A busy few days! The pictures that were just posted are all of Plymouth area. The "rock's" inscription which says 1820 is the year it was moved, for the third time, back to its original place. Other pictures are of Burial Hill, the Mayflower II which is an exact replica of the original which the 138 passengers sailed on (and is it ever small, how they managed is a miracle), the First Church, an original house which is one of two still standing; a view of a typical street in Plymouth, Dale, an other archetecture of the area. Really a quaint and charming place.
We did our touring on Monday which was a very misty/foggy day. Mist so heavy that it was "wet" like a light rain. In one way it was good as there were fewer other tourists about so we were able to take pictures without aa thousand other people in them and also able to walk around a lot of the sites and not be jostling elbows.
We had originally planned on doing a lot of touring on Saturday but it dawned very hot and very humid. The air was so "heavy" that we felt very sluggish. So instead of walking and suffering from the heat, we went shopping in air conditioned stores.
There are a couple of very large malls in the area and we went to both and cruised the aisles in comfort. While we had no intentions of making any purchases (there is certainly nothing we "need"), we did make a purchase or two. Found a game of Ladder Golf on sale at an excellent price and when we got to the till it was marked down even further...too good a bargain to pass up and it is in a nice case, and besides, it is a fun game to play....even for us!
Saturday night we enjoyed leftovers from the doggy bag that Glenna had sent home with us. Talk about a doggy bag: 3 lobsters and corn on the cob!! Well, we feasted again and there was not a bit of meat left in the shells when we were finished. We are getting our fill of lobster, but do you ever really get enough?
Sunday was a cooler day and lightly overcast. Dale and I drove over to Plympton and went to church in Duxbury, with Glenn. Unfortunatley Glenna had to stay home as they were having new windows installed and the installers were there working away.
Duxbury was about 15 minutes away and we were thoroughly lost (we figured Glenn was taking us around in circles just to confuse us!); a beautiful drive through the countryside. Most of the residential lots, depending on the town, are a minimum of 1/2 acre and mostly 1 acre. So lots of open/green space and makes it feel very "country" even tho' you are still in the city.
Back at the house, Dale and I did a quick run back to the bus to change clothes and then back to Plympton to enjoy lunch set up at picnic tables on the lawn. BBQ hamburgers, corn on the cob, three salads and all the other goodies that go along with a picnic. Delicious. Buffy & Tom were there as well, along with Nicholas. Autum was down the street visiting a friend. A wonderfully relaxed Sunday afternoon.
Continuing with our touring on Monday, after we had "done" the waterfront, we went further south into Plimouth Plantation (note the difference in spelling. This is the original English spelling...when or why it was changed I haven't found out...yet). We only went into the visitor's entrance area and read a lot of the info. Dale's knees were bothering him and he was not up to doing much more walking. However, even this limited look was interesting. It is a replica of an early 1600/1700 town with people filling the roles/acting as they would have at that time; much like Fort Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island.
Leaving there, we took a drive down 3A thru Manomet, Ellisville, Sagamore, Sandwhich and East Sandwich, and "almost" to Barnstable before we needed to turn around and start back. I was on a mission to find a particular style of Tea Cozy and had heard that the Dunbar tea house in Sandwich had a good variety of them. So we found our way to a most charming old converted house and enjoyed a delightful cuppa and a scone. They didn't however, have what I was looking for. The quest continues (and Dale is getting to find out what local craft stores are all about!)
Once home got busy putting dinner together. Glenn and Glenna were joining us for our last get together. Kept dinner fairly simple as we have been eating such rich food over the last few days. Chicken pot pie, green salad, buns, followed by "chocolate in a mug"! Good food, good friends and we had a wonderful visit. Being that the three of them were brought up in the Pefferlaw, Newmarket, Aurora area, they know all the same folks and families so lots of reminiscing and "remember so and so"...
Now it is Tuesday a.m., and we are just getting our thoughts together about getting on the road later this morning. Heading south with a destination, sometime in the next two/three days of being in Pasedena, Maryland to visit our dear friend Patricia. We have no specific stops planned along the way but have allowed extra time to do some exploring.
So our journey starts once again. The pictures I mentioned at the beginning were posted before I started writing so scroll down and you'll see a little bit of Plimouth. Till next time....
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