Hello! day 4 of our road trip felt very long, for some reason. We got up at 8:00 and went to have breakfast and then did a workout in the hotel’s gym. After that, we got packed up and headed out for the day. The drive was shorter and very rainy the whole way through. at around 3:30, we got to our friends’ house and stayed over for supper. After that, we drove to our hotel in Chicago. the sky was really blank because of the sheer amount of light pollution that there was. However, there was still the moon which looked really cool. We’re at the hotel now, and we’re about to go to bed. That’s all for today. Bye!
Hello again! I forgot to mention this yesterday, but we saw a barn owl while we were driving on the highway. It wasn’t doing anything interesting, just hanging out. Day 3 of our road trip was shorter than some, but we spent the morning at Graceland, which is where Elvis Presley lived. It’s now a museum dedicated to his life and work. It was really long and took our whole morning. we got there at 10 and only left at 2:15. The major parts we saw were his mansion, a museum specifically dedicated to his shows, and a timeline of different parts of his life. My favorite part, however, was his airplanes. We had lunch at the diner in Graceland, and we continued with our trip. The weather has gotten a lot cooler than it was in Texas, and the skies were nice and clear. We didn’t do very much over the drive, and we stopped at a truck stop for dinner. We’re now at the hotel for the night. We went through Tennessee, Arkansas, and Illinois. That’s all for today. Bye!
Day 2of ourroad trip was good. We got up at around 8:30 and had breakfast at the hotel. After that, we packed up all of our stuff back into the bags and continued. Louisiana feels the same as Texas when it comes to driving albeit a lot flatter. The weather was rainy in the morning, and cleared up as we went. I found a small squishy whale in the center console and named it Moby Dave. We crossed over into Mississippi and visited the birthplace of Kermit the frog museum. Leland, Mississippi is where Kermit was first created, and where Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, grew up. Afterwards we went to a local diner for lunch and went back to traveling. It was uneventful until we got to the hotel. In Tennessee, the drive became more hilly and we arrived at our hotel in Memphis. We put down our bags and went to the hotel’s gym for a workout. After that, we ordered dinner from the hotel and watched Frozen before going to bed. That’s all for today. Bye!
Hello! I’m going to be writing blogs again this summer. The first day of our road trip was short. We got everything packed up in the morning, and we set up our trailer and bike rack. After we had lunch, we left at around 3. The drive was short compared to other trips, and very rainy. We saw a lot of lightning and a lot of historical markers. We crossed into Louisiana and stopped at a Logan’s Roadhouse in Shreveport for supper. I got a burger and dad got a barbecue plate. After that, we drove to the hotel and arrived at around 10, and we went to bed. That’s all for now. Bye!
I started my morning with a walk over to a bakery to pick up Colin’s birthday cake for tomorrow. When I got home, neither Cliff nor Colin was out of bed yet. I encouraged them to get up and we eventually made our way back to Tatte for another delicious breakfast.
More tasty pastries
It was a cold but sunny day; perfect for checking out View Boston: a 360-degree view of the city from the 52nd floor of the Prudential Center.
We could see our apartment, Laura’s dorm, and plenty of other highlights.
We took the bus over to Cambridge to check out the Harvard Museum of Natural History, which had been recommended to us.
I didn’t take any photos but the campus is also very pretty There was a huge room full of minerals! Perfect for me!There are hundreds of these stunning glass model flowers that were made more than a century ago as study aids. You’d never know they were glass!
They also had exhibits on evolution, sea monsters, arthropods, and mammals/birds of the world. Here is Colin with a fossil plesiosaur in the dinosaur exhibit.
Imagine finding this fossil!
We headed back to Boston for a pub dinner and some Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Colin hung out playing video games while Cliff and I went to Laura’s performance. She did a great job!
We started Thursday with breakfast at a South-end restaurant that‘s in its 100th year of business. The food was delicious and the historical photos were fascinating. We will definitely be back!
Those wooden frames are from the original fridge.
It was a cold, grey day so we took the T rather than walk to the New England Aquarium.
The aquarium is fantastic, with lots of penguins and a huge cylindrical tank that goes up four stories.
African penguinsRockhopper penguinsColin checking out the two leatherback sea turtles in the big aquarium. Myrtle the green sea turtle is the third turtle and she is enormous.
We then went to meet Laura, who wanted to show Colin around Boston Conservatory.
One of these children has adapted to the cold weather. One has not. (To be fair, Laura had also been dancing for several hours.)Colin was interested in all the percussion rooms.
We had a bit of quiet time at the apartment then went to Wagamama for noodles for supper.
Yum.
After dinner Colin and I came back to the apartment to chill and Cliff went to see Laura’s first performance. It was excellent!
We started our morning with a lovely breakfast at Tatte. Delicious food and especially pastries!
That plate of crumbs was once a pain au chocolat
Then we walked over to Boston Common and checked out the Make Way for Ducklings statue, where the ducks all happened to be dressed to support the local team.
Then we met up with a group for a walking tour of the Freedom Trail. We all learned quite a bit more about US history, notably how Paul Revere gets credit for a lot of things he didn’t really do.
Jeremiah, our guide, was both informative and entertaining I really like this new statue recognizing the end of slavery
The wind was quite biting so we were happy to pop inside Quincy Market for lunch, then checked out the nearby Museum of Illusions, which made us laugh a lot.
The wind had died don so it was a beautiful walk back to our apartment where we enjoyed a bit of quiet time before meeting Laura for a delicious fish dinner.
Fresh fish; yum!Colin was most impressed with the Baked Alaska. We also enjoyed Boston Cream Pie.
It is Colin’s spring break and Laura is performing this week! So we came to Boston for a few days.
Thankfully the TSA agents decided to come to work this morning so we didn’t have to multi-hour security lines like they had yesterday. (Since they’re not getting paid, I don’t really blame them for not showing up.)
The flight was uneventful.
Colin chose the Boston Burger Company for dinner. He ordered a small Oreo milkshake.
The burgers were delicious with all sorts of interesting toppings. Mine was the Vermonter, with apples, onions, bacon, maple mayo, and sharp cheddar.
We met up with Laura after her rehearsal for hugs and ice cream, but I forgot to take photos.
Hello. I’ll go over our driving days in this post. After our first day on the road, when we drove to Edmunston, New Brunswick, we drove through Quebec to my grandparents’ house. We stayed the night there. We went to a department store to pick up some tools and supplies Dad needed for a project and also got a robot building set for me because it looked fun. We spent the next day at my grandparents’ house. I finished felting my bird, and we played a round of cribbage. The day after that, we drove to my cousins’ house and arrived around noon. Dad went to visit a friend he hadn’t seen in a very long time, and I spent the evening at my cousins’ house. We played some cars games and had dinner. The next day we spent driving to Tennessee, since we decided that we could do a really big day of driving so that we could get home sooner. We spent the last day driving all the way home. We got back very late. Thank you for reading. Bye! -Colin
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