Something we noticed all over New England was a notable lack of imagination in naming towns. Often, towns popping up around an established town simply added a direction to the name of the older town. Here is an example on Cape Cod. 
Not far from our campground was the town of Plymouth. Here is, you guessed it, Plymouth Rock. That diagonal just to the right of the 1620 inscribed is concrete. It seems that when the rock was first moved, it was broken. Years later when it was moved back to the shoreline, the halves were reunited. By the way, there is no direct evidence that the Pilgrims stepped ashore anywhere near Plymouth Rock.
The Mayflower left England with 102 passengers and crew. Two died on the way over. By then end of the first winter, only 53 remained alive. Here is a replica of the Mayflower. You can see people on deck. That will give you some perspective as to its size. The replica was sailed from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1957.
We went on to Hyannis. It was quite disappointing. So much so that the only photo we felt compelled to take was of the flag at half staff after Senator Kennedy's death. There were lighted signs on the freeways that said "Thanks Ted". We believe that the Hyannis that drew the Kennedys here has been destroyed by the tourists who come to see it, just like we did.
A few days later we went to the tip of Cape Cod. There were beautiful sandy beaches along its length. The warmth, calm surf had its appeal. The density of the seaweed, not so much.
This is the eastern tip of Cape Cod. In the distance is Providencetown. If we weren't spoiled by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, we would have probably been quite taken with The Cape. In a way, it is nice to affirm that we love where we're from.
The Mayflower left England with 102 passengers and crew. Two died on the way over. By then end of the first winter, only 53 remained alive. Here is a replica of the Mayflower. You can see people on deck. That will give you some perspective as to its size. The replica was sailed from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1957.
We went on to Hyannis. It was quite disappointing. So much so that the only photo we felt compelled to take was of the flag at half staff after Senator Kennedy's death. There were lighted signs on the freeways that said "Thanks Ted". We believe that the Hyannis that drew the Kennedys here has been destroyed by the tourists who come to see it, just like we did.
A few days later we went to the tip of Cape Cod. There were beautiful sandy beaches along its length. The warmth, calm surf had its appeal. The density of the seaweed, not so much.
This is the eastern tip of Cape Cod. In the distance is Providencetown. If we weren't spoiled by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, we would have probably been quite taken with The Cape. In a way, it is nice to affirm that we love where we're from. 
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