Here's some of the adventures we went on during our stay in Boston. Mark stayed at the hotel and rested his legs while I took Aubrey and Joel on the sight-seeing trip they never dreamed of. These are just my crummy phone pictures for now.
The first day in Boston was Friday. It was a very, very rainy day. I jumped at the chance to see the Freedom Trail with no crowds around! We bundled up and put on our rain coats and headed out. There was NOBODY in the touristy parts of Boston. We walked right into Quincy Market without seeing another person. I kept telling the kids that normally there were thousands of people out and about, but they thought I was crazy. We kept on walking over to the North End. Still NOBODY! We saw Paul Revere's house and this beautiful statue of him. Joel kindly pointed out that Paul Revere was riding a stallion.... We walked into the Old North Church by ourselves. Generally, there is a one-hour line to get in there! Then we headed across the river to see the USS Constitution. Again, we were pretty much alone. It was the best day to see Boston, because everyone else stayed home.
Saturday I took the kids back to Quincy Market so that they could see the hustle and bustle that I was telling them was normal. We found this great caricature artist who made a very excellent drawing of Aubrey and Joel. We wandered around, had lunch at the Green Dragon, and then met Mark for dinner.
Sunday we went to church, and then I took the kids out to see the two final things in Boston they needed to see. First, the Boston Tea Party museum.
Next, was Dorchester Heights. It is soooo pretty there, and such hallowed ground because of the miracle that happened there in 1776.
I was a lot more excited about it than they were.
The next day was the marathon, and you know the rest of that story...
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Thank goodness for Oregon,right? When we went to Disneyland it rained for most of 2 days. We were still out there almost unaware of the rain.
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