Daily Archives: August 13, 2009
America’s Hometown…
Today was our day to tour Plymouth, which calls itself “America’s Hometown”, which I guess is true since it was America’s first town.
After making the 40 mile trip, we first decided to have breakfast at the All American Diner in downtown Plymouth, and it was excellent!
Leaving the diner we drove down and parked along the waterfront.
Plymouth Harbor
The first thing we came upon was the Plymouth Rock monument.
Plymouth Rock Sign
Plymouth Rock Building
Plymouth Rock
It’s amazing to stand over the Rock and imagine almost 400 years ago the Pilgrims landing here.
Next we walked a few blocks away to the where the Mayflower II is docked. Built in England in 1956 from the original plans, it made the voyage to America in 1957 and was given to the Plimouth Plantation group for display here.
Mayflower II
And then of course we had to hit the gift shops. Here’s Jan modeling the latest in holiday attire.
Turkey Hat
Heading home we stopped off at Target for more ‘stuff’ and then made the drive home.
The park we’re staying in is really nice, probably the nicest one we’ve ever stayed in.
Normandy 1
Normandy 2
Normandy 3
And the landscaping and flowers are really something.
Flower 1
Flower 2
Flower 3
Today is our last full day in Massachusetts. Tomorrow we head north to Saint Johnsburg, VT for a few days at Moose River Lodge.
As it stands now we should be in Nova Scotia within the next two weeks. We’ll see.
More tomorrow from Vermont…
