Day 2 of Road Trip #2

Day #2
We spent a GREAT day exploring Boston. There is SO much to do and SO much history to see. We started out by getting a ride to Faneuil Hall.

After walking around there for a bit we decided to do one of the tours of Boston.



Here's the driver, Buck. He was giving us a lesson on how to speak "Bostonian." They turn 'R's' into 'A's' at the end of words and if there's a 'R' in the word they just leave it out!

We hopped on the trolley and away we go! The first place we drive by is the Old North Church. This is where the signals were sent from the night of Paul Revere's legendary ride.


Next up, Charlestown Navy Yard, the USS CONSTITUTION, and the USS CASSIN YOUNG.

USS CONSTITUTION - a war ship that served from 1797 until 1934. The line was too long to wait, so we didn't go on it.

Making a new mast

A picture with the old and new uniforms.


USS CASSIN YOUNG - a WWII destroyer. It is also a National Historical Landmark.



Dad blasting the enemies!

"King of the world!" At the end of the ship!

Hanging out in the dining room.

Just us goofing around with the port holes!



Next stop is the Old State House. It is Boston's oldest surviving public building that now houses a museum dedicated to Boston's history.

Just outside the Old State House in the middle of the road is where the Boston Massacre took place.


Next stop, Cheers! We have worked up an appetite and are ready to go to a place where everybody knows your name! We went to the original one and had a yummy burger and a cold beer!



I'm going in...I hope they know my name! ;)

I'm one of the gang!


It's kinda hard to see, but there are statues of the tortoise and the hare. It is close to the finish line for the Boston marathon.

Author Robert McClosky wrote Make Way Ducklings. He based it on some of the ducks he saw at a park here in Boston. The city made statues of the Mom and ducklings.


After a long tour of Boston we were beat and ready to head back to the hotel to get ready to go to the game, here's dad on the way back.

And me...I kept looking at my watch. We couldn't be late to Fenway Park!


And now...on to the Red Sox game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!