Close to Home by John McPherson for November 22, 2020

Oh come on you guys and gals. You didn’t have room in your boat for little Bleeb. Making him swim to shore shame on you.

Good thing the luggage didn’t go to Roanoke. They’d never find it.

Jamestown??? They’ll probably eat the luggage there!!!

How could he know this..unless he did it.

We really need to stop exalting these evil religious fanatics who came here for the express purpose of setting up a dictatorial theocracy. Nothing heroic about them. After all, the ONLY reason they put ashore when they did was because they were running out of beer. As soon as they got off the boat they raided a nearby Indian village and looted it, even digging up the graves to loot the burial goods. This is from THEIR OWN WORDS. They were fucking PROUD of what they did!

Cool, give me some skins, Man.

Could be worse, Could have been sent to the Popham Colony (look it up)

They must have traveled Delta cruises out of Atlanta?

Some travel related problems don’t change with time.

Croatoan.

Today is the 400 anniversary of the landing at plymouth rock.

“If it isn’t carry on, it’s disposable.” Words to travel by.

Good thing Bleeb wasn’t in the luggage. And that he/she (does Bleeb have a sex?) knows how to swim.

The Pilgrims had originally hoped to reach America in early October using two ships, but delays and complications meant they could use only one, the Mayflower. Their intended destination had been the Colony of Virginia, with the journey financed by the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London. Storms forced them to anchor at the hook of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, however, as it was unwise to continue with provisions running short. This inspired some of the non-Puritan passengers (whom the Puritans referred to as ‘Strangers’) (these ‘Strangers’ accounted for ⅔ of the passengers of the Mayflower) to proclaim that they “would use their own liberty; for none had power to command them” since they would not be settling in the agreed-upon Virginia territory. To prevent this, the Pilgrims determined to establish their own government, while still affirming their allegiance to the Crown of England. Thus, the Mayflower Compact was based simultaneously upon a majoritarian model and the settlers’ allegiance to the king. It was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the community’s rules and regulations for the sake of order and survival.

The Pilgrims had lived for some years in Leiden, a city in the Dutch Republic. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick states, “Just as a spiritual covenant had marked the beginning of their congregation in Leiden, a civil covenant would provide the basis for a secular government in America.” [Stolen from Wikipedia]

That must be Plymouth Rock.

At least they don’t have to crowd around Plymouth Rocks and wait for it!

Great, we get to change our wardrobe. Where’s the nearest Land’s End?

It looks like they forced Bleeb to swim and he’s irked about it.

Even worse would have been to St. Augustine.

Maybe Disney’s Pocahontas will personally deliver the luggage. XD!

I think Bleeb is water-skiing.