We ended up at a wonderful RV park in Plymouth, Mass -- with pine trees, shimmering lake, fall colors, large area and not many campers -- so we've just stayed put for a bit. (see photo from the lodge at the campground where I'm on the internet.) On some of the rainy days, we stayed "close to home." But we did manage to see the Mayflower (reproduction,) Plymouth Rock, and visit the Plimouth Plantation, where current day Wamponaog Native Americans as well as actors portraying the early English colonists made things come to life. They did a good job of dispelling some of the myths about the Pilgrim Thanksgiving, and how the early settlers actually kidnapped some of the Natives early on, so there was a fair amount of mistrust. The current day Wampanoag are trying to get recognized as a soveriegn nation. (I just read the following news: - Better late than never.The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Thursday became a federally recognized sovereign nation, a decision that marks the end of a 32-year effort to gain the status. With this ruling, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe becomes the 564th tribe recognized by the federal government and the first to be recognized during the Bush Administration.)
On a rather cloudy day we drove out to the tip of Cape Cod and witnessed an interesting cloud bank moving westward. The sun was setting over a marsy-lake area as we were driving--spectacular orange, but couldn't get a picture. We also stopped at the JFK Memorial in Hyannis, and walked on some of the great beaches on the Cape. We even found a visitor center named "John C. Davenport" -- I introduced them to our John W. Davenport, and they asked if we were related to the Davenport real estate family that owned much of Cape Cod. I wish....!
Today we went to the Plymouth UMC contemporary worship service -- lots of praise music, and not very inclusive in language or theology, but the sermon on one of my favorite Acts passages was quite good.
I'm enjoying a beautiful outdoor spot on the deck by the lake while John catches the 49er game. (see photo) I've been trying to schedule RV parks that have cable for those 49er games!
Tomorrow we will take the ferry to Nantucket, and then we move on to Conneticut and Pennsylvania.
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