We found ourselves at Plymouth Rock bright and early this morning as work our way into Boston. Very cool to be in the area where the Pilgrims landed so long ago. It also looks like a fun town to visit, although probably jammed with tourists during the right season. This morning it was just a beautiful sleepy sea side village, mostly shut down. Our Boston research said "furgetaboutit" "don't even tink about driving the RV downtown, take the train in". So we drove to the end of a subway/tramway line, parked the RV and made the journey into downtown Boston.
It turned out to be a longer trip than expected since a tree fell down on the tracks and we had to get off! Fortunately there was another rail line nearby that point that walked to.
Once we hit Boston Commons, we started the "Freedom Trail" which was a fun several miles of walking and seeing history.
Everything from the site of the Boston Massacre, the graves of John Hancock, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams (and a host of others), Paul Reveres house, the church where the lights were hung to indicate that the British were coming, and more. Plus the kids just liked following the red line/bricks all over town.
By the time we got near "old Ironsides", the USS Constitution, we were pretty worn out (It was also a pretty full week!). Along the last leg we stopped for some root beer floats to fortify the troops. It worked and we eventually made it back
to a Metro station for our ride back out of the city.
Everything from the site of the Boston Massacre, the graves of John Hancock, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams (and a host of others), Paul Reveres house, the church where the lights were hung to indicate that the British were coming, and more. Plus the kids just liked following the red line/bricks all over town.
By the time we got near "old Ironsides", the USS Constitution, we were pretty worn out (It was also a pretty full week!). Along the last leg we stopped for some root beer floats to fortify the troops. It worked and we eventually made it back
to a Metro station for our ride back out of the city.As we rolled on the train for nearly an hour, the kids started busting into a rap. It was pretty humorous as the picture shows.
We departed Boston, only to get stuck in rush hour traffic before breaking away to New Hampshire to camp for the night. However, if you are going to get stuck in traffic, it may as well be in a motor home, when you really do not care exactly what time you get wherever you end up for the night!
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