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[aslant]

this morning we woke up at 7 am and drove to chatham, on cape cod. k had to finish a wedding tent job and i tagged along for the ride, since i've never been to the cape before. it was quite beautiful. it was just barely too cold to go wading, but we were not dressed for it anyway. we wandered around and looked in a few random shops---uniformly chock full of paintings for rich people and various cape cod paraphenalia. interesting how every single house had those pale gray unpainted shingles, whether cottages or grand summer houses. the house for the wedding was huge & i only went in their basement to use the bathroom (one of nine in the house) and it seemed quite huge. too bad i did not get out back to see the view off the seacliff before all the rich people woke up and started scrutinizing us. very odd to be wandering around like a servant!






the sky over davis square at 7 a.m., on our way out.




the main public beach area, with the curl of the sandbars out in the distance.


the view from the public beach back towards the main town, some of the famous old captains' homes and inns and etc.

Comments

[relativid.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I love the Cape.

No cowbells, but more photos. This is a good trend.

more photos!

[aslant.livejournal.com]

i did see a ship's bell in a rich-people store and thought of your request!

the cape is lovely, but i get itchy at the idea of people who can own beaches. i like oregon for that reason, you could walk for a hundred miles. chatham seemed very owned, very old-money. definitely a place where you need to be 'dressed' just to walk down the street.

Re: more photos!

[relativid.livejournal.com]

I prefer Wellfleet.

There are some good galleries on the Cape. Tree's Place is worth a look, but like you mentioned earlier, don't expect to be able to buy anything. It's nice to be able to stare at original Robert Vickrey temperas, though.

Owning beaches, that doesn't seem proper, does it? Oregon has the right idea.