Cole's Hill
Massasoit statue at the top of the hill
Aaaand here we are at {making airquote gesture with fingers} "Plymouth Rock". Sorry for the airquotes but seriously, this is the most anticlimactic historical monument ever. I always like to glance around at the tourists just to see what their reactions are when they first lay eyes on the famous and fabled Plymouth Rock. So far I have yet to hear anyone actually say, 'That's IT? You have GOT to be KIDDING me!'
Mayflower II and a whale watch ship behind it.
Souvenir shops. (I like the shops up on Main Street better but I didn't go up there).
Canopy over the rock
Seriously....the place reminds me a lot of Victoria
This odd looking wood carving is located at the service plaza on Exit 5, off Rte. 3. It's called Enisketomp and was placed there in 1983. I have always thought it was pretty damn ugly & hoped that it would be removed, but here it sits, 31 years later.
Cool photos! Thanks for the grand tour♥
ReplyDeleteMaybe someday I'll pay the admission price to Plimoth Plantation. I haven't been there since 3rd grade either.
DeleteI agree, such a lot of fuss about a smallish rock. . . Could it be that is a chunk of the original (has it ever been moved or is that just the top of the rock? that happens a lot here in BC) Thanks for comparing that one photo to Victoria, one of my fave places, too, JoJo. I like the first statue of the Indian brave, but not the bottom one, which looks as if they wanted a surrealistic version - it would look more appropriate in a wooded area perhaps. . .
ReplyDeleteI know that chunks have been broken off that rock over time, and when you see it up close you can see a cement line where a big crack was fixed. In any event, if the Mayflower had sailed that close to it, it would have run aground. My assumption is they put ashore in much smaller boats and may have tied them to this rock.
DeleteThe rock cracks me up. All that hoopla. Good thing they've got it covered so grandly..LOL. Wouldn't want a rock to get...wet. Sorry for the snark...just how it struck me this morning. Do appreciate the tour, though. All those boats look so nice and inviting, I just want to get on the water today. Maybe there wouldn't be as much cottonwood out on the open water...yeah, that sounds good ;-)
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Oh the rock gets wet at high tide...there are grates to let the water in and out. It's really funny but I never even thought to google it to see what the story is.
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Rock. Apparently it was much, much larger and was moved around town a few times, with bits taken off it.
You should have been there when I saw the rock JoJo. I couldn't believe it. I thought PR was a headland or something not literally a piece of rock. No cover when I saw it either. What a rip off. However, loved the area and especially enjoyed lobster in the Mayflower restaurant.
ReplyDeleteHey at least you don't have to pay money to see the rock, right? lol But there has always been a canopy over it....even in the 1800s. This one was placed there in the 1920s.
DeleteAmazing photos! I so want to travel around and take photos like you do. I'll do that this weekend.
ReplyDeleteSonnia J. Kemmer
Do it Sonnia!!! It's a lot of fun to explore places so close by. Esp. if you are like me and can't afford to go out of town.
DeleteThanks for a wonderful tour of a lovely and quaint town. I suppose I too was a bit disillusioned by the historic Plymouth Rock. In my mind's eye I always pictured it as an immense granite boulder jutting out of an impressive cliff face. Shows how much I know about the geology of the North East seaboard. :D
ReplyDeleteApparently the rock was at least 15' long and used as a small dinghy mooring but it got moved so many times that it broke apart. It's definitely no Rock of Gibraltar! lol
DeleteI too thought it was a huge boulder... well, I guess in the future they may have to rename it "Plymouth Pebble"....
ReplyDeleteThose of us that live here actually do call it the pebble. lol
DeleteThanks for the tour, I love all the boats and the beautiful buildings. I think its funny that they call it the pebble:)
ReplyDeleteValerie
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Well when you are expecting some large, grand rock, it does look like a pebble!
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