Boston - Day 7

BOSTON - DAY 7

Today, Craig is taking us to Plymouth, so we can see Plimouth (sic) Plantation and the Plymouth Rock. 

After having a breakfast at the hotel, we headed to the town of Plymouth, about 40 minutes south of Boston.   Kids slept in the car.  When we got to the Plimouth Plantation, though, the parking lot was full because of something called Free Fun Friday, where several Boston-area attractions are free for the day – so of course, the place was packed.  We went to an overflow lot a couple of miles away, but the line to get on the bus was ridiculous, so we just took off and went to downtown Plymouth to see the Mayflower II and the Plymouth Rock.  We found a sweet parking spot on the street and headed down to the coast. It was pretty chilly and Brooke had to buy a hoodie.  There were tons of boats parked in the bay – I’m not really sure why, I really didn’t see people fishing and it was too cold to do anything else…

First we visited the Mayflower II – a replica of the Mayflower ship that carried the Pilgrims from Europe to the US in 1620.  It was Free Fun Friday here too, but not too many people, so we got in immediately.  The ship was pretty big compared to the tea party boats, but for 102 people it wasn’t that big.  It had several decks and you could explore the different areas of the boat.  The ship was just restored in June at another location, so I was glad it was back on time for our visit. 

Then we headed down the street a couple of blocks to see Plymouth Rock.  The rock is iin a colonnade and engraved with the date “1620”.  We took a couple of pictures and then headed back into town to find a place to eat.

Tripadvisor recommended KKatie’s (kuh-Katies) for burgers and it was really good.  Just down the street is the Plymouth Grist Mill – another FFF attraction, but we all just headed home.  We said goodbye to Craig at the hotel and then I took the kids swimming (more like wrestling and fighting in water) – I’m sure the other guest loved it… L  We turned in early since we had to get up at 4 to catch our early flight.  All in all, we had a great trip, loved Boston, and would like to come back to see things we didn’t get to do and do more of the things we loved.