Boston Day 2: 12 miles

Our second day in Boston was jam packed with all the tourist attractions. Terry and Karen picked us up at our hotel at 10 am. We had spoken with Terry and Karen about all the spots that we wanted to visit on our trip. We knew there was no way that we would be able to see all them while we were in Boston but we wanted to have a plan. Terry and Karen were the best hosts because they had everything mapped out and lots of handouts printed off the internet. Terry suggested that we do as much as we could outside today because it was going to be beautiful and it was expected to rain the rest of our time in Boston.

**I have posted links of each of the websites to the places we visited...just click on the bold word. Just in case you are interested in learning more about each spot we saw.

We started at the Massachusetts State House, a.k.a the Capital. From there we took a Swan Boat ride in the Boston Public park.After the swam boats, Zachary & Kevin rode the Carousel in the Frog Pond.



Then we took pictures with the famous ducklings of Boston.

A funny about this part...Zachary hopped on one of the ducklings and yelled, " YEE-HAW". All of the Easterners started cracking up. They could definitely tell we mid-westerners.

We started our walk on the Freedom Trail...the Freedom trail is a trail of red bricks all around Boston leading you to historical sites.


We ate lunch at Dicks Last Resort at Faneuill Hall. The waitress tied a balloon in Terry's hair that said, " I am so old, I fart dust".

Next, we toured Paul Revere's Home and had a snack picnic in the front yard of Paul's house. Zachary was not a fan of Paul Revere's house. He kept saying, "Mom get me out of here, I am scared". Not sure if it was the old smell or the darkness of the house but Zachary did not like it. We had a personal tour at the Old North Church We rode the "Ducks". The highlight was that Zachary got to drive it. On the Duck tour we saw "Cheer's"
After the Duck tour, we ate dinner at a wonderful Italian restaurant in the North end. This was the accordion player that really added a lot of entertainment to our meal. We finished the night off at the famous Mike's Pastry.
I hope I am not forgetting anything. It was REMARKABLE. Boston is such a cool city. It had loads and loads of history which was neat to see. Yes, for those of you who really know me, you know that History was not my favorite subject. But this was so much better than reading it in a text book. Zachary was AMAZING. He was such a good boy. By the end of the day, Karen had taught him how to say, "I LOVE BOSTON MASSE-CHEW-ITS!"

I wish I could put into words how awesome it was to have our very own tour guides, chauffers, and concierge. Terry and Karen made our day in Boston FANTASTIC! When we returned to our hotel at 10 pm we were POOPED! Zachary told us he was tired and fell asleep immediately when we put him in bed. When I checked my pedometer at the end of the day I realized we walked 12 miles. We definately walked off those wonderful pastries and cannoli's from Mikes' Pastry. Stay tuned for Day 3!