Plymouth

Today we drove to the town of Plymouth. The Pilgrims from the Mayflower officially disembarked on December 21, 1620 and it is traditionally said that they first set foot in America at the site of Plymouth Rock.  We learned a lot of history during our visit. Then we traveled a short distance away to Carver, Massachusetts.  It is known for its cranberry bogs.  By the 1940s the cranberry harvest was the largest in the world, and today it is still a major business in town.  We took a tour at the Flax Pond cranberry farm. Flax Pond Cranberry Co., is a family owned farm consisting of 34 acres of producing cranberry bogs. The cranberry bogs have been in production since the early 1890"s and today produce 150 to 200 barrels per acre (in a good year) of fresh fruit for Ocean Spray Cranberries.

Harbor in Plymouth, Mass.

Plymouth Rock

House in the city of Plymouth

The First Parish Church in Plymouth

The National Monument to the Forefathers. It is the world's largest solid granite monument, and is the fourth-tallest statue in the United States. The cornerstone was laid August 2, 1859 and the monument was completed in October 1888

Cranberry bog at the Flax Pond Farm. These cranberries are harvested dry (not by flooding the bog); therefore they can be sold fresh. The cranberries that are harvested by flooding the bog are processed quickly as juice, sauce, etc.

Some cranberries floating in a flooded bog

Waves crashing over the sea wall in Plymouth