Pinewood Lodge Campground
Travel Blogs from Plymouth
Keeping busy til Glen Comes Home
I'm sitting outside the RV drinking coffee and writing to you. Glen is scheduled to fly home tonight (12:40am) from IL after spending time with his Mom. She fell and shattered her hip which resulted in a hip replacement. She is still on antibiotics for chest congestion so she won't get pneumonia.
She was finally doing well enough that they …
Finishing up the Long Drive
Monday, August 29th
When we were close to the campground we stopped for gas and decided that we would just pick up some pizza for dinner since it was getting late and we didn't feel like cooking. Jared asked a guy at the gas station for a good suggestion on where to get pizza from and he directed us to Mamma Mia’s. He …
Day 4: Buzzard Bay/Plymouth/Rockport Massachusetts
... it is JUST a rock!) and went by the Mayflower replica and the small garden across the street. I also went to the Forefathers Memorial statue, which is huge - 81 feet tall! It has a lot of great detail on it and honors the Pilgrims. On the front of the statue is engraved "National Monument to the Forefathers. Erected by a grateful people in remembrance of their labors, sacrifices and sufferings for the cause of ...
Plymouth, MA
... original Mayflower and how they built this boat and actually sailed it from England to Plymouth and it has been out on other voyages too. It was definitely tight and I couldn’t imagine being 1 of the 103 passengers on the boat. When we were heading out of the Mayflower II to check out the gift shops we happened to see a bus driver getting out of a bus. Jared and I definitely think it was my cousin Jamie’s bus driver for her ...
History coming back to life
Getting from Wellesley to Plymouth takes less than an hour, but it's like getting back in the XVII century. "America's Hometown" nowadays is a lively place with a beautiful beach, plenty of shops and fascinating palaces lining along the shore. But of course, it's better known for being the place where the Pilgrim Fathers landed in 1620: a big rock is still there on the beach, protected and made visible by a ...