State Signs

Tim and I are on a quest to get a picture with every state sign. I love the northeast...so many little states so close together! We actually debated driving 45 minutes one way just to get a picture from Connecticut, but we decided that might be a little too obsessive, even for us!

Polo & Plymouth

Our final state was down to Rhode Island...sweet, little RI! Weather still wasn't bright and sunny, but the rain had mostly stopped! We went to a real live polo match...seems very New England doesn't it? It was the US versus Scotland...and sadly we had our horses's rears handed to us losing 17-to-5! We also toured some turn of the century homes built by the Vanderbilts and such...gigantic mansions that were merely summer homes! Our very final stop on the way back up to Boston to fly home was Plymouth. We walked through a replica of the Mayflower, from which I learned that if it had been up to me, our ancestors would never have left Europe and come to the great land of America...because there is no way I could have survived on a cramped, tiny sad little boat sloshing and swaying and rocking for months upon months over the great wide ocean...no way!

Maine & New Hampshire

Ahh Maine...we've heard it's beautiful...maybe if it had stopped raining we would have been able to better appreciate it! We drove up into Portland Maine, and spent
time at their very lovely mall while trying
to wait out the rain! When we weren't
having much luck with the weather, we
headed back down to New Hampshire.
We stopped at Kennebunkport (where
daddy Bush has his summer home) and
perused their quaint New England town
shops. We then to returned to Portsmouth. NH where we were staying. The clouds had started to clear some, so we drove to a local lighthouse, because it seemed insane to go all that way north and NOT see a stinkin' lighthouse!

And of course...what do people eat on Maine? Nasty, creepy seafood - exhibit A on Tim's plate! I just don't get it. I actually set up a barrier with ketchup bottles and drink glasses so his flying pieces of nasty lobster shells wouldn't get on my delicious burger! Eeeewwwww!

Freedom Trail

We traveled the famed Freedom Trail (or Red Line) in Boston...from the very beginning (pic with me)...to the very end. It's literally a red line...either painted or brick...that walks you through Boston past Revolutionary Landmarks. There was the threat of 70% chance of rain, but we were quite blessed and were bothered by a light rain for only the end portion of the trail.

Tim with the cannon is on the USS Constitution, the first commissioned military vessel, commissioned by George Washington himself. It's nickname is "Old Ironsides". It's actually still in commission.

On the north end of Boston (along with the gazillions of Italian restaurants) is Paul Revere's house, and the Old North Church (one if by land...two if be sea). The church was really awesome to see...it's just one of those quintessential American history icons. Much to Tim's dismay, they didn't actually let you climb up into the tower!

Toward the end of the trail is the Bunker Hill Monument, where Revolutionary soldiers, outnumbered, took on hoards of those silly Redcoats....we actually lost, but we took down a lot of the British trying! The dude in the statue was an American Colonel (obviously, would be pretty silly to have a statue commemorating a British leader!) at the battle who coined the phrase "Don't fire until you see the white's of their eyes."

Boston

Tim and I both had vacationable time in June...so we closed our eyes...spun our finger around...and it landed on Boston.

A couple years ago we took a road trip up to New York and DC, but neither of us had been around New England any more than that, so we figured we would do a little exploring.

These are pictures from our first day paling around in Boston. The statue is of 'ol George W. (Washington, not Walker!)

Caution! Naked puppy dog pictures!

Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of meeting our darling Sadie realizes what a giant ball of fluff she is...very curly...very afro...lots of fur!! And she's always panting, sleeping on the tile instead of the carpet because she's so hot, and leaving fur everywhere!! So, after much gnashing of teeth, we finally decided to let the fine folks at the PetCo Grooming Salon have a go at her...and she is now our nakey-Sadie-Lady! We can't tell if she really has noticed a difference...but Tana sure freaked out when we brought her home, I've never seen Tana sniff something so earnestly in her life! Sadie still feels amazingly smooth. She actually feels like a horse, except for her crazy boa of a tail that she has left. We're planning on going to the lake tomorrow and I hope she doesn't get sunburned!!

Bi-Plane Adventures!

Tim's big splurge on the trip was a tour of Kauai on a bi-plane. The plane itself was really neat...our call sign was Snoopy 2! But, again, I got nauseated. No throwing up this time like on the boat, but I was sticking by head out of the plane as far as it would go without pushing my eyeballs back into brain in order to get enough air to keep the nausea at bay! It was a really awesome way to see the island though, and the pilot did a good job narrating as we went. He even said he could do acrobatics if we wanted him to...which I quickly raised by eyebrows as high as they would go as if to say "Really? Acrobatics with me on board? Do you like cleaning up throw up from your nice little plane little pilot man?" And it was quickly agreed that maybe not this time!