Vacation Day 5

We began our day by trying to find a gas station because  we were on empty. At least that's what the 

indicator said. We weren't sure if we could make it to the gas station but come to find out

 the car lied. There was still 2 gals. left. 

So now we are finally on our way to Plymouth. There we saw the replica of the Mayflower 2, Plymouth rock and Plymouth Plantation. Not overly exciting. The real fun was eating a great breakfast at Carmen's Cafe. It was goooooood!! While we were there the fog rolled in. Just like the movies. It was really cool and about half an hour later it was gone.

From Plymouth we headed for Boston. Driving down town Boston was an experience. When we finally got to the Boston Commons we looked for a place to park and ended up parking in an u

nderground 

parking lot beneath the Boston Commons. After getting a map at the visitors center we drove to some of the sights and then over to see the USS Constitution which happens 

to be the oldest commissioned battle ship in the world. It first was commissioned in 1797. "Old Insides" was impressive. I always wanted to see it. After this we had to go see Fenway Park because Daniel really wanted to see the ball park. But because we were running low on time we could not go inside the ball park. However we got pictures from the highway. From there we headed for Portland, Maine to spend t

he night. 

It was around 7:00 PM when we arrived. After checking in we went out looking for the appropriate place to dine that evening. I directed Daniel out close to the area of the lighthouses where we planned to visit the next day. We changed 2 or 3 roads and ended up on a long and winding road. But finally there it was "The Good Table" restaurant. First it passed the Poppy test. After entering we were wowed by the service and the atmosphere. But the food! It was sooooooooo gooooooooood!! We had the best clam chowder I've ever tasted, and then lobster, and finally the best blueberry pie I've ever had. Oh was it tasty. By now it was dark when we left. So Daniel got his first experience driving at night on winding roads trying to find his way back to hotel. There were few lights and and he had to negotiate all the curves with just the help of his headlights. But slowly we made our way back to the hotel.

Tomorrow we see the lighthouses. See you then.

-Derwin Brigham