Travels with KOKOMO II: Aug 14-16, Plymouth, MA

We left Provincetown after lunch and headed west across Cape Cod Bay. Seas were 1-2 feet but it was a very clear and beautiful day. We have been looking for whales and finally spotted one (Humpback we think) and while we only saw him surface three times, it was a thrill.

Lighthouse

Double Paddle Wheel tour boat

MAYFLOWER II, replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims. Replica is now 50 years old

Beautiful garden surrounds the source of fresh water that caused the Pilgrims to settle in Plymouth in December 1620 after they origionally settled in Provincetown in November 1620. Provincetown is at the end of Cape Cod and has no fresh water.

Tide here is 12 feet. Shown is low tide

We are on another mooring in the Plymouth, Massachusetts harbor along with 150 to 200 ther boats. It is a well protected harbor and the weather is still cool. Water temperature is 68, the coolest we have had on our trip so far.

We saw some folk dancers (old English Morris style) on the waterfront after dinner and stopped to watch.

Sunset over our mooring field

Owen and Kim pick up Kristen Alexander in Boston and bring her back to KOKOMO II where Linda has prepared a steak dinner. Delicious! After dinner we take the launch into Plymouth where there is a free concert on the green. Lots pf people in town. It is a beautiful evening, a nice concert and a great setting. We are so glad to have Kristen here.

This is the river of freshwater that was important to the Pilgrims

Thursday is warmer and we take a walking tour of downtown Plymouth in the morning, then take a trolly tour in the afternoon. This is a classic New England town with white clappboard home dating from the 16 and 1700's. Plymouth is being billed as "America's hometown" because this was the first continuous settlement by the English in the US. We were told that 104 Pilgrims landed here in December 1620 and by April there were only 52 survivors. We all tour one of the older homes and Kim and Kristen visit the MAYFLOWER II. Dinner tonight is cheeseburgers at the Plymouth Yacht Club.