#Boston to Provincetown ferry

[grungeouttakesabstracts]

Ferry

Somewhere between Provincetown & Boston, Mass. -- 8/13/15

[ukulelekatie]

Hey! Sorry if this is weird or anything, but my partner and I are going to Boston for the first time in April. Do you have any recommendations for touristy type things we could do? Or any queer friendly places you would recommend?

We're pretty nervous because we've never been to the east coast before so any tips or tricks would help a lot!

Hi, love this question!! Here are some lists of touristy things I made for past anons:

And here's another list by @marzipanandminutiae

So the weird thing about Boston's queer spaces is that we don't really have a centralized location with a lot of queer history/culture, like Greenwich Village in New York, Toronto's Gay Village, etc. There are a few gay bars scattered here and there, but mostly you'll find that Boston as a whole is overall very queer friendly. However! If you're cool with boats, you can catch a ferry from Boston to Provincetown, MA, a town on the very tippity tip of Cape Cod that is known for being a prominent LGBTQ+ tourist spot.

And here are some general tips:

The weather here in April tends to be quite unpredictable! It could be sunny and warm or cold and rainy on any given day (sometimes both in the same day), and there's even a non-zero chance that it might snow a bit. I recommend packing outfits with lots of layers, and ideally something waterproof.

If you're planning on taking the T (public transit), keep in mind that we're dealing with a lot of construction and issues these days. The system is quite robust but also very old, and we're now in the "find out" era after fucking around with not maintaining/upgrading things that should have been done decades ago. There may be delays and/or detours depending on where you're trying to go, so it's a good idea to factor in some extra travel time. Depending on how long you'll be here, you might want to look into getting a weekly pass (unlimited travel for $22.50).

...And of course there's always Uber/Lyft if the T lets you down lol. Definitely check both apps before booking a ride, the prices vary wildly here. I find that Uber is cheaper during the day and Lyft is cheaper at night, but your mileage may vary.

Boston's night life scene is pretty abysmal compared to other major cities (which I think also contributes to the lack of dedicated queer spaces). We're very much a "do things during the day" kind of place, so you'll want to plan what you're going to do pretty early in the day.

That's all I can think of for now, I hope you have a great trip and I'd be happy to answer other questions if you have 'em!

[sa7abnews]

I spent $120 on a ferry to and from an artsy Cape Cod town with beautiful views. The scenic 90-minute ride wasn't even the best part.

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I spent $120 on a ferry to and from an artsy Cape Cod town with beautiful views. The scenic 90-minute ride wasn't even the best part.

I paid $120 for a round-trip ticket on a ferry from Boston to Provincetown. The area’s cute restaurants and beaches made it worth visiting again.

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[douxlen]

I spent $120 on a ferry to and from an artsy Cape Cod town with beautiful views. The scenic 90-minute ride wasn't even the best part.

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I spent $120 on a ferry to and from an artsy Cape Cod town with beautiful views. The scenic 90-minute ride wasn't even the best part.

I paid $120 for a round-trip ticket on a ferry from Boston to Provincetown. The area’s cute restaurants and beaches made it worth visiting again.

... read more !

[twin-azure-dragon-wave]

On the Boston to Provincetown Ferry (because it's pride month so of course I'm going to Provincetown)

[transit-fag]

Yeah, I would say unless you really want to visit provincetown and only have 3 or fewer people, the ferry isn't worth it so just stay in Boston and have a slightly shorter trip

My ideal trip in the US:

Fly into Baltimore, and spend a day in Baltimore

Take a Marc train down to DC and spend 3 days in DC, visit the national zoo, one of the Smithsonian, and just do DC stuff

Take an Amtrak up to Philly and spend 2 days in Philly

Take another train, either early morning Amtrak or Septa + NJT up to Jersey City and spend a day in Jersey City/Hoboken

Take the PATH to NYC and spend 3 days in NYC, visit central park, Greenwich Village, Bushwick and other parts of the city

Take the Amtrak up to Boston and spend 2 days in Boston before flying home out of Boston Logan Airport

[jontycrane]

Provincetown

A charming coastal town at the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown was one of the first places in America to be visited by Europeans, back in 1602. The Mayflower pilgrims were frequent visitors from the early 1600s onwards, from their settlement of Plymouth across the bay. It grew in the 19th century from fishing and whaling, and started to attract writers and artists from the turn of the 20th…

[ellcrys]

anyways so i’ve been awol bc my friend and i did a day trip to provincetown yesterday and a day trip to salem today and i couldn’t be bothered to log my adventures on tumblr even though i should bc i basically use this site as a pseudo diary lol. (do i log my days anywhere else? no. and i really do want to log these past two days down somewhere).

[armchairmusings]

Sailors jumping into the water at Provincetown Wharf upon the arrival of the S.S. Steel Pier. The ship served as a ferry between Boston and Provincetown through much of the 1940’s. Photograph of sailors is attributed to the artist Paul Cadmus. - source: Historical Voyeur

[mitochondriaandbunnies]

Martin couldn't quite commit to Fire Island or Palm Springs-- not yet, anyway, despite Matt's easy offers to pay. Maybe next year, or the year after. When he'd been living the lifestyle, so to speak, for a bit longer. When he'd fully come to inhabit something a little more 'lifelong queer man comfortable in his skin' and a little less 'divorced dad taking a pitiable holiday with a younger man.'

But Provincetown he could take. A quick ferry ride from McMillan pier, same weather, same soil, still surrounded by Massholes-- just gay ones. Matt ribbed him about ending up Amity-adjacent for another summer; Martin pointed out that despite the technical geographical proximity, Amity to P-Town took three times as long as Boston to P-Town. And hell if he was going swimming, be it in Cape Cod Bay, Great South Bay, the coast of Nassau, or Lake Ontario. Why not the dark waters of the Atlantic, then, so long as no ones' toes were actually going in.

So for that first summer, they stayed close to home. A vacation to slip into like a pair of well-worn sneakers.

It was funny, still, being out-- out out-- in public together.

Good funny.

Like the sound of seabirds and sun, warm on his cheeks.

I just think they deserve a nice summer vacation

[misslilli]

Felix Felicis

MSR. AU. E. | tagging @today-in-fic | read on AO3

Chapter 69 - Saying Goodbye

[ DS ]

I get the fright of a lifetime when I get a glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror in the morning, red-rimmed eyes, blotchy face, hair sticking out in every direction. Shit, I knew going to bed with damp hair was a terrible idea. Oh God, this atrocity is also what Mulder saw after a quick peck good morning before he went downstairs to make breakfast.

Two hours of sleep does not look cute on me.

Applying make-up right with blurry vision is a challenge in itself but I can see clearly enough to spot the bright red mark on the side of my neck. What the… Leaning closer for inspection, I discover with a mixture of annoyance and a tiny little thrill that yep, it really is what I thought it was. Sometime last night, he marked me for the whole world to see, no amount of make-up can cover that up. I'd give my right arm for a turtleneck right now.

Frizzy mess tamed into a somewhat presentable ponytail, I hunt down my clothes distributed inconveniently all around the bedroom to stuff back into my overnight bag, place my dress and his suit that need to be taken to the dry-cleaners sometime next week on hangers and pad my way downstairs for some much needed coffee.

A steaming pot of coffee waits for me in the kitchen and the International Politics section of the Times was placed on what must now be my breakfast spot across from Mulder. Who glances up from his newspaper at my appearance, a smile spreading across his all clean-shaved and fresh face.

"Hey beautiful, you want some breakfast with that coffee?" Beautiful, please, he must be blind as a bat, even with reading glasses on. And how does he manage to look so effortlessly good this morning?

On my way to the kitchen, I trail my hand across his cotton-clad shoulders and give the back of his neck a little affectionate tickle.

"No thanks, handsome, I'll stick to coffee for now." Coffee's the only thing my queasy stomach can handle at the moment.

Half-way through an article on the G8-summit, I lean back in my chair nonchalantly and take a sound sip of my coffee.

"Oh and by the way, if any of the kids comment on what's on my neck today, I'll tell them an expert on the birds and the bees will be coming in to explain it to them.," I smile at him sweetly, hiding my grin into my cup as he chokes on his own sip.

He has the decency to look at least a little bit sheepish, gauging my reaction over his glasses. Sheepish except for the half-smirk that tugs on his lips once his eyes catch on the hickey on my neck.

"Sorry, got a little carried away by your… request. I hope you're not mad…"

"Mhh no, I'm not mad." But I will take the secret thrill it gives me, despite the fact that everyone will know what I've been up to last night, to my grave.

"What are you up to this week?," he changes the subject, returning back to reading the sports pages

"Eat. Sleep in. Charlie's invited me over for a visit, freeze my butt off on the ferry over to Provincetown." An idea lights up his face and he resembles Felix so closely, when he gets excited that he thought up something clever, I can't help but chuckle. "What?"

"Hmm… if you get us to the airport tomorrow, you can have the car for the week. To save you from freezing your butt off." Huh. That does sound like a good offer, seat heaters and a little more time with the boys? Too good to pass up.

"Sure, sounds good. Where are you flying out of? La Guardia?" Snorting into his cup, he shakes his head.

"I can't handle four hours of car games to save a few bucks, for my own sanity and now yours, we're flying out of Boston Logan."

Final goodbyes postponed until tomorrow, I'm dropped off at school with my bags, overnight, garment and a little brown paper one containing two PB&Js - no crust - and two juice boxes. I haven't been sent off to school with a snack package in years and I'm far too old for juice boxes, but it's an oddly endearing gesture all the same.

That night, the girls and I celebrate the start of spring break with a shared bottle of white and a detailed recap for Alex, who's insanely curious on how her plan worked out.

"We had such a good time, A, thank you for helping out the guys and saving us from yet another boring, fancy dinner!"

"S, you really need to stop putting down Tom, especially in front of others, it's terribly uncomfortable to watch. He is who he is but he tries, maybe try appreciating that for a change." Sarah regards me thoughtfully for a moment, over the wine swirling in her glass.

"Look who's suddenly a relationship expert after a few weeks, you just wait until the puppy-dog-love stage is over and the rose-colored glasses come off, then we'll talk again, okay?" I'm not looking to pick a fight over this, even if her condescension irks me a little, so I only give her a shrug in response.

"For what it's worth, I think D's right, it might only be friendly teasing to us but they did go out of their way last night, a little appreciation is in order." Holly admits and then leans over to poke her finger into my neck with a giggle. "I think someone showed their appreciation alright last night. You look pretty tired, D, didn't get a lot of sleep, huh?"

The embarrassed blush on my cheeks sends them all into a giggle fit, Jesus, who's immature now?

"Oh I remember that stage well," Holly sighs dramatically. "Enjoy it while it lasts, I say, before you end up losing sleep arguing over your boyfriend's shitty behavior at the dinner table." We've carefully skirted around that topic all night, until she brought it up herself.

"Yeah, what was that all about? Do you really believe it was all work-related?" Sarah prods carefully, no-one's particularly eager to address the elephant in the room directly. We also don't want to plant a seed of distrust in case we're wrong about Rick.

"Do I have a choice? He insists it was but refuses to actually show me his phone, I'm just being crazy, need to respect his privacy and trust him but… I don't know, it's all very shady. Can we talk about something else please? It's putting a damper on my spring-break celebration!"

I've successfully avoided thinking about tomorrow the entire day, until I'm lying alone staring into the darkness of my bedroom and the thought curls up in a tight ball of nausea in my stomach and tingles in the tip of my nose. Stop it, it's only a week. Six days. You can handle six days.

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[ Felix ]

I gotta admit, I'm incredibly proud of Dad, for thinking up a clever way to get Dana to take us to the airport. From the backseat, Mickey ears on my head to show off my excitement, I tell her in great detail what exactly we're going to do at Disneyland, listing off all the rides we're going to go on and who I'm looking forward to meeting most.

Up until now, I've secretly been hoping Dad will invite her along on our trip as a surprise and that her taking us to the airport was a clever way of deceiving me. I was so disappointed to see that she's not carrying a suitcase this morning but oh well, I guess it was too much to hope for. Maybe she'll come next time, I think she'll get along great with my awesome auntie Sam and then we won't have to say good-bye before the security check!

Dad's probably just as sad as I am about leaving, it's kind of sweet yet slightly annoying how he doesn't let her go all the way through check-in. I watch mesmerized as the steward prints out tags for our bags and hands over our two tickets.

"I'm going to need to see your wife's booking confirmation as well, sir!" It's too funny, to see them both suddenly so nervous, stumbling over their words to set the record straight that one, she's not his wife and two, she won't be joining us on the trip.

"Yet!," I chime in happily, giggling that I've managed to add to their embarrassment.

I really, really hope I'll get to be flower boy or ring-bearer or whatever at their wedding one day, that's going to be one fine day! With a giddy rush of excitement, I quickly make up a far-away future in my mind, where she won't be Miss Scully anymore but, oh my heart, Mrs. Mulder.

Or Mrs. Scully-Mulder or Mrs. Mulder-Scully, I don't actually care either way.

Right before security, I glance around at the other travelers passing us by, business people and families hurrying along to catch their flight while I'm impatiently waiting for their forever hugs and kisses to end so I can tug her down and get my own hug goodbye.

"I'll miss you sooo much, Dana!" Arms wrapped tightly around her neck, I get a little emotional at the thought of leaving her behind. "Can't you come with us?," I ask in a small voice, maybe there's a way I can still convince her to come. She pulls back from our hug to take my face between her hands and I pull out my best pout and sad puppy eyes to give her.

"Sorry, Felix, not this time. But I'm sure you'll have a great time and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back, okay?" I beam through my sadness at the sound smack on the cheek she gives me before straightening up again. "Now go, before you miss your flight boys!"

And so we're off to our exciting adventure, turning back to wave at her a few times until we're past security and she's disappeared out of sight.

My sadness is wiped away instantly once we're at the gate and I catch a glimpse of all the planes through the windows. I've read up on them for an entire week so I can explain to Dad what's going on in and around the aircraft before departure and up in the air. He's only half-listening to my rambling, though. I can tell by his glazed-over eyes, staring off into space lost in thought.

"Don't worry Dad, we're going to have so much fun, the week will be over in no time, alright?" I pat his head reassuringly, sometimes even Dads need a little comfort.

I wriggle excitedly in my seat, after struggling to fasten my seatbelt and listen intently to the security briefing before my first flight in a long time. Ugh, I hope I never have to use that emergency slide. Although it looks kind of fun!

Having sweet-talked my way into the window seat, I watch the airport fly by wide-eyed, thoroughly enjoying the little flip of my stomach once the wheels leave the ground and we're lifted up in the air. Whee!

I wave a little good-bye out the plane window, to all the people out there who love us.

On our plane ride, Dad tells me the whole story of the fox and the little fox and I'm so happy that yes, they've found their rainbow in the end!

Somehow, I feel like there's more to this story but Dad just smiles down at me and promises he'll tell me, one day.

Nose pressed into the plastic window, I wave a little good-bye out the plane window, to all the people out there who love us.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this story as much as I've enjoyed writing it. A heartfelt, huge Thank You to the handful of amazing people who've stayed with it for incredible 69 chapters ❤️.

[theredtide-rpg]

✧ PROVINCETOWN

WIKI: provincetown est un village de nouvelle-angleterre situé à l'extrémité du cap cod dans le comté de barnstable au massachusetts, aux états-unis. cette petite ville de villégiature côtière compte une population permanente de 3 000 habitants alors que la population estivale peut augmenter jusqu'à 60 000 personnes. souvent surnommée p'town, la localité est réputée pour ses plages, ses produits de la mer et ses nombreux attraits touristiques. se trouvant à la pointe de la presqu'île du cap cod, le village couvre une superficie de terre entièrement entourée d’eau, par l’océan atlantique et son golf. il est possible d'y accéder uniquement par la u.s. route 6, à 2h30 de voiture de boston ou encore par son ferry.

[cryptidyuu-boo]

So there is apparently a small, small island in Boston Harbor that:

1. Is covered and uncovered by the rising of the tide.

2. Has an obelisk-like structure, meant to warn sailors of the shallow reef around the island, on it that is covered and uncovered with the rising of the tide.

3. The island is called Nix’s Mate and no one has any idea WHY it’s called this, just that it is and always has been. It’s even in records of the Commonwealth that it’s called Nix’s Mate and no one knows what or who Nix or the “mate” is or where this name came from.

4. And that there may potentially be at least three ghosts of pirates on the island because pirate’s bodies were hung there as a warning to deter sailors from piracy.

So we basically have an island that appears and disappears depending on the time of day, has an obelisk-like structure on its shore to serve as a warning to others, a name no one knows where it came from but that it’s always Been That and potentially pirate ghosts.

So I find it incredibly amusing that apparently a ferry from Provincetown to Boston wasn’t paying close enough attention I guess and accidentally crashed into this incredibly ominous, maybe haunted little island.

[daveortega]

#ferry #boston #provincetown #sketchbook

[bosguy]

Getting to Provincetown

Traveling between Boston and Provincetown this summer? Here are a few options on how to get there. #Ptown #Boston

Traveling between Boston and Provincetown (a.k.a. Ptown) is easy. Driving is the most common form of transportation but it is the slowest way to travel between Boston and Ptown and can take much longer than ferry service or flying. Provincetown High-Speed Ferry Service Ferry service is a convenient way to travel. Two companies offer high-speed ferry service that is faster than driving…