As always, we're just happy to be back on board Jungle after an enjoyable, sunny day.
The main drag in Plymouth is Court Street, one block inland from the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock. Also a very scenic street with shops and restaurants.
What I didn't quite remember was how pretty Plymouth Harbor is to see - we brought Jungle in for fuel today.
The other end of the stream - called Town Brook and it runs from Jenny Pond to Plymouth Harbor. Jenny is either an original passenger on the Mayflower or the nice lady that runs the bakery in town. I'll look into this.
And the historical significance is - fresh water. This is the first thing anyone sailing long distances looks for - water. It is why Plymouth and not Clark's Island or Provincetown, is ingrained in our founding history.
Here is the other side of Brewster Gardens.
And here is the Mayflower - the ship the pilgrims sailed over in. Well, not exactly as this is a replica of the Mayflower. Someone is working on her now.
Here is the famous rock. I remember my first reaction seeing this rock saying "really? how do we know this is really the rock. The fact is this rock was identified as the 1620 stepping stone in 1741 - 120 years after the fact. Hmmmm. Up until the 1800 it was located outside a warehouse with a chisel and hammer nearby in case someone wanted a "piece of the rock". It wasn't until more than 200 years later the rock found it's current location. As mother says, "never let a little lie stand in the way of a good story". To the credit of the Plymouth and Massachusetts historical societies they are open on these facts. It's definitely a nice rock.
But first we go to the site of the famous Plymouth Rock - where the Pilgrims first set foot on land after their arrival from England on or about 1620 if memory serves me right. If you remember from an earlier posting, the Pilgrims actually set foot first on Clark's Island. 
Today was another day in the Jungle Jim history tour - a trip to Plymouth, MA. This is a town I visited many times growing up as it is next door to Green Harbor and Duxbury. Plymouth is actually larger in square mileage than Boston, but much smaller in population. It has a shallow harbor so it lost out to Beantown some 350 years ago. This is Brewster Gardens a little park with some historic significance that we'll come back to later.
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Man I gotta say these histerical trips around Plymouth and other parts of the ..................................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz whoo, my bad, dozzed off there a bit...hey here is some history..know who started the phrase "My Bad." I do...butzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhappened again..thank for all the value
Hey, sorry about the difficulty staying awake. Maybe you should move into a neighborhood where at least a few folks are under the age of 95. A little more peppy! Not that southern FLA is all like that, just saying.
Jim and Jenee: Your Chesapeake boating buddies on Lady M have loved your fabulous blog and followed you throughout your journies. It is great to be able to leave a comment without having to set up another account and password! We wish you the very best in your land journey in Boston through the hospital and know you will have some of those 14 foot waves there too, but you will weather them in style, surrounded by a multitude of family and friends nearby as well as those of us more distant. We will see you on the Chesapeake later this fall as you make your journey south to sunny climes of Florida and the Bahamas! All our best, Marilyn and Bob
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