While visiting Plymouth, we spent an afternoon visiting the Plimoth Patuxet Museum . This museum is where history comes to life! It boasts two very special spots - one is a Wampanoag homesite and the other is a recreation of a village with crops and animals similar to how the Pilgrims would have lived in the years after Mayflower landing in 1620.

Alongside both sides of the Cape Cod Canal runs a multi-use trail that is about 7 miles in length. We got out and rode along the trail on our ebikes, traveling about 10 miles in total (5 down and 5 back). We enjoyed the cooler air temps near the canal and stopped to watch a few boats pass us on the canal.

Just outside of downtown Plymouth, an 81 foot tall memorial to the pilgrims has been erected- the National Monument to the Forefathers . This monument is super impressive. You pull up and there is a large circular unpaved drive around it. The monument itself is elevated slightly on a hill in the center of the circular drive; the height from the gradual hill adding to the perceived size of it.