Plymouth

Our day began with another beautiful sunrise!

Today we spent the day traveling around Plymouth. Here we are standing with William Bradford.

Here we are with Massasoit on top of Cole’s Hill. The burying ground of the Pilgrims during the first winter.

The sarcophagus where the pilgrim’s bones now rest.

The home of Plymouth Rock.

It was hard to get a good picture of Plymouth Rock. To tell the truth, we were not very impressed!

The Mayflower II which is an exact replica of the Mayflower. This ship was actually built in England and sailed across the Atlantic.

We tried to imagine what it was like for the Pilgrims to be on this relatively small ship in the middle of a huge storm. Just the thought made me feel a little seasick:/

It was hard to get good pictures down below to show how small it was. 102 people lived down there for months on end without any separate rooms! You can only imagine the smell!

The men learned about the ship from one of the sailors.

Hi guys.

The Plymouth Mothers monument. The inscription on it reads:

“They brought up their families in sturdy virtue and a living faith in God without which nations perish.”

Enjoying lunch at the foot of Cole’s Hill.

Today we also visited the Plymouth Plantation. In the Wampanoag village we saw how the Indians burned out canoes.

Rowing a canoe is such hard work!

There is still a little color here in the Plymouth Colony.

One of the settlers talked with us for about 45 minutes about the Pilgrims beliefs in the Bible, worship, and all of life. We loved it! He also led us in singing the Geneva version of Psalm 100.

It is hard to see in this photo but the Psalm book includes the words to the song, the original text, the music, and a commentary of the text.

Luke in the main street of Plymouth.

Philip said that his favorite part of the day was seeing these cannons!

These are the same breed of sheep that the Pilgrims had.

“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence…”

One of the settlers was preparing the roof for winter.

The interior of one of the Pilgrim’s houses. It was pretty simple and crude.

Some very cute baby goats.

At the top of the hill you can see the meeting house.

Daddy having a discussion with William Bradford. He was telling us about journaling and what he usually wrote about.

You can read William Bradford’s history of the Plymouth Colony in his book Of Plymouth Plantation.

“And thus they found the Lord to be with them in all their ways, for which let His holy name have the praise forever, to all posterity.”

~inscribed on the back cover Of Plymouth Plantation