Another day arrived without us having a fixed agenda so we mutually decided to leave the Gateway to Cape Cod campground and go north to see what might be interesting in that direction. Prior to our departure, though, we drove across the campground to what they call Leonard’s Pond which adjoins the campsite. It is a very nice pond with a little floating dock where Peg and I got out to check for wildlife. There are tons of birds you can hear, some birds that we actually saw along with the usual water creatures like frogs and ducks. There is a small picnic area at the end which is beautiful. The pond is down a skinny dirt road leading from the campground on which we were fortunate enough to not meet any oncoming traffic because the road is too narrow for two cars and maybe even two motorcycles to pass. The pond, however, is gorgeous and we felt we had a good start to the day by beginning here.
From the campsite we drove up County Road 58 for a bit and then turned east and we came out in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed. We drove by a temple-looking structure where they have placed a boulder with “1620” cut into one surface but there really is no “Plymouth Rock” other than this inscribed piece of granite. Plymouth is a gorgeous little town with a bunch of really neat old buildings lining the streets. It is quite a nice little bay where all this wonderfulness is located and I feel it is much more attractive than, say, Provincetown.
On our way back home we stopped in another seafood joint in Onset that some guy had told us was better than Lindsey’s, where we ate yesterday. He was a liar. The fare was much cheaper and there is no mystery as to why. The clam chowder was quite good but the clams seem to have more sand in them than the beach. Wear your disposable false teeth if dining here because they will be pretty scuffed up when you are done. The clam cakes are doo-doo, but cheap.