Peggy had told us that she had wild turkeys that would cruise the area behind her home. After a delicious breakfast, Bill and I sat down to watch a few minutes of TV to get an update on hurricane Irma and saw the turkeys out back! At home we have deer in the yard, so it was fun to see the turkeys!
We started our day with a lovely breakfast prepared by chef Peggy. Then off to visit Plimouth Plantation. Yes, this is how they spell it (spell check tried to change that on me!) It's a lovely and informative recreation of times in Plimouth when the pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians who lived in this area.
A demonstration of cooking methods
Beautiful headdresses being made.
A demonstration of fabric processes. This loom made me think of my aunt El's loom.
A view of many of the buildings.
The gardens.
Self explanatory. This guy was really making some noise!
Peggy and Bill.
The sarcophagus honoring the pilgrims who died in the first year, erected on the site where their bones reside.
A statue honoring Chief Massasoit who made a 50 year peace pact with the pilgrims. The Indians shared knowledge which helped the pilgrims adapt to their new environment.
Plymouth Rock. If I had just been there to view it I would have been unimpressed. But Department of Conservation and Recreation folks were there giving a talk that really made you appreciate the importance of this piece of granite.
A view of the harbor from Plymouth Rock
A monument was put up by DAR to honor the women who were on the voyage of the Mayflower.
The back of the monument listing the known names of the women
View of the harbor and Plymouth Rock from the hill above
The town of Plymouth is readying for a big celebration of the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower in 2020. The recreation of the ship has been moved to Mystic, Conn. to undergo renovations and there is work going on all over the city to ready for this big event.
Then we had a lovely lunch and went to visit a couple of beautiful beaches. While walking on one beach, Peggy said something about having found sea glass. I looked down at that moment and found my very first piece of sea glass!!
That evening we attended a jazz and blues performance by Paul Speidel. It was very informative as well as entertaining! We returned home and looked at Peggy's album from her trip to hike in New Brunswick. Of course we had a glass of wine....
We said goodbye to our dear friend and headed on to Bangor, Maine. We had to pass thru Boston, which Bill was dreading but it wasn't bad at all! We saw another cool bridge:
As we entered New Hampshire we began to see signs of the leaves beginning to change. We also saw signs we were getting closer to Canada - the welcome to New Hampshire sign had both English and French welcomes. And then there was this:
We saw several of these signs but no moose yet...
Tomorrow - on the Canada!
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