September 1 – Plymouth

Today we started the final leg of our vacation. We are moving from Cape Cod to Boston. We’ll be in Boston until Thursday.

Along the route to Boston, we passed through the historic town of Plymouth Massachusetts. Plymouth is a beautiful coastal town south of Boston. As you would expect, on a holiday weekend the town was jammed packed full of tourists. It took me about 20 minutes to find a parking spot.

Plymouth is the site of the first Pilgrim settlement, founded in 1620. Plymouth Rock, a boulder in Pilgrim Memorial State Park, marks the place where settlers are thought to have first landed on shore. It might be one the most photographed single rocks in the world


The Mayflower II, a full-scale replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic, is the main attraction in this waterfront park. The information displays told the stories of the 102 immigrants from the UK and Holland that travelled for months aboard a stinking vessel, sharing space with farm animals in extremely cramped quarters.


Along the main street of the town, there was a museum dedicated to the Pilgrims. They had multiple actors out on the street in period customs. When you’re not expecting this, it can be a real eye opener.

The rest of the trip into Boston was uneventful. We are staying in the Hampton Inn – Logan Airport. It is a clean and reasonably priced hotel, but it is very busy. There were several small problems with the hotel front desk staff, including one which made me wait an hour at the airport waiting for their shuttle bus after returning our rental car. I was not impressed.

For dinner we went to the Marina on the Wharf. This restaurant is on Revere Beach, which is the oldest public beach in the USA. I had stuffed salmon with the stuffing being made of baked apples and brie cheese. It was a wonderful taste combination.

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