MoBeans
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We travel not far from this historic site a couple times a year so we always pay it a visit. It's fun to see people's reactions. I'm sure they have something more majestic in mind because invariably when they first see it they say "Is that all there is?". It marks the 1620 site of the Plymouth colony and is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Contrary to some people's belief, it isn't where the Pilgrims first landed in America.
But yep that's all there is, of Plymouth Rock.
Most people are more impressed by the full scale replica of their ship, the Mayflower II which is right next door.
The Pilgrims actually first landed at Provincetown on Cape Cod and explored the Cape for more than a month before they sailed across the bay to Plymouth harbor. They rejected us mainly because Cape Cod is a big sandbar sticking out into the Atlantic and not a great site for starting a colony. They did find fresh water at Pilgrim Spring (it's all Pilgrim all the time here) and according to their records "of which we were heartily glad and sat us down and drunk our first New England water". We hiked the trail to Pilgrim Spring once and discovered a small dry hole in the ground with a beer can in it. Another great Pilgrim disappointment.
P-Town erected the large Pilgrim Monument that celebrates the first landing. There is small park called Pilgrim's First Landing Park with a small square stone and plaque, in the middle of a roundabout on the outside of town marking where they stepped ashore. I bet hardly anyone visiting P-Town even knows it's there.
But yep that's all there is, of Plymouth Rock.
Most people are more impressed by the full scale replica of their ship, the Mayflower II which is right next door.
The Pilgrims actually first landed at Provincetown on Cape Cod and explored the Cape for more than a month before they sailed across the bay to Plymouth harbor. They rejected us mainly because Cape Cod is a big sandbar sticking out into the Atlantic and not a great site for starting a colony. They did find fresh water at Pilgrim Spring (it's all Pilgrim all the time here) and according to their records "of which we were heartily glad and sat us down and drunk our first New England water". We hiked the trail to Pilgrim Spring once and discovered a small dry hole in the ground with a beer can in it. Another great Pilgrim disappointment.
P-Town erected the large Pilgrim Monument that celebrates the first landing. There is small park called Pilgrim's First Landing Park with a small square stone and plaque, in the middle of a roundabout on the outside of town marking where they stepped ashore. I bet hardly anyone visiting P-Town even knows it's there.
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