Plymouth-Thursday

Thursday was Thanksgiving! The weather was beautiful! It was sunny and warm. We went up to Burial Hill and Mr. Phillips talked about it. He also told us that the Pilgrims were going to have a parade and that we could march in it with them! They would start on the street and then walk up to Burial Hill and then John Robinson would "preach a sermon". My friends and I ran down there with their parents and we waited for a little while. Finally, when heard a drum! They were coming! We saw them and when the last Pilgrim passed us, we hopped in line. It was kind of a long walk. When we got to Burial Hill, John Robinson gave his 10 minute sermon. When we were done, we walked to the Pilgrim Museum. I got to do a treasure hunt. I even got to touch a piece of Plymouth Rock! Then we had a Thanksgiving dinner. It was a very big dinner! When we got to the cottage, we went straight to bed. We were so worn out!

Plymouth-Wednesday

On Wednesday we walked to the Mayflower II. It looked like what the Pilgrims would have come to New England in! It was pretty small! Then we hoped on the buses and went to Salem. We got to see nathaniel Bowditch's birthplace and his glasses and a few pages from his notebook! Then Mr. Jehle (Jaylee)told us about the Salem witch trials. Then we walked to the very dock where Adoniram Judson boarded and walked off the ship he was on. Then Shea and my dad went to the oldest candy shop in the world. The rest of us just went back to the buses with mom. Then we drove back to the cottage.

Plymouth-Tuesday

Tuesday was an exciting day. We met at a hotel and then we walked to Plymouth Rock. I thought that it would have been a little bit bigger but it was not. It had 1620 engraved on it. After that we went to the Mothers monument. It was Mr. Phillips's favorite. It told how mothers brought up their children in sturdy virtue. On the front it had a mother on it. We walked to the Bradford statue where we got some hot chocolate. The William Bradford statue was a picture of William Bradford leaning on his sword. Then we went to Brewster Garden. It was beautiful! It had flowers all around it and there was an entrance, oh it was beautiful! Then we went to the Jenny Grist Mill. He showed us how the mill worked. I was afraid that the whole entire mill would blow up! But it didn't. Then we hoped on a bus and went to Plymouth Plantation. It was great! They do such a good job rein acting how the pilgrims would have acted, dressed, talked etc. Then we had dinner with the pilgrims! It was terrific! Some of the food was yucky but I had some of all of it. Then we came home on the buses and went back to the cottage.

Plymouth-Monday

On Monday, we did not have to do anything except for eating dinner with everyone. We went to Target just to look. Then we went to Stop n Shop and dad got some groceries. When we got home we had lunch and then took a rest. When we got up we had some free time and then it was time to go to the dinner. When we got there, there were not many people there. So we reserved some seats and mom and dad talked for a little while. Then, the dinner started. We had an excellent dinner. After the dinner we were so tired that we just went home.

Plymouth-Sunday

The next day my dad decided not to go to the Church because everyone was tired from our trip and the girls were sleeping in. In stead we just relaxed. Then we went to our cottage that we were staying in and sat down and just talked. After that, we went to go see Our Great grandmother, Nana Breagy. When we reached the nursing home, a nurse helped us find her. She kissed all of us and asked us how we were doing. We told her we were doing fine. She was in good condition and was excited that they were going to realese her to her own house in a few days. We said good-bye and then went back to the cottage. After that we just relaxed.

Plymouth-Saturday

Saturday was the day we travelled. We picked up Ms. Blair because she was coming with us to Plymouth also. After 5 hours of traveling, we reached West Point. We went there because that is where my Dad went to school. We wanted to watch a little bit of an Army football game but the security guys stopped us and said that you could not go in unless you had a West Point card that showed that you served there or if you had a special reason. Well, my Dad's card had expired and he did not have it so we could not go in. We went to the visitors center instead. After that we hopped in the car and drove to a nearby hotel were we spend the night. The next day, we were going to go to Dr. Paul Jehle's Church. It was a very tiring day!