Vacation to New England Part 1.1

We took a trip to visit some family in the Boston area and we managed to turn it into a jam-packed vacation.  Jim's poor brother and sister-in-law thought we were coming to visit them (and that was our intention) but we dragged them on a "nonstop see everything you can see in the shortest amount of time possible" tour.

We got to visit family AND see some amazing sights, it was a pretty great trip.  We took over 1000 pictures, which I guess averages out to 250 pictures a day.  I am the one who takes on the task to sort, delete, and organize, so as you can imagine it will take awhile and I will be using a lot of collages.

Our vacation started off with a 6 hour drive to John and Valerie's house.  Halfway into the trip we ran into a freak rain storm followed by an incredible double rainbow that lasted about 25 minutes.  We literally saw the end of the rainbow on the road, sadly without a pot of gold.  As usual, the pictures don't do the double rainbow justice.  Jack and Lilly were screaming about the rainbow they were so excited.  It was a good omen, and set the trip off to a great start.

The next morning we rallied the troops and headed out to sight see.  Our first stop was Walden Pond. It is a beautiful pond nestled in a forest made famous by Thoreau.

 As you know Thoreau went into the woods to live deliberately for two years by himself.  We saw a replica of his cabin, his statue, the pond, and Jim ran the half mile into the woods to see the exact site of his shed and cabin.  I stayed back with Valerie and the children while they splashed in the pond.  My new life goal is to swim in Walden Pond.  There were many swimmers there that day with their wet suits, I might visit again some August when it is warmer.

(Lilly, her cousin sage, Jim, and myself standing in the cabin replica.)

(At Thoreau's statue and his cabin.)

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, at least for the morning I visited Walden Pond.  

This concludes the morning hours of our vacation day 1.