Sam and I have gotten SO lucky this summer with these amazing trips we have been able to go on! Jess, my sister-in-law, has always ALWAYS wanted to make a trip up to Maine and so this year, she finally got her wish! It was SO fun. And my official first family vacation as an actual part of the family, since last year I was just a lowly girlfriend to Sam on our trip to the Outer Banks, North Carolina.
Rhode Island: The land of gorgeous little towns, random colleges no one has ever heard of, pedestrians who don't obey any laws (much like good ol' Rexburg), and just tons and tons of mansions. We enjoyed playing around in Newport during the day and at night we traveled up to the state capital, Providence, where we watched a fire show on the river walk with about 20 million people along side us. Safe to say, we enjoyed the littlest state of the great U.S.
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A sign with my big brother's nickname on it. Had to take a pic. |
Massachusetts: Up next was one of my favorite part of the trips: BOSTON. In my top 3 favorite cities for sure. We followed the Freedom Trial path that goes throughout the city and saw all sorts of monuments, historical buildings, cemeteries, street dancers, and a big old boat. And of course stopped for some mid day slurps. THEN, to top off the already 5 mile hike throughout the city we ventured up to Bunker Hill (that looks exactly like the Washington needle) and walked up 300 steps to the top. We got stuck behind a poor little Asian man who stopped every 10 steps or so for a breath and eventually... and I mean eventually made it up there to the most gorgeous view of Boston. We quickly made our way down because the room at the top is about as big as a master size bathroom and there were about 20 sweaty tourists stinking up the place.
We made it out and found our way to the U.S.S. Constitution where I had to fake that I was 17 since I didn't have an I.D. and was flattered when it actually worked. After looking around that massive ship, we caught the ferry back towards where we parked and got another great view of the skyline.
It was a day well spent, and my legs were feeling it for the rest of the trip.
The last little bit of our time in Massachusetts was spent in SALEM. The funniest part of our trip I think. Jess, (that cute sis pictured above) and I were laughing our heads off at the history of the place and the dozens and dozens of witch things and actual witches around. Many witch jokes were made and Hocus Pocus quotes were a plenty. Oh, and there was a Dunkin Donuts literally every half mile in that town. Witches love their pastries.
In order to spare myself from writing too much and to spare you the hassle of reading a forever long post, I'll split this up into two posts. But, until then.. Enjoy this little pic of Sam and I almost dying and get excited for the story that goes along with this just ever so gorgeous pic of us.
