Easter Trip

I had the opportunity to travel back east (Boston, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut) with my mom, sisters Aroha and Heather. Thanks to all the men in our lives who made this possible. Mike only had to keep track, feed, transfer, and care for one child. My sisters each have 5 kids so for a very long week on their husbands part I'm sure, there kids were well taken care of, although they missed their mamas.
This is the first time I have been back during foliage season. My camera does it no justice because it was absolutely beautiful. (And then I dropped it in a puddle of rain so the quality wasn't the best and I had to use an old school disposable camera for most of the time). We started out in Boston and spent a day walking around the city. Taking the Freedom Trail tour which is a simple historical events of the nation. Pretty interesting. Sights included a cemetery that houses Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, etc. The oldest park in the U.S. Boston Common, the site of the apparent Boston Massacre and the town hall where the declaration of Independence was read.
We then met my mom who had already been there for a week visiting with nursing school friends (50 year reunion for them!). We drove up to New Hampshire and stayed a few days visiting there. I have already been back there a few times but it never ceases to amaze me. The country back east is completely different than the west and you have no idea how until you actually visit and not just see pictures. You never see towns-only trees, and maybe an occasional church steeple peeking through. It's also very odd driving there because you can't just exit the freeway, go under an overpass and get back on the same freeway...it's a drive through town or manipulating back roads. We found that out fast and didn't perfect it by the time we were done! Mom got to see some family and we got to see all her childhood haunts. It's also fun that you can drive for a day and be in 4 or 5 states. We also went to Salem, Massachusets, town of the witch hunts. A little odd, and sort of creepy! The last day we spent in Maine. It was a fun, memorable trip and thanks again to my sisters for going and Mom for letting us tag along.

Boston: These were real people...creepy

Quincy Hall (lots of shops and eating)

The deck


Portland Head Lighthouse - still working. You can tell the day we were there was rainy. They had the fog horn blowing and everything. Pretty cool.

Water damaged camera :)

This is the house where the Salem Witch Trials judge lived. Painted black I'm sure for affect (or effect?)

A covered bridge..these are still all over New England. Pretty cool. Only one car passes through at a time.

The girls