The pupsters zoomed themselves into exhaustion as we had breakfast with Wally & Migzie! So much fun was had that they collapsed in the back seat of the truck snoozing until we reached Gloucester!

Gloucester is a postcard perfect little village of picturesque Victorian homes with glorious English cottage gardens! It’s streets remind me somewhat of San Francisco with its almost ridiculously steep roads. Quite unexpected that was!

We made the obligatory stop to see the Gloucester Fisherman only to be quite surprised by the sheer numbers of Gloucester seamen who were lost to the sea. Created in 1925, in 1996 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the National Park Service: “The Gloucester Tercentenary Permanent Memorial Association sponsored an artistic competition to commemorate Gloucester’s 300th anniversary and to permanently memorialize the thousands of fishermen lost at sea in the first three centuries of Gloucester’s history. In 1879 alone, 249 fishermen and 29 vessels were lost during a terrible storm.”

Tomorrow we’ll capture some lighthouses as the adventure continues!