Monday, November 9, 2009

Boston

Jeremy had a big conference in Boston in mid October and I got to tag along. It was short but fun . We tried to see as much as we could with our time there.
This is the view from our hotel room, it wasn't the Devonshire suite, was it Brent and Nicole,but we had a nice view.


Our first night, we were not prepared for how cold it was, in the forties that night with wind and a little rain, looking for a place to eat.


Boston Gardens was pretty close to our hotel so we walked through these beautiful gardens and headed for the Freedom Trail.



That sun is very deceiving it sure looks like a beautiful day but it was cold unless you were getting direct sunlight, and there are a lot of tall old trees in Boston.

The six of us, Jon, Rachel, Brent, Nicole, Jeremy and I.
Listened in on the tour here and learned some pretty cool history. John Hancock, Ben Franklin are among the founding fathers found here.



Site of the Boston Massacre.


Near Fenniul Hall here.



"Ye old Oyster House" Known as the oldest restaurant in America. Jeremy would tell you he had the worst Boston Baked beans here, they were nothing special. Clam chowder though was very good.

Hey, redcoat what are you doing here still?





Paul Revere



Even the fire stations looks cool.

Our final destination on the Freedom Trail. What.! we're climbing up that thing.




Yeah I think we've started to huff and puff up these stairs, what number are we on 150.. 250.. I lost count.


We made it (barely).






Riding the subways was pretty fun, It reminded Jeremy of Russia and Nicole of Japan.

John and Abigail Adams.


This is the home where he retired. There were some beautiful gardens here.


Where John Adams grew up and then lived after marrying.

Jeremy knocked on the door, lo and behold it opened right up on us, but it wasn't John Adams, merely a surprised security guard locking up.




The great 2nd president of our nation, John Adams.



In Harvard square.

Had to see Fenway Park, Jeremy and Brent were really hoping Boston would have made it a little further in the playoffs, so we could have been there when a game was going on. I'm sure it would have been crazy.

Got out of order, George Washington in the Boston Gardens.



Cool Statue of Ted Williams outside of Fenway Park.


The leaves were all changing it was the perfect time of year, even with the little cold front Boston was having.



Leaving way, way too early Saturday morning with Brent and Nicole.

Was cool to see the sunrise above the clouds though.
Quick short trip to Boston a beautiful city rich with American History.

5 comments:

shirley elizabeth said...

You went to Boston!! How cool! Your pictures make me want to go there someday.

Malita Bingham said...

That looks like so much fun! Susan went there on her mission and wants to take us back to show us around(who knows when that will be!)

rindy said...

WOW!!!! how your kids have grown! i CAN"T WAIT to get back to AZ in a few weeks to see you all! i can't believe how big zachary is! what an adorable family you have!

Adam Jensen said...

so fun! you guys look so cold in all these :) was it a residency thing? miss you!

Kndbbdjk said...

And a WOOT WOOT for my college! Yay for the ASU sweatshirt Bro Bingham is wearing! :)