Our New England Adventure

We left St. Margaret's Bay and headed to Annapolis Royal to see the other side of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. We thought it was windy in Peggy's Cove but was that nothing compared to the wind we had in Annapolis. We even had a little snow near the Bay of Fundy and couldn't get to the border fast enough. Concord, Massachusetts was out next stop. We missed their fall colors by about 2 weeks and it was rainy and cold but that didn't stop us from touring the area. I loved it there - all the trees, historic homes and quaint towns. Darcy was so patient letting me tour museums and homes of Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott and Hawthorne. We even went to the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery to see where all of them are buried. We saw the sites in Concord and Lexington where the American Revolution started and we toured the Paul Revere and Minutemen Museum along the route he took from Boston. These sites and most of the others we visited are run by the National Park Service. The rangers are full of interesting information and love their jobs. We also spent 2 days following the Freedom Trail starting at the Boston Common and ending at Bunker Hill. We learned so much about the American Revolution I thought our heads would explode. On the rainy days we drove all around the areas where Elizabeth worked and lived. From Concord we headed west to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where Elizabeth got her masters. It is a beautiful campus and cute college town but the football team was playing that day and the traffic was unbelievable. I wish she could have been with us. The next stop was Gettysburg where we toured their enormous museum and drove all around where the battle took place. Now we are staying in Alexandria, Virginia. This is perfect. It is only a ten minute walk to the subway and 20 minutes to downtown Washington DC. We have been walking miles and trying to see as much as we can but I will leave for the next post.