Weekend in Massachusetts

Up early (for us) for a hike through the woods around Walden Pond in Concord, MA.  I was really excited to be there!  It was cold but beautiful. We also bought a book about Thoreau and Walden and read it together.

 Site of Thoreau's cabin

 Hanging with Henry David

 Thoreau cabin replica

 "I served my apprenticeship and have since done considerable journeywork in the huckleberry field.  Though I never paid for my schooling and clothing in that way, it was some of the best schooling I got, and paid for itself."  ~  Henry David Thoreau

 After our hike, huckleberry jam on toast

After leaving Walden, we drove on to Salem, Massachusetts to tour the Salem Witch Museum (no photos while inside) and learn about the history of the witch trials.

Finally, we drove on to the coast to see the Atlantic and maybe stick our toes in the cold water.

At first it was cold, 

as we were walking back to the RV it became painful!

caught raiding the dog food

Massachusetts

July, 2012
Massachusetts

We stayed outside of Boston at C G Circle Farms campground, where they had the best frog pond so far.  The kids spent hours there.  Seth tried and tested lots of strategies for catching frogs.  He went from missing every try to catching one on almost every try by the end of our stay there.

We took the trains into Boston. I say trainS because we learned that there are two separate train systems with two separate tickets to buy -- one to get into Boston from the suburbs and another to navigate within downtown.  The staff at the train station were super helpful, and so were random people on the streets who saw us looking confused and helped us navigate to get where we wanted to go.

 Boston Common

 Soaked from playing in the "Frog Pond" community splash fountain at Boston Common

Boston

 Make Way for the Ducklings sculpture at Boston Public Gardens

 Boston Public Gardens

 General George Washington statue with city of Boston in the background

 Maya with my sister, who traveled with us to revisit Boston, where she spent a year or so during college years.

On our way out of Massachusettes for Matt to work in Connecticut, we detoured to Plymouth, MA to check out Plymouth Rock at Pilgrim Memorial State Park.

 Pilgrim State Park

 Mayflower II

Quite possibly the muddiest, grossest beach we've ever set foot on.  

But I did manage to slup through the mud to the water to dunk my toes in Plymouth Bay.