These are pictures from a day trip I took to Plymouth (the town founded by the Pilgrims) and Cape Cod. As usual, click on an image to see a larger version of the image.
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| September 29, 2001 09:13:38 |
A park in Plymouth
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| September 29, 2001 09:22:45 |
The "Plymouth Rock" itself. Not greatly impressive, is it?
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| September 29, 2001 09:24:38 |
This is the monument which houses Plymouth Rock.
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| September 29, 2001 09:25:01 |
Very strong winds were puffing up my shirt that day. I'm really not as fat as I look in that picture.
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| September 29, 2001 09:25:36 |
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| September 29, 2001 09:26:24 |
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| September 29, 2001 09:27:44 |
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| September 29, 2001 13:02:50 |
This and the following pictures are from Provincetown, MA, on the tip of Cape Cod.
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| September 29, 2001 13:09:21 |
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| September 29, 2001 13:09:55 |
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| September 29, 2001 13:17:03 |
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| September 29, 2001 13:45:58 |
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| September 29, 2001 14:10:56 |
This tower in the middle of Provincetown has some special historical significance in association with the Pilgrims landing here prior to sailing on to Plymouth.
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| September 29, 2001 14:56:33 |
"SITE OF FIRST UNITED STATES TRANSATLANTIC WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATION BUILT IN 1901-1902". Stumbling across the "Marconi Site" on the way back was an unexpected stroke of good luck, and the highlight of the trip. From this site, the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi transmitted a radio message in Morse code to Great Britain. Marconi's company, the "Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America", later became known as RCA.
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| September 29, 2001 14:57:13 |
A model of Marconi's transmission towers.
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| September 29, 2001 14:58:09 |
This is where the Marconi towers would be standing today, if they had not been disassembled.
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| September 29, 2001 14:58:45 |
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| September 29, 2001 15:00:34 |
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| September 29, 2001 15:00:52 |