8-6-11 Plymouth, Back to DC

We had been debating for the past two days what to do with this day. The plane back to Baltimore doesn't leave until 7pm. We had talked about going to Plymouth but it just isn't that far away. I had a bad stomach in the morning and Sue was not feeling so hot either. So we dismissed the idea we had yesterday of getting a late start after a pancake breakfast at Pancake Man. I proposed we cover the one section of the Cape we had not been to, the southwest corner. So off we went at about 8. We got hungry as we drove but couldn't find anyplace to eat - other than Dunkin Donuts which now seemed to be every mile along Hwy 28. Finally Samantha (the Garmin) told us about a place called Cape Cod Bagels in Falmouth. Got there about 9:30 - it was very crowded but this is the sort of place we had been looking for. Had a good breakfast and bought lunch bagels and a muffin for later.

Drove into Falmouth and towards Woods Hole and soon realized that this was the place to come back to spend some time. The town is very nice, the downtown is very reminiscent of Alexandria, but not touristy at all - probably the influence of all the high end earners at Woods Hole. We drove out to the Nobska Point Light to get some pictures and see what the beaches looked like. I thought they were good for walking - Sue wasn't so sure. Drove into Woods Hole, around the community and stopped to see the NOAA free Aquarium. It was 10:30 and it didn't open until 11 so we walked to the visitor center for MBL - the Marine Biological Laboratory. This is one of five private or public funded organizations doing research here. Got some stuff at the shop ( a shirt for Gavin). Back to tour the small NOAA aquarium. While there, we saw this clever picture about Global Warming.

Then off for Plymouth - I decided to forgo the lighthouse on the western shore (Great Neck) - I had read it was private and a rental and was not sure how close at all I could get to it. Sue was worried about having time to see Plymouth and get to the airport if there was a traffic mess. So we pushed on - we did run into traffic when we got to the Canal, and it was both onto and off of the Cape. Figured that a lot of people must rent places from Saturday to Saturday and thus leave on Sat like we are doing. We pulled into Plymouth at about 12:30. Walked around, ate our lunch, saw the Rock (what a comedy of errors that story is), walked through the park. It was pretty warm again and the humidity was back up. We left at 2pm.

The drive to the airport was no problem, got there about 3:30 - drove on the the Warwick Mall to kill some time. Sue said this "Mall" reminded her of Anchorage. Pretty small. We got a Subway sandwich for dinner, found a gas station for the car and got to the airport at about 4:30. Bought shakes and had our lunch. Flew back to Baltimore - rough ride on the way - the crew didn't have to serve anything due to turbulence. Cloudy weather.