Then we drove on to Plymouth. There we saw the Mayflower II which is an exact full scale replica of the original Mayflower. I think this should be Nancy and Bruce's next boat. It was built in 1957 and there is a plaque commemorating the transatlantic voyage of 33 men who made the same trip from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, MA. I wonder if they got scurvy.
We saw Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrims first set foot on land in America, except that the structure that houses it is under renovation and we could not see it really well.
Across from the rock is the monument to the women who came over on the Mayflower in 1620, called "The Pilgrim Mother."
We got here too late to see the Plimouth Plantation, we will start out tomorrow and go there first then on to Hyannis and Cape Cod.
Tonight we spend the overnight in the lap of luxury as we park in the extra large parking lot of the Plymouth Walmart SuperCenter. This is the cadillac of Walmart free parking lots and we are feeling pretty elite. After all, is this not the land of the Kennedys? This is really living!
Update: We just found out that this is the Walmart that the Pilgrims shopped in when they landed at Plymouth Rock...amazing! There is even a frozen turkey still in the freezer case left over from the "First Thanksgiving Storewide Sale". I told you this was a SuperCenter.
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6 comments:
Way cool - the elite of the Walmart parking lots - you go girl!!!!!!!
how's the weather??
Weather is beautiful, but cooling off tonight.
Did you see my grandmother's name on the Plymouth plague? Remember, I am a real Yankee and came from England via The Mayflower. Don't tell Brenda, though, cuz she will be sooo jealous.
Jackie
When you saw the Mayflower replica, did it shock you how unprotected it seemed, for crossing the Atlantic? I saw one once, on LI, I think, and it seemed to have such huge spaces between timbers, holes, no cabins, no bunks, just a giant below deck room where hammocks were hung. Other hands slept on an open deck w/o much protection, and in danger of being swept into the sea by a big wave.
This is great information you're giving us, and it's wonderful to see everything.
Aunt Alice, I love your blog, and I'm a faithful reader, so I feel it is my duty to point out you missed a prime opportunity for humor... there has to be a joke about a rock with its house under construction. Seriously... its a rock! What about errosion, wouldn't it have sunk to the bottom of the ocean by now? Stop by Camelot and see if they will let you park in one of their driveways for the night...
The grand tour of the new englands wallys is turning out to be a fab trip!! I wish I were there!
Now come home and teach my kid how to spell turkey.
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