Middleboro, Massachusetts
We have been in the Boston area for several days and are enjoying the sights and battling the traffic. It takes about twice as long to go anywhere as you planned so I think we will be here another few days.
The first day we were here, we went to New Bedford. We wanted to see the Whaling Museum but instead we started with a walking tour of the town and learned all about the city's involment in the Underground Railroad. There is much more to see here, so we didn't get to the Whaling Museum until late afternoon. You'll never know what we saw because when Dave was transferring the photos to the computer they "disappeared". Strange things happen here.
Another day we drove into Boston to see the Kennedy Presidental Library. The tunnels and freeways of Boston certainly make for an interesting commute.
The library is in a gorgeous building built on Boston's waterfront.
Profiles of Courage room
Back of building
JFK's sailboat
There is a nice walking trail around the harbor.
We had a quick stop at Bunker Hill on our way to Salem.
We took a tour around Salem and hear lots of interesting stories about things in addition to the Witch Trials. This place must really be jumping during Haloween when an additional 100,000 people descend on the town.
This art work was in the front of one of the buildings. We weren't exactly sure what it was all about.
Yesterday was supposed to be the hottest day of the week so we thought that would be a good day to drive out to Cape Cod. The temperature is always cooler on Cape, but what we didn't realize was that also meant fog.
Can you see the ocean just behind the dunes? We couldn't either.
This sign greeted us as we walked down to the beach. According to my intrepertation, sharks live in these waters but they only eat seals so if you don't swim with seals you are safe.
We heard on the news the night before that four great white sharks had been tagged in this area.
Love these mats on the walkway. It is much easier to walk on than the sand. Notice the fog by the water.
In addition to the wind there was also a shark advisory. That's OK since the temperature was 65 and the water was too cold to swim in anyway.
Before heading back to the campground we stopped to see Plymouth Rock. It is in a very pretty park near a replica of the Mayflower.
Plymouth Rock looked pretty ordinary to me.
This must be a high crime area and the rock needed to be protected. Why else would it be in a cage?
Larry and Marilyn are there. Have you talked with them.
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