Lobstah!!

Location: Old Orchard Beach, ME

After our wonderful two days in Boston, we headed up the coast into New Hampshire where we stopped to eat in Portsmouth. This was a very nice little town with some great shops right along the Atlantic. We stopped and had lunch and we could see across the border into Maine, where it was of course foggy. The fog was the story of our Maine portion of the trip, it seemed the moment we crossed the bridge it was fog everywhere the entire day! We set up camp and decided to head out to see the beach. It was really nice and there was really no one there...I guess the tourist season doesn't start until late June up there. I also got the hint when we were the only ones pretty much in the campground. It was however really nice to have the entire beach just to yourselves. If you are wondering how cold the water was I can tell you from experience....very cold!!! I decided on the second day that I wasn't going to go all the way to the Atlantic without at least jumping in. COLD COLD COLD! The highlight of our Maine trip has to be our lovely lobsters that we cooked at the campground. We named them pinchy and pinchy...very original i know. The next day it was still very foggy, but we decided to check out some of the lighthouses nearby. We couldn't really see much, but it was still a pleasant drive up the coast. I would love to visit Maine again soon, it was such a wonderful place and we had so much fun. On Friday we broke down camp and of course the sun came out....go figure.

Tomorrow.....New York

Beantown

Sorry for the long break, I've been trying to get back into the swing of things now that i'm home. I will pick up from where I left off in Boston. Our next stop on trail was the Old South Meeting House. This is where many of the Bostonians met to discuss the tax on tea. We then walked across the street to the Old State House. In my opinion this was the coolest building in Boston. This is the oldest surviving building still standing in Boston and it dates back to 1712!! The next stop along the trail is actually right where i'm taking this picture from, the site of the Boston Massacre. We then moved on to the Italian district where we saw Paul Revere's house. I knocked on the door but I guess he wasn't home at the moment.

We then made the long walk across the bridge to see the USS Constitution. The oldest boat still afloat in the world. They are in the process of restoring it and they said it was going to be completed later this month.

More on my trip tomorrow!

It's a tea party!

Location: Boston, MA

Weather: Sunny 82

Since i've been without internet for a while i'll pick up my blog from our Boston travels. Lacey and I have had such a wonderful time this week! On Monday we walked the freedom trail in Boston looking at many different sites that were influential in the freedom of America. We walked around Boston for about 4 hours and just over 4 miles of walking for the day, needless to say we were very tired when we got back to the hotel. Our first stop on the trail was the Boston Commons, it is America's oldest public park dating back to 1634 when it was used for the grazing of cattle. We didn't see any cows in the park today, but we did however see over 20,000 American flags in honor of all the men and women of Massachusetts that died in War since the Revolutionary War.

We then moved on to the Massachusetts State House. It was built in 1798 at a cost of 133,333!! When you think about the time and how much money that would be today, it is very overwhelming. The land was originally owned by John Hancock and it is the oldest building still on Beacon Hill.

The next stop was the Park Street Church. This was originally the tallest building in Boston at 217 feet. During the war of 1812 gunpowder was stored in the crypt. Right outside that church was the Granary Burying Ground. It is the third oldest burying ground in Boston. John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and Benjamin Franklin's parents are all buried here.

King's Chapel is next on the stop, and I found this to be fairly interesting. This church was built under orders from King James II to try and keep the old Anglican ways across the pond. The church was very beautiful inside, but not too much to look at on the outside, in fact they ran out of money when the built the church, so it doesn't even have a steeple. George Washington once attended a service at this church in 1789.

My computer is running low on battery....to be continued...