This is the Mayflower II, and it is a replica of the original. You can walk around it and costumed (or not) employees will talk to you about it from an historical perspecitve. Of course, the most fun were the costumed guides who spoke from the perspective of then, but it was great. It was mostly amazing how small the ship was when you considered that there were 102 passengers (just on the one level) that didn't include the other 30+ members of the crew who actually sailed them across, or the pigs, goats, two dogs and some chickens that joined it. I felt claustrophobic just being below deck...I can't imagin 2 plus months on rocking waves!
Here it is...again, I can't believe how small it is! They are doing construction on the Portico, so you had to view the rock through a little window. About two-thirds of the rock is below water, but it's still not much bigger than a La-z-boy chair or something. I was expecting at least Haystack Rock, but what can you say. Aparrently, in the past they had a chisel and hammer laying next to the rock so people could just chip off their own piece of history...they've obviously put an end to that! When Pat and Ken get back from NYC, I'll download her photos and add them as well.
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