and then we were like yeah, let's not go home. let's go to provincetown.

so five of the girls from the nantucket trip went back to boston that night while three of us drove to the tip of cape cod with the idea of camping for the night. 

we got in kind of late which was a bummer but the grapenut ice cream (almost as good as toscanini's!) and sickest/best greeting card in the world made up for it. 

i just want you to know that the table in the ice cream picture is foreshadowing what is up next. 

we were pretty tired and didn't really feel like leaving provincetown to set up a tent somewhere so we made a game time decision to just sleep in mel's suv for the night. 

..in a motel parking lot hahah

and then like real classy citizens we went to this gas station to get ready for bed and then used their bathroom to get ready the next morning too. thanks tedeschi food shops!

now. to tell you a little about provincetown i will read you a line from the town's wiki page 

"The 2010 US Census revealed Provincetown to have the highest rate of same-sex couples in the country, at 163.1 per 1000 couples" 

i am here to tell you that this statistic is real and i've never seen anything like it. take this "small temptations" antique store for example. below would be nothing but nudey gay drawings and this is only a small sampling of what the store had to offer hahah. it was crazy and maybe i shouldn't have taken a picture of it but i needed you to believe me that it existed. 

what also existed was this signed photo by regis and kathi lee for only 12 dollars!!! i'm still kicking myself for not snagging that treasure.

he was buying a small mermaid figurine for his boyf. cutes. 

pretty cape cod!

(i have a picture of a bunch of burly men peaking into the animal lover's boutique if you are interested in a private showing) 

pride for days 

i'd like to give a shout out for the newly laid asphalt in the main part of town. it was so bouncy and nice it made me feel like we were in disneyland. 

also, PLEASE LET ME LIVE IN THIS HOUSE OR ONE LIKE UNTO IT

 same ocean, same girls, different beach

and then since we never really used the bikes we brought with us we went for a bike ride to the boston public gardens after we got back to the city. everything was in full bloom and other than the moments spent mourning the decision to not bring my nice camera, i was in heaven.  

jfk and plymouth day

instead of going somewhere for labor day weekend we decided to do little day trips instead to help me get things crossed off my summer bucket list (i got so close to crossing everything off!)

friday we decided to head the jfk museum and plymouth plantation because on this day and this day only they were both freeeeeeee

i love free.

the museum was cool. i really liked john f. until my own john started telling me what a dirtbag he was to jaqueline. the museum made it seem like they had this perfect marriage when in reality he was just sleeping with everyone he could. i hate him for this. i think i love her for the way she handled it or i think she is dumb..i can't decide. regardless, i enjoyed learning all about his election and seeing those buttons and the picture above of him thoroughly enjoying watching his child do a hand stand haha.

afterwards we went to a random town to grab some phad thai. (i added the h for you melissa!)

i liked the orange/green/brown decor and also when john and i don't look the same size hahahaha

heyooo what the heck just happened?!

WELCOME TO THE 17TH CENTURY!!

guys. mom. i didn't realize that the pilgrims landed in massachusetts until like two weeks before this trip happened. i really didn't pay attention in american history because i get these fun surprises all the time! i tell myself it is better this way. 

so this plantation was an absolute trip. i loved every 1620 second of it.

creepiest man in the white hating me taking this picture through the window above

one of my better self-timed photos minus cutting off john's head

the above scene seems super realistic, especially the lady taking a picture with her iPad. people have got to stop doing that (except for you dad - you keep doing it all you want!)

we took a nice walk by a river or maybe the ocean? and then came to the indian section of our experience. 

while everyone else felt kind of creeped out this girl above loved all of the dead animals lying around everywhere 

then we headed over to parts that john liked to look at 

and then i loved this goat and it's hot pink collar

and this black collared one

and then look what it is! the mayflower! (II)

i loved this so much.

notice i didn't really say anything about the mayflower II because there really wasn't anything to say. 

it was kind of cool but mostly lame. way pretty location though!

john not only let me have ice-cream but also took me to a candy store where we saw red hots (first time i've seen them on the east coast) and fake cigarrettes (childhood anyone?) which both had to be bought. in fact, that boy bought me every box of red hots they had and earned major points by doing so. 

we heard that plymouth rock was small but i don't think we realized just how small it was. 

this picture was a direct result of overhearing the man next to me say (as he was taking a picture of it) "that is plymouth rock? this is bull shit". hahahah i was so caught off guard and maybe for that reason it was one of the more funny moments of my life. 

before heading back to boston we took a stroll around downtown plymouth and found this very favorite street of mine that i would drive an hour+ just to walk by again. 

i loved this day and i guess this is why i blog, to remember the best days because i kind of forgot all about it until writing this post! haha