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On a beautiful spring morning, folks gathered at the Herring Run Recreation Area to watch the Mayflower II pass through Cape Cod Canal on its way back home in Plymouth, Massachusetts. I figured it would be a slow passage considering it was being pulled by a tugboat, was in a narrow channel, and the tide direction might be against it.
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That was not the case. Riding a fast and favorable current, seemingly in seconds, she approached, passed abeam us, and was gone.
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It happened so quickly that folks were still taking pictures long after it passed.
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Moments after passing us, she went under the Sagamore Bridge and then out into Cape Cod Bay for the last couple hours of the journey home to Plymouth.
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This fisherman was surprised by all the people out and about on a weekday morning. Like many of the regular fishermen here, a well outfitted bicycle makes hauling all the stuff much easier.
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