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| Matthew and Megan slept in the same bed in NYC. Megan complained that she'd been squished by Matthew the night before. This is right after they went to sleep Monday night. Who is squishing who now? |
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| In the morning, the situation reversed itself. |
Tuesday morning, we took the train up to Boston. Train travel is so much more relaxing than driving. We enjoyed the beautiful scenery, including lots of sailboats in Connecticut.
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| Heading to the train. |
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| Me and Matthew |
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| Megan, U and Sarah |
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| Goodbye NYC! |
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| Hello Connecticut! |
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| Hello Rhode Island! |
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| Nice scenery from the train. |
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| Sarah slept for much of the 4.5 hour ride. |
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| Matthew, Megan, U and Sarah at the station in Boston. |
We stopped by the Boston Temple. It's beautiful!
We went to Minute Man National Historic Park which includes many sites from the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
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| Walking to the Minute Man Visitor Center. |
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| What a lovely leaf! |
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| I love all the greenery! And seeing the raindrops on the water. |
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| Matthew and Megan finished up their Junior Ranger packets. We also watched a multimedia presentation and explored the exhibits at this visitor center. |
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| U at the Paul Revere capture site. It's sure good that Paul Revere and William Dawes met Dr. Samuel Prescott in Lexington since he's the only one who made it all the way to Concord. |
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| The Alcott home in Concord. |
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| Minute Man Matthew |
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| Minute Woman Megan |
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| This board is said to have been a part of the original North Bridge. |
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| The new North Bridge. |
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| View from the bridge. |
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| Looking the other way. |
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| That's one huge spider web! |
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| Minute Man Memorial by the bridge. |
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| Poem to the British soldiers (and yes, there are a couple buried here). It's a bit harsh.... |
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| Monument at the bridge. |
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| Plaque on the monument. |
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| Description of what happened. |
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| Megan, Me, Sarah and Matthew on the bridge. |
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| Panoramic from the bridge. |
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| Megan found a leaf! |
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| Me and Matthew hiding under a tree. |
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| Sarah showcasing her gymnastics skills. |
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| Look at that stretch! |
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| We then drove to the Lexington Green where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. |
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| Inscription on the monument. |
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| Fall! |
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| Megan loved playing in the leaves. In speaking about the leaves, she said, "These trees are so pretty. Why do they do that?" |
When planning a trip to see fall colors, there's always a bit of uncertainty due to not knowing when colors will be at "peak." We weren't sure where the colors were at for sure, but Me noted that, "It looks like the leaves have trees on still." That's reassuring....
