Next stop: 1620

On Tuesday we got up and after a stop across the street at Dunkin Donuts for breakfast we headed out route 6 to route 3 to Plymouth.  Our first stop was the waterfront and we found a parking spot just down from the Mayflower II.  We fed the meter and then went out to the ship.  I ended running back to the car for a coupon I should have grabbed that gave us a discount on the combo ticket for the ship and the plantation.  We then boarded the Mayflower.  It's an interesting ship in part because of how small it is.  It definitely doesn't look like it would be a very comfortable way to cross the Atlantic.  We checked it out and then left the pier and stopped at the gift shop.  From the gift shop it's just a really short trip down the street to Plymouth Rock in it's pavilion.  By this point it was around noon and we walked back towards the car and went across the street to Cafe Nicole for lunch.  I got some more clam chowder, naturally, and a fish sandwich with melted cheddar that was really good.  C got a Thanksgiving wrap - turkey, stuffing, cranberries, etc. all rolled up in a wrap.  She said it was good.  When we finished eating we headed back to the van and then drove around Plymouth, saw the monument of the Forefathers, and then headed back out to route 3 to go to Plimoth Plantation.  The plantation takes you back in time showing you what a native village was like with native people to talk about it.  It also has a full English village meant to represent what the colony might have been like back in 1627.  The people there are in character in period clothing.  They also have a craft area showing how different crafts were historically done and a gift shop.  They also had a barn with some goats of unusual breeds.  We headed back to the hotel after that where we went down to the pool and then hung out in the courtyard before going to dinner at the hotel  (lobster chowder + fried seafood platter that was too much food), getting some marshmallows for the kids to roast, and finally after watching the kids in the pool again going back to the room for the night.  Another fun day.