Today we spent about six hours in Plymouth. Our first stop was Plimoth Plantation where we visited the Wampanoag homesite, 17th century Pilgrim village, Craft House, and Barn. One of the highlights for the kids was collecting eggs from two hen houses in the Pilgrim's village. I learned that the Pilgrims and Native Americans were not very fond of eating lobster, but the Native Americans did consider skunk to be a delicacy. We keep seeing references (both at museums in Boston and in Plymouth) to the town where we are staying here on Cape Cod (Mashpee) because there are almost 3,000 Wampanoags in Mashpee. After touring Plimoth Plantation for about three hours, we ate our lunch at a picnic table and then drove to the Plimoth Grist Mill. Ian loved pouring water over a small waterwheel, Nadia loved sifting the corn meal, and Oliver enjoyed pounding the corn. Nadia, Ian, and I walked to the Plymouth Rock and Mayflower II whereas the others rode in the van. After a stranger helped us repair Nadia's sandal which broke during our walk, we toured the Mayflower II and looked at the rock.
On the way home we stopped at Friendly's for dinner, and after we got back to our resort Paul and I took the kids swimming in the indoor (heated) pool. We wish we had brought a pool noodle for Oliver because the only place he can stand in the pool is on the steps. Hopefully next summer he'll learn how to swim. On our walk back to our unit after we swam, Ian pointed and said "I see our deparment!" He meant apartment (although I would say it's actually a town house). Those little things the kids say that aren't quite right usually put a big smile on my face. Oliver still sings the song "He made my TNA" instead of DNA. I'll be so bummed when Oliver switches from "pollipop" to "lollipop."
Tomorrow we are going to stay on Cape Cod, and because we are not going to leave as early in the morning, I am going to go for a run. The weather has been really pretty here on Cape Cod this week.
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