trip recap
saturday: got up, watched the tour,cleaned up the house, did some riding on the cross bike, mowed the lawn, packed and off to boston via milwaukee. got into town late so we settled for an expensive (and very non-boston) meal at the hotel. room smelled like smoke which was fixed the next day with a new room and free brunch (a $50 value).
me getting 'recombobulated'
sunday: we utilized public transit while in boston. tons-o-walking around the city. not only did we see some historical monuments (paul revere's house, old iron sides, etc) but i also found a reason to get back to boston sooner rather than later:
finish line of the boston marathon
after a quick trip to the hotel it was back downtown for delicious seafood and more walking. there was a public fountain that you could play in above the big dig that shot water straight up in a random fashion. one lady (wearing a dress) had a marilyn monroe moment which was pretty funny.
monday: less walking than yesterday, we headed to MIT and Harvard campuses. it was awe inspiring to see those places and we felt smarter for having been there (hopefully our son was able to pick some of that up). we hit a museum at each including the harvard natural history museum. then, it was off to the ether dome which made robin squeal a little with delight. pretty nerdy but that is why i love her. a bit of dinner and then off to the baseball monument that is fenway:
robin (and the boy) at fenway - wicked!
some drunk candian spilled his beer inside of robin's purse but it was still a pretty good experience. and, it's amazing to me the party atmosphere for a monday night game against the athletics. we're not in milwaukee anymore!
tuesday: 'transfer day' for our vacation. we drove up the coast with stops along the way. salem was weird and kennebunkport was really nice. we stated in freeport that evening which meant a visit to the ll bean flagship store. they keep it open 24 hours a day.
wednesday: a little more shopping at some of the outlets in freeport (patagonia, north face, horny toad, etc) and then time to hit the road. we took the long way and found a lobster pound off the beaten path for our first lobster experience. 2 fresh from the sea lobsters, a pound of clams (sweaters and all) and corn on the cob for something like $23. we ate sitting on a deck over the ocean. finished the drive to bar harbor and checked into our bed and breakfast. the place we chose generated all its own power on site and had an organic garden that provided ingredients for breakfast (including fresh eggs from on-site chickens). the eggs were good but the rooster made it tough to 'sleep in' past 4am.
mmmm...lobster and clams
thursday: woke to some rain so we hung around bar harbor a bit. once the sun came out we were in acadia national park. beautiful park with mountains on the ocean coast line. it was fun to see the tide pools and beaches (the water is so cold it knocks your wind away). finished the day by going up cadillac mountain which would have been great to climb on a bike. next time i'm bringing the rocket...
on top of cadillac mountain.
friday: we decided to take a whale watching excursion. it was way foggy causing me motion sickness (for the first time in my life) and rendered me miserable for the 3+ hour cruise. robin was fine until the last hour...about when everyone else on the boat got sick. all that and no stinkin whales. oh well. more time in the park and then time to finish the trip by driving back to boston (friday we stayed in portland which seemed to be a really cool town).
it was a great trip. you always here about east coasters being a-holes but from our experiences the norm out there is friendliness. to me, they all seemed a lot more friendly than midwesters but maybe i was just in vacation mode.
me getting 'recombobulated'
sunday: we utilized public transit while in boston. tons-o-walking around the city. not only did we see some historical monuments (paul revere's house, old iron sides, etc) but i also found a reason to get back to boston sooner rather than later:
finish line of the boston marathon
after a quick trip to the hotel it was back downtown for delicious seafood and more walking. there was a public fountain that you could play in above the big dig that shot water straight up in a random fashion. one lady (wearing a dress) had a marilyn monroe moment which was pretty funny.
monday: less walking than yesterday, we headed to MIT and Harvard campuses. it was awe inspiring to see those places and we felt smarter for having been there (hopefully our son was able to pick some of that up). we hit a museum at each including the harvard natural history museum. then, it was off to the ether dome which made robin squeal a little with delight. pretty nerdy but that is why i love her. a bit of dinner and then off to the baseball monument that is fenway:
robin (and the boy) at fenway - wicked!
some drunk candian spilled his beer inside of robin's purse but it was still a pretty good experience. and, it's amazing to me the party atmosphere for a monday night game against the athletics. we're not in milwaukee anymore!
tuesday: 'transfer day' for our vacation. we drove up the coast with stops along the way. salem was weird and kennebunkport was really nice. we stated in freeport that evening which meant a visit to the ll bean flagship store. they keep it open 24 hours a day.
wednesday: a little more shopping at some of the outlets in freeport (patagonia, north face, horny toad, etc) and then time to hit the road. we took the long way and found a lobster pound off the beaten path for our first lobster experience. 2 fresh from the sea lobsters, a pound of clams (sweaters and all) and corn on the cob for something like $23. we ate sitting on a deck over the ocean. finished the drive to bar harbor and checked into our bed and breakfast. the place we chose generated all its own power on site and had an organic garden that provided ingredients for breakfast (including fresh eggs from on-site chickens). the eggs were good but the rooster made it tough to 'sleep in' past 4am.
mmmm...lobster and clams
thursday: woke to some rain so we hung around bar harbor a bit. once the sun came out we were in acadia national park. beautiful park with mountains on the ocean coast line. it was fun to see the tide pools and beaches (the water is so cold it knocks your wind away). finished the day by going up cadillac mountain which would have been great to climb on a bike. next time i'm bringing the rocket...
on top of cadillac mountain.
friday: we decided to take a whale watching excursion. it was way foggy causing me motion sickness (for the first time in my life) and rendered me miserable for the 3+ hour cruise. robin was fine until the last hour...about when everyone else on the boat got sick. all that and no stinkin whales. oh well. more time in the park and then time to finish the trip by driving back to boston (friday we stayed in portland which seemed to be a really cool town).
it was a great trip. you always here about east coasters being a-holes but from our experiences the norm out there is friendliness. to me, they all seemed a lot more friendly than midwesters but maybe i was just in vacation mode.
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