The trip across Cape Cod Bay was about twenty four miles and it took us about four hours. We had slowed down for a bit because we spotted a whale! I deviated a bit closer, but not too close. We could see it breaching a bit and shooting water spouts high in to the air. That was cool! The Cape Cod Bay was one of the calmest and most beautiful bays we crossed on the trip and also one of the least trafficked. Just beautiful. We continued on to where we had seen an anchorage in Plymouth Harbor. We had to wind our way in following the buoys and finally ended up in the anchorage. We weren’t very close to shore, but that’s what the dinghy is for. We dropped anchor and made sure all was well. Soon we were off to enjoy some history.
We headed in to shore and walked around the town. We saw Plymouth Rock of course, which was right near the dinghy dock. The rock is on the shore and fenced off with a story about how it was split and then rejoined later. Who knows if there was even a rock here? We then continued walking around the town. We wandered around and saw more historic sites including a cemetery called Burial Hill. The pilgrims originally established the area as as a meeting house and the First Parish Church-until 1677. It has graves of the original pilgrims including the last surviving Mayflower passenger, Mary Allerton. then decided to stop for a cocktail at Martinis Bar and Grill. They had a large patio and we came here since the brewery we wanted to go to was closed today. We were not disappointed with our choice. We enjoyed a martini and researched our next stop. We were getting hungry so we figured we should get some more lobster being in Cape Cod and all. We walked over to Woods Seafood and picked up some lobsters and chowder. We returned to the boat and prepared dinner while figuring out our next stop. We feel like this is as far north as we want to go in New England as it is time to start heading back toward New York and the Erie Canal.
