Rockport and the “George Stone discount”

Jett and I traveled to Rockport MA a week ago, to visit her mother’s grave and to generally enjoy Rockport, her childhood summer home and still one of our favorite places on the planet. Her brother, George Stone, lived there his entire life. He was a bit of a character (an understatement) but a lovable one. Longtime residents of Rockport all remember him fondly. This worked in our favor, unexpectedly, as we had lunch at Rockport’s famous Roy Moore Lobster Company, which is more retail lobster shop than restaurant, but does have a few picnic tables out back where you can sit and devour the lobsters you purchase inside. We did just that. I ordered the lobster roll and a cup of fish chowder and Jett had a couple of shrimp cocktails. When time came to settle the bill, we were informed that we were receiving the “George Stone discount” which slashed our tab from over $30 to just $20. A pleasant and unexpected bonus to our day in Rockport. All I can say is thank you, George, for being so lovable.

We also strolled the length of Bearskin Neck, the artsy-fartsy road to the jetty, consumed some ice cream, watched the waves and bought some candy at Tuck’s Candy Factory. The usual stuff. We hadn’t been to Rockport in 2 years and found that very little had changed.

And that’s a good thing.