Lobsta, chowdah and beeyah

We finished up our stay on Cape Cod and now have moved to Littleton, MA, which is just outside Boston.  Let me bring you up to date on our final excursions on the cape.

As the title indicates I have been getting my fill of seafood as we move up the east coast.  It was crabs and crab cakes in the Outer Banks, Delaware and Maryland and now in New England it is lobster (lobster rolls), clam chowder and fried clams.  We have been eating out a lot, mainly lunches, as we do our sightseeing.

On our last weekend we drove through the Cape Cod National Seashore.  They are still recovering from the storm so the beaches were not open as there was no stair access from the parking lots.  I can see why people do love these beaches, they are just beautiful. 

The highway through the National Seashore leads you to the town of Provincetown which is at the tip of Cape Cod.  This town is famous for being where the Pilgrims originally landed, signed their declaration and then moved on to Plymouth.  There is a nice monument erected for this event (puts Plymouth Rock to shame). 

Monument for the Pilgrims landing

Lunch at a local restaurant (lobster Panini)

In more recent times the town has become more famous as a place for gays and lesbians to live and visit.

On Monday it was rainy and colder so we took a drive to Plymouth to see where the Pilgrims settled and then came back via Highway 6A, which takes you through many of the small towns on the cape.

Ok, as a child you learn early on about the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock and never do I remember seeing a picture of it in my textbooks.  I envisioned a large rock on the coast that was sort of a landmark. Well, see for yourself…

About 5 foot by 3 foot.

It is enclosed in a little monument near the shoreline.  From what I have read this is actually only half of the original rock as it was split many years ago and people took pieces of it.  Sometime in the past the year 1620 was carved into it.  Really, from sea the Pilgrims saw this rock and decided this is where they wanted to land!  I don’t think so.