Mayflower II Goes through the Cape Cod Canal

Mayflower II and Tugboat Travel through the Cape Cod Canal

Mom and I go to the Cape Cod Canal and Sandwich Marina almost every day. Today, we had lots of company. The Mystic Seaport Museum was tweeting that the Mayflower II would enter the canal at 10 am. While it's only a half-size replica of the original Mayflower, it is still a treat to see a wooden boat of that size travel through the canal. She didn't have her sail up and a tug boat was pulling her - at quite a good clip. The tug boat captain was sweet enough to tweet updates of their location while he was in the canal. Everyone waiting with cameras, smart phones and iPads was very appreciative of that. #MayflowerII

Very Foggy Day on Cape Cod

Fog Managed to Hide the Cape Cod Canal and Sagamore Bridge

It was such a foggy day on Cape Cod that mom and I couldn't see the other side of the canal. We also couldn't see the Sagamore Bridge either. For those of you who don't know the area, the below picture shows what we normally see from this parking spot.

We were hoping that we would get a chance to see one of the rare right whales going through the canal. The canal was actually closed this morning at about 7 am when a person out walking along it called in the sighting. The Coast Guard shut down the canal until the right whale was safely out to sea. It occurred about 7am. Unfortunately, I was still asleep. 

This is what we normally see

I was surprised that several small fishing boats were leaving the safety of the Sandwich Marina today. They barely had left it when we were unable to see them. The commercial fishing fleet was busy as usual. The crew from the American Beauty was busy removing it's catch. They were so busy I didn't want to ask them what they had caught. Both mom and I were grateful that it wasn't as smelly as the catch that was unloaded yesterday while we were there.