Staying at a KOA tonight in Mystic, Connecticut. KOA's always have Internet, so I'm all set. Plymouth Rock was not that big........it is more symbolic than anything. It wasn't even the first place the Pilgrims landed and they didn't engrave the 1620 into the rock until 1800. The National Monument of the Forefathers was totally cool - we never heard of it before, they don't advertise it much. Why they didn't put it by Plymouth Rock, we don't know, but it is a cool statue. It was done by the same guy who did the Statue of Liberty. We went to Cape Cod next. It is a peninsula - the whole boot that sticks out of Massachusetts. Provincetown in the very tip is where we spent the night. It was the whaling center in the 1700 and 1800's - now a popular whale watching place and tourist mecca. The National Seashore takes up most of the peninsula. Today we went to Newport, Rhode Island. We toured the Breakers - the Vanderbilt mansion. Wow----talk about wealth. More than 70 rooms and they had 40 servants. The tour was cool and glad it was saved in the 1940's from destruction. It is maintained now from tourist dollars and some of the Vanderbilts still vacation in part of it. We did the Cliff Walk. On one side is the Atlantic Ocean and the other the Newport mansions.

Comments from Eldon: Plymouth Rock was not real impressive. I thought the Pilgrims would have found a bigger rock to land on. The Mayflower tour was interesting; I can't believe 102 people with animals crossed the Atlantic in that little boat. Cape Cod reminded me a bit of the U.P. - beautiful driving. Newport was the epitome of foofoo. The opulence of the rich is unbelievable. Between the marble mansions, the America Cup races and the polo -give me a break.

Comments from Larry: Things are better since we left the Haunted Campground. Provincetown was relaxing and Mystic is just as good. What is it with humans and Halloween, anyway? Black cats are THAT scary.