Lexington and Rockport

Saturday 19th November.

The day dawned misty. It was only when we saw Renee's house and garden in daylight that we realised that it backs on to a huge lake. They call it a "pond"!

 

It really is very lovely, and over breakfast we watched in fascination as the most gorgeous birds came to the feeders outside the kitchen window; in particular a Red Cardinal, a bird so bright red that it looks like it should be in a tropical bird house. Sadly, it refused to sit still for a photograph but M did manage to snap a passing woodpecker. We also saw Chickadees and Titmice.

 

Breakfast was a banquet! Renee had made a large dish of home made muffin and we also had her home made granola with yoghurt and honey. Delicious!

Shortly after, Renee left with her two daughters to do a walk, which Renee was leading. We left soon after, having said goodbye to Rosie and Oscar, and headed north towards Boston. We stopped at the eastern end of the Cap Cod Canal, but the visitors' centre was closed for the season. We watched two large tugs going along the canal; we would have liked to walk alongside the canal, but there was a very cold wind coming off the sea so we decided not to tarry. That is the canal in the background.

 

By now the sun had come out and we drove north under a clear sky. R used to live in Lexington, so we made a detour to relive happy memories of his time there. We first visited the centre of Lexington, the site of the "shot heard round the world", the first skirmish in the War of Independence.

 

As we were getting hungry, we had a coffee and cake in a nearby artisan bakery run by a Japanese family. The cakes were mouth wateringly good!

We went on to "Trodden Path", where R used to live. The house had not changed much but the trees on the turning circle in front of the house had grown considerably!

 

We found Rochport to be a delightful seaside town and a lot of people were about, even out of season. Our Airbnb is in "Railroad Avenue", just a few minutes from the centre of town - and there is another cat called "Dewey", one of the largest cats we have met!