This post is more of a historic side of my family. Before I forget everything, I wanted to write it down. Grammy – The English/Irish/Scotch side Grammy was raised in Point of Pines, MA, near a gorgeous Beach Her mother passed away at an early age. Father eventually remarried to a witch of a woman [...]

An early rainy morning, we headed to the airport to fly into Green Bay. When we arrived, I was suprised to find that the Green Bay airport was smaller than the Reno-Tahoe one. We drove by Lambeau Field, and then headed 90 minutes to get to Iron Mountain.  Green Bay is just that, green farmland [...]

Cape Cod The next day was our longest drive, as we headed three hours south to Cape Cod. I had wanted to at least stay one night in Cape Cod to see what the hype was all about, and I’m really glad I did. We stayed in Chatham (Chad-am), which was a good recommendation.  It felt [...]

North of Boston The next morning we needed to drive up to New Hampshire with a few stops along the way. We first started with a drive through Cambridge, checking out the prestigious universities of MIT and Harvard. It would have been cool to spend some additional time there. We then headed over to Tufts University to [...]

Freedom Trail Ah yes, the red line. Or maybe better known as the Freedom Trail. It meanders through the landmark sites of the city of Boston, guiding tourists on their path through history. We started at Boston Common which seemed to be entirely under construction. Despite trying to find the beginning of the red line, we decided [...]

  Okay. Admittedly I’ve read parts of this book, but never read it cover to cover. But, since we were going to Boston, and then Walden Pond for our next trip, I decided that I really needed to finish this book. So, I started a few months ago, and finished on the airplane ride into [...]