January 21st 2017: Second Time Exploring Rockport

It was pretty warm today, so we decided to head to Rockport for the day, starting off at the Bearskin Neck area of town.

We ventured out to the Rockport Breakwater from the end of Bearskin Neck,

where one can see the Straitsmouth Island Light from afar.

From here, I went on to visit other places in town,

Shalin Liu Performance Center

First Congregational Church

Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport

Old Andrew Carnegie Library, 18 Jewett Street

Rockport United Methodist Church

Post Office, 39 Broadway

Fire Department, 37 Broadway

Town Hall, 34 Broadway

St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Rockport Baptist Church

Fake Lighthouse,
Broadway and Mount Pleasant Street

Motif #1

Rockport Harbor, T-Wharf

Old Garden Beach,
Old Garden Road and Harraden Avenue

Straitsmouth Cove Landing,
Marmion Way and Straitsmouth Way

like the Rockport Public Library,

The Headlands, consisting of a short hike from 25 Atlantic Avenue to great ocean views

and a view of Straitsmouth Island Light,

Steep Bank Landing at the end of Whale Cove Lane,

with yet another view of Straitsmouth Island Light,

and finally Flat Rock Point, a short hike from 30 Eden Road to views,

of both Straitsmouth Island Light in the distance

and Thacher Island close up.

Finally, it was time for dinner, so we decided to check out Pho Paris, a pretty nice Vietnamese restaurant in the town of Peabody. We got the Hu Tieu Mi Phuc Kien (Phuc Kien Style Soup),

and the Pho Tai Bo Vien (noodle soup, rare eye round steak, beef meatballs).

both of which were really good, the former reminding me of home. Glad we finally got to try this place.

With that, a day of exploring Rockport was finally at an end.