January 4th 2015: Exploring Taunton and Raynham

I started out today in Taunton, visiting a few places

Barstow's Pond, 37 Middleboro Avenue

Holy Family Church

East Taunton Fire Station

Christ Community Church

Richmond Pond, 624 Middleboro Avenue

Taunton Municipal Airport

Weir Fire Station

Sacred Heart Church, 29 1st Street

At this point, I was feeling hungry, and headed to Deavila's Restaurant in town to get some breakfast, getting the Hawaiian Waffle (ham in waffle, topped with pineapples and honey),

which was actually pretty good, the pineapples providing an adequate amount of sweetness.

I resumed my sightseeing after breakfast,

Memorial United Methodist Church

Memorial Park,

175 Somerset Avenue

Winthrop Street Baptist Church

Allan M Walker Insurance Agency

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Baptist Church of All Nations

Seventh Day Adventist Church,

109 Winthrop Street

Old Washington School

Kilmer Street Fire Station

Galligan School

St. Andrew the Apostle Church

Taunton Green,

Winthrop Street and Main Street

Taunton Superior Court

Crocker Building,

4 Court Street

Taunton Public Library

Pilgrim Congregational Church

Lothrop Memorial Building

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Morton Hospital

St. Anthony Church

Central Fire Station

Old Colony Historical Society

Church Green,

Church Green and Dean Street

First Parish Church

Taunton City Hall, 15 Summer Street

Old Colony Railroad Station

Albert Field Tack Company

Old Juvenile Court,

21 Court Street 

Weir Village Riverfront Park

Leddy School

Trinity United Methodist Church

Christ Community Church Main Campus

and after a while I felt hungry again, heading into the Silver City Galleria

to get food from Fuji Chen, located inside the food court there. I got the Orange Chicken with BBQ Roast Pork and Fried Rice.

Pretty good and filling for a cheap price.

Finally going on a hike at the Massasoit State Park, the path I took is shown below in pink.

A pretty nice area with great views of the water bodies here.

After finally getting back to my car, I headed into Raynham to start my sightseeing there. 

First Baptist Church

Raynham Veterans Memorial,

558 South Main Street

Town Hall, 558 South Main Street

Memorials,

760 South Main Street

First Congregational Church

Johnson's Pond Park

Bristol County Savings Bank,

108 North Main Street

King's Pond, 85 Gardiner Street

St. Ann's Church

Hewitt Pond, End of Rogers Way

Calvary Chapel

Raynham Taunton Greyhound Park

When I was done with Raynham, I still had some time before the sun set for good, so I headed into West Bridgewater. 

West Bridgewater Baptist Church

With that, I called it a day for sightseeing, heading to Easton for dinner at Porticello Ristorante, a pretty nice looking Italian place in town.

I got the Veal Carrozella (veal scalloping sautéed in A white wine demi topped with Fried mozzarella puffs)

Which was really delicious,

As was the Peach Ripieno ( in peach shell) I got for dessert. 

Excellent meal to cap my 2 weeks of intense exploration of Massachusetts. Back to work tomorrow.