We finally got to see the ocean! We woke up to clear skies, sunshine, and high 70's for the day. Pretty nice! Our Boston experience actually started yesterday when we drove in from Newport in a dreary drizzle. And it didn't get much better through the day. But we persevered.
We stopped in Plymouth and drove to the coast where Plymouth Rock was. We found it and the Mayflower II. The ocean is in the background but as you can see our luck hadn't changed yet.
After Plymouth we drove on into Boston and hit Fenway Park and Harvard. The weather didn't really affect either and we had a great time taking in a little Bahston history!
That was yesterday. As I said before, today's weather was pretty much perfect so we were in good spirits as we drove into Boston again, hopped onto one of the tour trolleys (it's why our hair looks so wind blown in the following pictures), and started our trip back in time.........well, as much as you can with crazy traffic and huge modern buildings all around. It was really pretty much a big city but it was truly beautiful for a big city. I just couldn't believe the old buildings that just went on and on and on, especially Beacon Hill. Amazing!
There really wasn't a good reason for this picture except that I couldn't pass up the opportunity since macaroni and cheese is one of Kaylee's favorites.
And then there was Paul Revere. He's always been kind of a background personality to me when I've studied about the founding of our country but that may have changed. He was apparently a very hard working and trust worthy man and he had thirteen children, for goodness sake. What's not to like about that!
And of course there's the gelato. The North End was full of Italian restaurants so we finally picked one and then went a couple of doors down and had Italian ice cream. It was okay. Not Blue Bell, of course.
The things that stuck out most to me about Boston was, of course, the age. And the history is obviously so meaningful and so cool to actually experience it all in person. Being in a big city was pretty predictable except that here, the streets and sidewalks were much more narrow than what I'm used to. Well, let's just say it--I'm from Texas and being in such an old city where everything is jammed together makes me feel a little claustrophobic.
So we completed our time in Boston in the late afternoon and then headed to the ocean. I'd read about Marblehead when we were researching our trip and had decided that we just wouldn't have time to fit it in. But we had some daylight left on this perfect weather day so that's where we headed. And it was so worth it! I thought it was sort of a present day Newport. There were lots and lots of really amazing houses and quite a few looked pretty new. It was such a quaint town and made for a beautiful sunset adventure. That's where the first picture in this post was taken and then this one.
We have one more morning left and we'll head over to Salem to check things out for a short time. Then it's off to the airport in Manchester, NH, which makes seven states we've traveled through on Mom and Kaylee's excellent adventure!
