It cooled off a bit yesterday. I was able to have the windows open all day without hot air blasting in.
Found out yesterday that our family is in charge of the Deters reunion this year - July 10. Need to get the invites out today!
The Nederhoff reunion is the day before - July 9.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Headin' home
Our 10 days of vacation went by way too fast ... don't they always?
We checked out of our room and headed to the airport to return our rental car. It was bumper to bumper and slow going on I-93. Maybe we would miss our flight and have to stay longer??!!! No such luck ... we got the car returned and the shuttle dropped us off at the Southwest check-in with plenty of time to spare. We even got to experience the full-body scanner!
Bye-bye Boston. It was a great time!
We had never flown Southwest before. It was interesting that there are no seat assignments. It's a free-for-all. There were several empty seats on our short flight to Philadelphia where we had a short layover. From Philly to Denver we were loaded down. No seats to spare. It was a long flight. We were early by about 30 minutes. Yay!
Chad picked us up and we had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in Park Meadows with him and Carrie. It was very good and the company was great. We got home about 7:45. We were beat. Our babies were sure glad to see us! and we were glad to see them too.
Ahhh ... it's good to sleep in our own bed again.
TTFN! Hope you enjoyed our trip with us!
We checked out of our room and headed to the airport to return our rental car. It was bumper to bumper and slow going on I-93. Maybe we would miss our flight and have to stay longer??!!! No such luck ... we got the car returned and the shuttle dropped us off at the Southwest check-in with plenty of time to spare. We even got to experience the full-body scanner!
Bye-bye Boston. It was a great time!
We had never flown Southwest before. It was interesting that there are no seat assignments. It's a free-for-all. There were several empty seats on our short flight to Philadelphia where we had a short layover. From Philly to Denver we were loaded down. No seats to spare. It was a long flight. We were early by about 30 minutes. Yay!
Chad picked us up and we had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in Park Meadows with him and Carrie. It was very good and the company was great. We got home about 7:45. We were beat. Our babies were sure glad to see us! and we were glad to see them too.
Ahhh ... it's good to sleep in our own bed again.
TTFN! Hope you enjoyed our trip with us!
Sunday - Our last day in Boston
Checking out of Manchester we headed back to Boston for our final day of sightseeing. We parked close by the Charlestown ship yard for a tour of Old Iron Sides.
We took a guided tour which took us below to the gun and berth decks.
Please don't let Terry drive this ship ... he's dangerous enough with a car!
There is a walking tour of Boston where you follow the red brick 'road'. Several of these sights we saw on our trolley tour, but this way we could visit them up close and personal.
Bunker Hill Monument. Unfortunately we couldn't walk to the top as it was closed for renovation.
One if by land, two if by sea. The Old North Church (officially known as Christ Church in the City of Boston) was built in 1723. It became famed on the eve of the Revolution, April 18, 1775, when Paul Revere relayed the message to Robert Newman, the church sexton, that the British were marching by sea and he gave the signal of two lanterns.
Paul Revere's house. (Wish it were a no parking zone in front ... would make for a much better picture!)
We ended our day by dining at Mother Anna's ... very good Italian food. Why does it seem the appetizer is always better than the entre? The stuffed Portobello mushroom was wonderful! Delicious meal!
For dessert we had cannolis from Mike's Pastry shop. We had about a 15 minute wait in line, but it was well worth it. Unbelievably decadent!
For our last night we headed to the Super8 in Weymouth, a short drive south of Boston. They must've hired 3rd graders to remodel and paint this room. They had repainted and about a one-inch space was left around fixtures, etc. The furniture in the room was way too much for the space. One of the bedside tables drawer couldn't be opened due to it facing the bed since there wasn't enough room to face it the right direction. It was quite humorous to us.
We took a guided tour which took us below to the gun and berth decks.
Please don't let Terry drive this ship ... he's dangerous enough with a car!
There is a walking tour of Boston where you follow the red brick 'road'. Several of these sights we saw on our trolley tour, but this way we could visit them up close and personal.
Bunker Hill Monument. Unfortunately we couldn't walk to the top as it was closed for renovation.
One if by land, two if by sea. The Old North Church (officially known as Christ Church in the City of Boston) was built in 1723. It became famed on the eve of the Revolution, April 18, 1775, when Paul Revere relayed the message to Robert Newman, the church sexton, that the British were marching by sea and he gave the signal of two lanterns.
Paul Revere's house. (Wish it were a no parking zone in front ... would make for a much better picture!)
We ended our day by dining at Mother Anna's ... very good Italian food. Why does it seem the appetizer is always better than the entre? The stuffed Portobello mushroom was wonderful! Delicious meal!
For dessert we had cannolis from Mike's Pastry shop. We had about a 15 minute wait in line, but it was well worth it. Unbelievably decadent!
For our last night we headed to the Super8 in Weymouth, a short drive south of Boston. They must've hired 3rd graders to remodel and paint this room. They had repainted and about a one-inch space was left around fixtures, etc. The furniture in the room was way too much for the space. One of the bedside tables drawer couldn't be opened due to it facing the bed since there wasn't enough room to face it the right direction. It was quite humorous to us.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Saturday - Sightseeing!
Our week in West Yarmouth has come to an end. We checked out of our room and headed to Boston for some sightseeing. We set Gabby (the nickname we gave our Garmin GPS) to direct us to parking by the Old Town Trolley Tour. Public parking for the day was $35!
First order of business ... a bathroom. We saw a 'Public Toilet' close by where we would purchase our trolley tickets, so off we headed. It would cost .25 to go to the bathroom???!!! At least we got to choose the suitable position of the toilet bowl! LOL The trolley tour ticket agent saw us and told us it was out of order ... whew! We had a good chat and chuckle with him, bought our tickets and headed to the trolleys. We were directed to the bathroom in the Boston Marriott Long Wharf - much nicer facilities than the public toilet ... and we didn't have to pay .25!
Since we hadn't had internet in our room on West Yarmouth all week, we didn't yet have a place to stay Saturday and Sunday nights yet. We inquired how much it would be to stay at the Long Wharf ... it would be very convenient to what we would be wanting to do this last weekend. $534 a night! My quick math figured that out to be about 53.40 an hour since we probably would only be in the room about 10 hours a night. No thank you!
We headed back out to the trolley stop and boarded Mr. T's trolley. He would be our guide for the trip. Our trolley tour was most enjoyable with the main points of interest being ...
- Rose Kennedy's rose garden (104 roses were planted honoring her on her 104th birthday)
- Historic North End
- Paul Revere house
- Old North Church (One if by Land, Two if by Sea)
- USS Constitution (Old Iron Sides) and Charlestown Navy Yard
- Bunker Hill
- TD Garden (current contender in the Stanley Cup Playoffs)
- Historic Faneuil Hall
- Cheers (Where everybody knows your name!) The popular sitcom from the 80s.
- Copley Square
- Fenway Park
- MIT campus in Cambridge
After spending nearly two hours with Mr. T, who was a great narrator on the tour, we got off at Cheers on the 2nd trip around. We got a bite to eat at the restaurant upstairs and then we walked down the infamous stairs and through the big wooden door that many of us probably remember seeing on the show. Nobody knew our names though. :-(
We walked our way back, stopping and reading more about the history of the area and historic sights. Paul Revere is interred at the Granary Burial Ground (1660) as well as those from the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Several signers of the constitution including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Robert Paine, as well as several governors of the state of Massachusetts are also buried here.
King's Chapel Burial Ground also has many important people in the early history of our country.
It's getting late, so we'd better find a place to stay for the night. We headed south. We exited I-93 looking to score a late afternoon Dunkin Donut snack and to find a hotspot to connect and do some searching for a room. A Dunkin Donut store can be found about every two blocks in the cape and Boston area. Terry and I got a good chuckle out of that and it became a joke calling out a DD that one of us had spotted. Turns out that DD was founded in Quincy, a south Boston suburb ... hence why there are so many in that area. We only saw a handful of Starbucks there!
Terry ended up finding a Super8 in Manchester, New Hampshire, so we programmed Gabby and we were off. The room there was very nice and we enjoyed our stay. We had a pizza delivered and nodded off to sleep after a long day.
First order of business ... a bathroom. We saw a 'Public Toilet' close by where we would purchase our trolley tickets, so off we headed. It would cost .25 to go to the bathroom???!!! At least we got to choose the suitable position of the toilet bowl! LOL The trolley tour ticket agent saw us and told us it was out of order ... whew! We had a good chat and chuckle with him, bought our tickets and headed to the trolleys. We were directed to the bathroom in the Boston Marriott Long Wharf - much nicer facilities than the public toilet ... and we didn't have to pay .25!
Since we hadn't had internet in our room on West Yarmouth all week, we didn't yet have a place to stay Saturday and Sunday nights yet. We inquired how much it would be to stay at the Long Wharf ... it would be very convenient to what we would be wanting to do this last weekend. $534 a night! My quick math figured that out to be about 53.40 an hour since we probably would only be in the room about 10 hours a night. No thank you!
We headed back out to the trolley stop and boarded Mr. T's trolley. He would be our guide for the trip. Our trolley tour was most enjoyable with the main points of interest being ...
- Rose Kennedy's rose garden (104 roses were planted honoring her on her 104th birthday)
- Historic North End
- Paul Revere house
- Old North Church (One if by Land, Two if by Sea)
- USS Constitution (Old Iron Sides) and Charlestown Navy Yard
- Bunker Hill
- TD Garden (current contender in the Stanley Cup Playoffs)
- Historic Faneuil Hall
- Cheers (Where everybody knows your name!) The popular sitcom from the 80s.
- Copley Square
- Fenway Park
- MIT campus in Cambridge
After spending nearly two hours with Mr. T, who was a great narrator on the tour, we got off at Cheers on the 2nd trip around. We got a bite to eat at the restaurant upstairs and then we walked down the infamous stairs and through the big wooden door that many of us probably remember seeing on the show. Nobody knew our names though. :-(
We walked our way back, stopping and reading more about the history of the area and historic sights. Paul Revere is interred at the Granary Burial Ground (1660) as well as those from the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Several signers of the constitution including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Robert Paine, as well as several governors of the state of Massachusetts are also buried here.
King's Chapel Burial Ground also has many important people in the early history of our country.
It's getting late, so we'd better find a place to stay for the night. We headed south. We exited I-93 looking to score a late afternoon Dunkin Donut snack and to find a hotspot to connect and do some searching for a room. A Dunkin Donut store can be found about every two blocks in the cape and Boston area. Terry and I got a good chuckle out of that and it became a joke calling out a DD that one of us had spotted. Turns out that DD was founded in Quincy, a south Boston suburb ... hence why there are so many in that area. We only saw a handful of Starbucks there!
Terry ended up finding a Super8 in Manchester, New Hampshire, so we programmed Gabby and we were off. The room there was very nice and we enjoyed our stay. We had a pizza delivered and nodded off to sleep after a long day.
Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library had lots of first's in the library industry.
1st publicly supported municipal library
1st large library to open to the public
1st public library to allow the borrowing of books and other materials to be taken home
There is a beautiful open-air courtyard in the middle which is host to several concerts.
We enjoyed lunch in the Maproom Cafe.
After spending a couple of hours here, we decided to head back to the New England Historic Genealogical Society as we felt they had better records for what we were looking for.
Closing at 5 made it an early day for us. But also put us smack in the middle of rush-hour. Taco Bell for supper tonight!
Thursday - Back to the Sturgis Library
We weren't up very early today, so we opted to visit the Sturgis library again.
We had a delicious dinner at The Marshside which was recommended by MaryAnne (Thanks, MaryAnne!). We should have just skipped the main course and went right to dessert. I had a blueberry dessert and Terry had a chocolate cupcake that he said was the best chocolate cake he has ever had ... and he has had a few. LOL
We had a delicious dinner at The Marshside which was recommended by MaryAnne (Thanks, MaryAnne!). We should have just skipped the main course and went right to dessert. I had a blueberry dessert and Terry had a chocolate cupcake that he said was the best chocolate cake he has ever had ... and he has had a few. LOL
Monday, June 6, 2011
Wednesday - Off to Bean Town
Wednesday we headed to Boston to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Terry figured we should park at a station and take the subway in. Good thing there are customer service people floating around the terminal ... so he helped us know what we needed to purchase and pointed us in the correct direction.
We arrived where we intended. Whew! We had a bite to eat at L'Aroma Cafe just down the street from the society. Pretty tasty and pricey! Most expensive lunch for two that we've ever eaten I think.
We enjoyed our day at the society and didn't realize what was brewing outside. A tornado watch was in effect! Our walk back to the subway was a very windy one. Our subway ride was about 40 minutes and our drive back to West Yarmouth would typically take about and hour. It was raining so hard the wipers couldn't keep up and visibility was pretty tough. Terry was only able to go about 40 mph. We hadn't eaten so we decided on Taco Bell. We found one and ran inside in the pouring rain. Off to wash our hands. Just finishing drying my hands and zap! the lights went out! No Taco Bell for supper ... off we headed ... Wendys instead.
We finally made it back to our room about 11 pm. It was a long day.
We arrived where we intended. Whew! We had a bite to eat at L'Aroma Cafe just down the street from the society. Pretty tasty and pricey! Most expensive lunch for two that we've ever eaten I think.
We enjoyed our day at the society and didn't realize what was brewing outside. A tornado watch was in effect! Our walk back to the subway was a very windy one. Our subway ride was about 40 minutes and our drive back to West Yarmouth would typically take about and hour. It was raining so hard the wipers couldn't keep up and visibility was pretty tough. Terry was only able to go about 40 mph. We hadn't eaten so we decided on Taco Bell. We found one and ran inside in the pouring rain. Off to wash our hands. Just finishing drying my hands and zap! the lights went out! No Taco Bell for supper ... off we headed ... Wendys instead.
We finally made it back to our room about 11 pm. It was a long day.
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