Author Topic: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010  (Read 9375 times)

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Re: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2010, 02:12:29 am »
Thanks for those wonderful views from and of the Monument, Paul.  Brings back our idyllic weekend last summer.  Hope it's still there 100 years from now!  8)

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Re: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2010, 03:40:59 am »
Thanks for taking us on the tour, Paul :).

The silhouette of the cape on the satellite photo looks almost like a mirrored Sylt.


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Re: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2010, 09:00:51 am »
Cool observation, Chrissi.  However, John's photo is of the entire Cape Cod area (the island at lower left is Martha's Vineyard), and Provincetown is the sandy bit at the very tip.

Have you been to Sylt?  It looks like it has a huge, white sand beach.  Is that the North Sea?

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Re: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2010, 01:04:47 pm »
Cool observation, Chrissi.  However, John's photo is of the entire Cape Cod area (the island at lower left is Martha's Vineyard), and Provincetown is the sandy bit at the very tip.

Yeah, that's what I meant, the whole cape.


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Have you been to Sylt?  It looks like it has a huge, white sand beach.  Is that the North Sea?

Yes, it's the North Sea. I've never been to Sylt. It must be a beautiful place, it's a very popular tourist destination, but also has a reputation of being the island of the rich and famous.

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Re: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2010, 01:23:06 pm »
Yes, it's the North Sea. I've never been to Sylt. It must be a beautiful place, it's a very popular tourist destination, but also has a reputation of being the island of the rich and famous.

Although it's rapidly changing, Provincetown always had the reputation of being a place full of weirdos, hippies, and bohemians.  It attracts writers and artists.  In recent times, its most famous resident probably was Norman Mailer.  The rich and famous still go to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. 

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Re: Provincetown Pilgrim Monument turns 100 in 2010
« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2010, 09:43:57 am »
Thanks for the tour of the monument, Paul.  I'm glad it was such a gorgeous day for you and you got to climb it!   :-* :-*
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