Thanksgiving in the New England states....what shall I do? Ahh yes, go to Plymouth, MA and eat lobster. Thursday morning headed out to Plymouth to see the history involved in creating this great holiday we celebrate as Thanksgiving. The town is very historical and very tourist friendly. There is a walking/audio trail where you come up to certain historical sites/buildings and push the audio button. It then tells you the history of that particular site. As you may have concluded from my prior blogs, this too was not operating because it was "off season". There were quite a few people downtown due to the holiday events. I think there was some type of mourning walk, to mourn the fallen Indians. Not too sure about that one though. Confusing because there was also a celebration and giving of thanks. I found this to be contrasting!
I did get to walk along the Plymouth Harbor Pier which is made up of huge rocks, flattened on the top to walk across. It was really neat but you have to pay close attention and not be gawking around taking pictures or you would fall in for sure! I saw the Mayflower II which is a rebuilt Mayflower for touring. 104 Pilgrims came across first and befriended the Indians. It is said without the help of the Indians, the Pilgrims would have starved and all died that first few months here. Of course I saw Plymouth rock which is not big! It has a large structure around it but I literally had to zoom in using my camera to see the date on the rock. I think that I read somewhere though that the rock has been moved and damaged several times and that part of the rock is actually at another location.
I did get to see a lot of historical things and traipse around town looking at tourists and some people dressed up like Indians and Pilgrims. It was a little odd to see for sure. At one point I was talking on the phone to my sis Katie and I just started to giggle. Here I was sitting in Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving day across from the Mayflower looking at a Pilgrim stroll through the park and Katie was driving to the farm in NE. Just an odd moment in this adventure. My Thanksgiving feast was a boiled lobster, stuffing and green bean casserole. The waitress looked at me a little funny when this is what I wanted to order! She understood a little more when I told her I was from KS :)
Friday I had to return to work for a short time then spent the evening watching movies on TV and being really bored! So Saturday morning, pulled back the covers, showered and devised a plan! Eat more lobster! I had been to Kennebunk, Maine as well as Portsmouth, NH in the past, however both places were only seen in the dark. Places of passing if you will. So I went right back to Maine where the 5 guys had taught me to eat a lobster and it was the best stuffed lobster that I have had since I've been here!! The guys at the restaurant were very surprised to see me, thought they had scared me away. I told them it would take a lot more than their obnoxiousness for one meal to keep me away from this lobster :) I did get to see Kennebunk beach and walk around Kennebunkport to all of the shops. It is a really pretty spot on the map, with good lobster!!
I then went back down to NH to Portsmouth which is a great city. Very historical and friendly, right on the water. I went out for a uneventful evening alone except the one weirdo that literally decided to stalk me around town! That was certainly interesting. Sunday morning I woke up without a plan! Odd I know :) I started driving around town, grabbed a coffee from Dunkin' Donuts, ended up on route 1 headed north bound, made a loop and ended right back in Portsmouth. That led me to an island called Pierce Island and at the tip of that island was a dog park....I had no dog :( Called my mom and complained about being dog less! I then decided to head back into Maine for a bit.
There are many many outlet malls around here! Good ones too with lots of high end shops. I however hate to shop and can't buy anything anyway, so this is good. I went to Kittery, Maine because I wanted to at least see what these outlets included. After about 15min of that I drove into Kittery further to scope things out. I ended up parking at this random gate and walking about a mile to the ocean, Fort Foster. There are many forts around these parts but each are different designs and functions. This one had a really neat pier, lighthouse and building on an island. The next Fort that I found was Fort McClary just down the way a bit. This one was really neat! I got to go in all of the buildings and the fort layout was pretty large and impressive with huge boulders and granite walls. Leaving there I drove back over to NH, ate lunch at a Mexican joint and headed back home to Worcester.
What am I going to do when I return home and have many weekends filled with nothingness?? I have already warned my friends, we will be traveling on the weekends a lot more that we used too! :)
I did get to walk along the Plymouth Harbor Pier which is made up of huge rocks, flattened on the top to walk across. It was really neat but you have to pay close attention and not be gawking around taking pictures or you would fall in for sure! I saw the Mayflower II which is a rebuilt Mayflower for touring. 104 Pilgrims came across first and befriended the Indians. It is said without the help of the Indians, the Pilgrims would have starved and all died that first few months here. Of course I saw Plymouth rock which is not big! It has a large structure around it but I literally had to zoom in using my camera to see the date on the rock. I think that I read somewhere though that the rock has been moved and damaged several times and that part of the rock is actually at another location.
I did get to see a lot of historical things and traipse around town looking at tourists and some people dressed up like Indians and Pilgrims. It was a little odd to see for sure. At one point I was talking on the phone to my sis Katie and I just started to giggle. Here I was sitting in Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving day across from the Mayflower looking at a Pilgrim stroll through the park and Katie was driving to the farm in NE. Just an odd moment in this adventure. My Thanksgiving feast was a boiled lobster, stuffing and green bean casserole. The waitress looked at me a little funny when this is what I wanted to order! She understood a little more when I told her I was from KS :)
Friday I had to return to work for a short time then spent the evening watching movies on TV and being really bored! So Saturday morning, pulled back the covers, showered and devised a plan! Eat more lobster! I had been to Kennebunk, Maine as well as Portsmouth, NH in the past, however both places were only seen in the dark. Places of passing if you will. So I went right back to Maine where the 5 guys had taught me to eat a lobster and it was the best stuffed lobster that I have had since I've been here!! The guys at the restaurant were very surprised to see me, thought they had scared me away. I told them it would take a lot more than their obnoxiousness for one meal to keep me away from this lobster :) I did get to see Kennebunk beach and walk around Kennebunkport to all of the shops. It is a really pretty spot on the map, with good lobster!!
I then went back down to NH to Portsmouth which is a great city. Very historical and friendly, right on the water. I went out for a uneventful evening alone except the one weirdo that literally decided to stalk me around town! That was certainly interesting. Sunday morning I woke up without a plan! Odd I know :) I started driving around town, grabbed a coffee from Dunkin' Donuts, ended up on route 1 headed north bound, made a loop and ended right back in Portsmouth. That led me to an island called Pierce Island and at the tip of that island was a dog park....I had no dog :( Called my mom and complained about being dog less! I then decided to head back into Maine for a bit.
There are many many outlet malls around here! Good ones too with lots of high end shops. I however hate to shop and can't buy anything anyway, so this is good. I went to Kittery, Maine because I wanted to at least see what these outlets included. After about 15min of that I drove into Kittery further to scope things out. I ended up parking at this random gate and walking about a mile to the ocean, Fort Foster. There are many forts around these parts but each are different designs and functions. This one had a really neat pier, lighthouse and building on an island. The next Fort that I found was Fort McClary just down the way a bit. This one was really neat! I got to go in all of the buildings and the fort layout was pretty large and impressive with huge boulders and granite walls. Leaving there I drove back over to NH, ate lunch at a Mexican joint and headed back home to Worcester.
What am I going to do when I return home and have many weekends filled with nothingness?? I have already warned my friends, we will be traveling on the weekends a lot more that we used too! :)
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