More interesting trivia drawn from a vacation

Fact: Plymouth Rock is a giant let-down.

Now the story… because you know there is one!

On one of our many family vacations when I was a child, we headed up to New England. That would be my mom’s stomping grounds, so we always had to make our trek though the bowels of the earth, otherwise known as New Jersey, just for her. (Just kidding, Mom!)

One year we went to more than just New Jersey – thank God! We went all the way up to Maine! Along the way, we stopped in Massachusetts. Mom, being the history teacher, just had to see Plymouth Rock. Me, being the ass-kissing nerd I was, couldn’t wait to go too.

We get to Plymouth, and check into our hotel. It was kind of quaint, little cabin-type things. Okay, it was more like little duplexes, but still, better than just a giant block of rooms. Then we leave to go see the great Plymouth Rock.

Okay, so Plymouth Rock, is a rock. It’s not even a giant rock. I mean, okay, probably a little bigger than I would be able to pick up, but still. I mean, I pictured some enormous boulder or something, you know, like the size of a car. Not this thing that would be better served as the cornerstone for my flower bed or something – not something that we hear about for ages and ages in history books.

What’s worse, it’s way down at the bottom of this glass-topped shaft. Yep, you stare down and peer at the ‘1620’ engraved upon it. (Which, from the looks of it, was done by a machine, which means it wasn’t done back when it happened.) Oh, and this stupid rock isn’t even on the shore. Nope, like 50-100 feet away from shore. Well, how is this special? It’s not even the first place they stepped foot on if it’s way the hell over here.

God, what a let-down.

There was nothing else fun to do either. Welcome to Plymouth, Massachusetts – where you look at the rock, get disappointed and leave. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

As an extra bonus, we’ll give away your hotel room while you’re looking at said disappointing rock.

I’m not making that up. After we got back in the van and headed back to the motel, we noticed the lights were on in our room. There were people in there too. What?

Apparently some idiot at the front desk didn’t realize our room had been rented out, so they gave it to someone else. Luckily there was another free room, so it wasn’t like we were out a place to stay, but just one more things to add to the list of disappointments that day.