I would like to go off the grid
Work is such that I desperately need a vacation. “I would like to go to the Cape,” I says to myself. A coworker tells me that if I can wait past September 10, Provincetown is cheap. Granted, there wouldn’t be much in the way of beach time, but it would be nice fall weather. The same coworker says that one can rent bikes and pedal around the Cape. Which would be fun.
In any case, the point is not to hang out on the beach, as much as it is to get entirely off the grid. So I’ve added an extra element to this notional vacation: leave my computer and my cell phone at home. Tell people that in the event of an emergency — but in no other case — they can call the hotel. Then make sure always to tell the hotel where I’m going, just in case emergencies do arise.
If anyone has any tips on making a Provincetown trip affordable, or has anything else to add about Cape Cod trips … or for that matter, if anyone has access to cheap housing in or near P-town … do let me know.
I’m kind of disappointed by the title vis-a-vis the content. I thought you were going to tell us about how you wanted to move out to the country, build a stressed-soil house with recycled glass windows and doors, heat it with geothermal, and power it with solar and wind. Instead, we get some junk about going to the Cape without a cell phone! Pft!
But seriously, Provincetown is nice on the “just” off-season. I went up there at, I think, around that time a while ago. It’s still quite nice, though, a lot of the restaurants/things-to-do kind of close down a bit. So be prepared to rough it a bit, maybe go to a market and make your own food. I recall staying in a 4 room cabin in Truro, which is the next town over, and it was reasonably inexpensive. So you might want to look into something like that. Also, because of the off-season-ness you might need to bring your own bike. To avoid traffic and be “off the grid” you might also want to look into taking a boat from Boston to P-town.
Maybe you can’t do it now, but some folks I knew used to do a bike-a-thon up the cape to P-town for charity. They give you massages at the end! But you could do something like this: ride up to P-town for charity, then ride back over the next week, sightseeing and B&B-ing (or camping) on the way back.
Comment by mrz — August 21, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
We are going with a close friend to P-town on Labor Day, I think. We’re taking the ferry. Our motivations are not exactly the same as yours, but boy can I identify with want to get the F out of Boston/Brookline/Cambridge. Looks like you’re not getting much advice in the comments (although mrz’s are helpful). If you do find out more about what’s good to do there, do drop me a line or send some love through the rss feed. I’ll be curious to know what you come across.
Comment by Paul — August 22, 2008 @ 11:25 am
I think you should rent a condo, pedal your bike into town each day, and walk around demanding that people give you a massage, since you just finished a long ride. I guarantee you will have more success than you can imagine.
Comment by Seth — August 25, 2008 @ 8:05 am