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A Deaf nomad exploring our world.

Cape Cod

I always tell people that "when you cross the Bourne (or the Sagamore) Bridge, you are entering another world." Forget everything you know about living on the mainland and learn to go with the flow of life on the cape.

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

  • Official site
  • Google Maps
  • Plan for at least 1 – 2 hours.
  • Terrific view of Provincetown.
  • Provincetown Museum is physically accessible.
  • Pilgrim monument is not accessible to people with difficulty climbing many flights of ramps and steps, wheelchair users.

User Accessibility Experience

While the Provincetown Museum is physically accessible, I did not remember to check for audio transcripts or video captioning. The Pilgrim Monument was built before the ADA laws impacting building designs making it inaccessible for those who have difficulty walking many flights of stairs/ramps or wheelchair users.

The Brewster Store

This store was originally built as a church in 1852 before being converted to a general store in 1866. That makes this place the second property I’ve been to (Beth’s Bakery and Cafe) on the cape that used to be a church before being repurposed into something else.

House Sitting on Cape Cod (2020)

House sitting on Cape Cod offers an excellent opportunity to explore one of the most popular travel destinations. Vicky and I took on several house-sitting assignments that spanned nearly eight weeks.

Editor’s Note: This post is being updated as we wrapped up our house sits on Cape Cod for the months of January and February of 2020.

For the month of January and February 2020, we had quite the run of house & pet sits.

House & Pet Sits

Here’s a simple breakdown of the house & pet sits we did on Cape Cod.

  • House Sit #32
    • Eastham
    • TrustedHousesitters
  • House Sit #33
    • Falmouth
    • Rover
  • House Sit #34
    • Truro
    • Rover
  • House Sit #35
    • Eastham
    • TrustedHousesitters
  • House Sit #36
    • Falmouth
    • Rover
  • House Sit #37
    • Falmouth
    • Rover

 

Atwood Museum

Going above and beyond the call of duty…

In addition to the fantastic tour provided by Danielle Jeanloz and Peter King who were clearly passionate about sharing Chatham’s history with us, Danielle followed up with an email to answer one of my questions.

My question had to do with the bricks the captain used to build his fireplace and basement with. While they would have to examine any document they have for reference to the bricks, they did find two tidbits online.

This led me to do a search of my own which turned up another fascinating detailed history of brick making in Massachusetts.

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