Day 8/9

"Most of the time, beauty lies in the simplest of things." - Winna Efendi

Decided to post for both days at once.
Day 8:
Sunday morning we got up to a very busy breakfast center at our hotel - we ended up eating outside by the pool because there was no room inside. After checkout we headed to downtown Boston to walk the Freedom Trail. We started at the U.S.S. Constitution (very cool):

We then hiked it over to Bunker Hill. Hayden, Nick, and I walked up the 295 steps to the top - worth it for the view!

When we made it back down, Charlie was having trouble walking because her mosquito bites were itching and making her nuts, and Hayden's knees started to flare up, so we decided to drive the rest of the Freedom Trail. That didn't happen. Hayden was trying to navigate, but we kept getting rerouted due to one-way roads and a couple of festivals that had some roads blocked. So we did get a fantastic tour of downtown Boston because we were lost though it. Made it to the capital building, barely, and had to do some quick pics and jump back into the car before it was towed. 

(Boston, MA)

After we found our way out, we headed to Providence, Rhode Island to see the capitol building:

And then... we drove to Fort Getty on Jamestown Island in RI. We scouted our campsite, then decided to go out for dinner. Charlie found a place on another island that was on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives called Crazy Burger. It's always one of our goals on the trip to hit one of the restaurants from that show, and it worked out great.

We headed back to the campsite, and basically had to set up in the dark. There was a wait for dinner, and we had to make a Walgreens run. Also the restaurant was 30 min away... 

The mosquitos came out quickly, and we had no problems sitting in the tent relaxing for the night. Camp is pretty close to the ocean!

Day 8 Totals:

148 miles

$162

2 State Capitols

1 National Monument

Day 8 Song: (predictably) Dropkick Murphy's - 'I'm Shipping Up to Boston'

Day 8 Lessons:

1. Benadryl roll-on topical works for mosquito bites.

2. I now require the use of a butt donut for driving. Kids think it hilarious. Endless jokes. ENDLESS.

3. Boston may have more one-way roads than Waukesha.

Day 9: "To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise." - Emilia Wickstead

Today consisted of waking up slowly, putting on swimsuits, and sitting at the beach. We left to grab food (not once, but twice at the same little market today), but otherwise enjoyed a gorgeous day of sun.

We had to rethink our dinner plans when we were done with the beach(saving cast iron pizza for tomorrow night) and instead opted for burgers/chicken brats. 

(Miles was annoyed I caught him being nice to his brother)

After dinner I found a quiet spot to enjoy the sunset.

So happy the weather cooperated. Hopefully the wind will stay down tonight - made sleeping a little difficult last night!

Day 9 Totals:

7 miles

$95

Day 9 Song: Leela James - 'A Change is Gonna Come'

Day 9 Lessons:

1. Hayden will forever think he is in the Blair Witch movie if the tent moves. Even if it's just the wind.

2. It was nice to not pack up/set up anything today so we could just enjoy the beach!

Tomorrow we head to Bristol Connecticut to go to an amusement/water park. I am going to try and find a lazy river to sit in a "big butt donut", as Charlie so eloquently pointed out 😂 One more night of camping to go, and one more hotel! Then maybe a surprise visit for some relatives lol 😬🎈