Cape Cod

Since we didn't make it to Fenway Park when we were in Boston, we made sure to go back the next day on our way down to Cape Cod. We didn't park and get out, it would have been $15 just to take pictures since we weren't there to see the game... not worth it, but we were there :)

Here's Joe out front

Chatham Light - Chatham, MA

Our first stop on our lighthouse tour was Chatham Light.

There was a beautiful beach with huge oceanside houses.

Three Sisters and Nauset Lights - Eastham, MA
The next light or "lights"were the Three Sisters Lighthouses only 1/3 mile away from the Nauset Lighthouse. We walked to the Three Sisters first. All 4 of these lighthouses have been moved from their original locations due to erosion, the Three Sisters were the original lights and Nauset Light was brought from Chatham later to replace them. The Three Sisters were moved back and spaced out just as they originally were.

The Three Sisters

Nauset Lighthouse
This place was beautiful. We didn't get to this beach, but Joe did go up a "closed" path to take a peek at the ocean while I stayed in the car and discovered a tick on me! From the cliff there was a huge drop off to the beach below. In their previous locations, all 4 lighthouses would have fallen off the edge.




Highland Light - Truro, MA
We only had time to make it to one more light. We hit Highland Light the northern most light on the east side of the Cape. We actually took a tour of this one and went up to the top.

Looking up the staircase from the bottom

This is us at the top of the lighthouse. The tour man said that exactly behind us is the sunken Titanic, and Spain.

Joe out at the observation deck overlooking the ocean.

From the observation deck

This one to me was the most beautiful and the perfect end to the day.

Boston Part II

Okay, more pics, they are finally all on the computer. This is why I am a bad blogger, I take pictures and then leave them on the camera forever. Anyway, taking up from where I left off...

We left the temple, then headed for downdown Boston. We were scheduled for the Duck Tour, which is a tour on a WWII truck/boat.

This was ours

That took us all around town, showed us the puritan settlements, Boston Commons where the shoreline was before they manmade the rest of Boston, Beacon Hill where all the well to do people lived and still live and where Cheers is, the US Constitution (Old Ironside), Bunker Hill, etc. We got to ride right down into the Charles River (which is no longer a toxic mess).

Here is some footage of us going into the water.

Some pics from in the water

Closeup of Longfellow Bridge

Zakim Memorial Suspension Bridge
After the tour, we headed back to the subway to take us half way back to our Parking Garage. We wanted to go to Cheers so we did some walking. There is a little walking tour that they mark on the streets with a red line so you can follow a map and see different sites. We didn't do the whole thing because we saw a lot of it on our Duck Tour. Our first stop after the tour was Berklee College of Music, Joe really wanted to go see it. We went in and walked around the campus, heard alot of people in different studios practicing, it was neat.

Here's some pics at Cheers

This pic of Joe was taken with his friends before I was there, he didn't want to take another one.

This was in the Oak Room upstairs where we ate

I think I may be Norms long lost twin?

There's a neat spiral staircase going back down into the main bar area, this was painted along the wall going down. I think Joe was sick of pictures by this point :)

Me on the way out

On the marked path tour we went by an old cemetery and saw Samual Adams and Benjamin Franklin's parents graves.

One of our last stops was Faneuil Hall which is a big marketplace where people gather round to watch street performers. That's a statue of Samuel Adams out front.

Whew.. that was a pretty exhausting day. After this we just headed for the car and went home.

Boston Part I

Joe was in Boston for a few days before I got there. He was downtown for the Celtics/Lakers Championship game when the Celtics won. They were just out watching all the rowdy people, and were there when the riot squad showed up pushing people out of the streets.

When I got to Boston it was a lot less crazy, thank goodness. I got in Thursday night. Friday he only had training for an hour so we got a whole extra day together. We went on a nice little drive to a nearby place called Plum Island. On our way there we passed through this very quaint little town called Newbury. It had this little street with shops, right near the water. Here are a few pictures of we took there.

Out on Plum Island we got to see a few lighthouses and a beach.

Plum Island Light

Not even sure if this is an actual lighthouse, we saw it as were were driving down the street. It's right on the water though.

Our next stop was Salisbury Beach

Saturday was our trip into downtown Boston. We first visited the Boston Massachusetts Temple.

Joe wins Best Photo award for this one - he was laying down on the ground :)

To be continued... more pictures to come (thanks for making it this far!)