ended ‘heat’ season, celebrating the big 5-0 on scenic Cape Cod.   #noregretlife