What an amazing weekend – we had perfect weather and were able to see both places the pilgrims landed here, first on the tip of Cape Cod, then at Plymouth. Jim’s bike broke a spoke a short time into our first ride, we had planned on riding all weekend (there’s a cool rails to trail on the cape), so we changed plans and drove around, taking in the dog friendly beaches (we saw seals right off the coast!) and lighthouses, visiting P-Town, and did a couple hikes. Many of the lighthouses have been moved due to crumbling cliffs, but we were able to see quite a few, including the one pictured on Jim’s favorite chips 🙂 Also, we learned that there were several places that used multiple lighthouses in one place to give locations. We saw the 3 sisters, 3 small lighthouses (also moved) that were located on a specific beach to distinguish them from the single lights nearby. The P-Town hike begins with a 1.5 mile walk across the rock causeway that connects the peninsula to a small island with a lighthouse, so is best tackled at low tide. The rocks were not all placed flat and there were some gaps… Nickel was not amused. In Plymouth, we saw Plymouth Rock and listened to compelling evidence from a Park Ranger that this is, in fact, THE rock that the Pilgrims stepped on to get off of the Mayflower, as well as a story about the engineer who built the current building around the rock too small. Plymouth Rock was attached to a larger boulder beneath the sand, that was not taken into account and the building wouldn’t sit flat, so a large piece was broken off the bigger boulder. Plymouth Rock had been separated from the boulder some years earlier, as it’s been moved around the region for one reason or another. We were also able to see the National Monument to our Forefathers.
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