Day 1

I am so tired right now. We spent all day touring the different Revolutionary War sites, Paul Revere’s home (we didn’t go in), the Old North Church (where the lanterns were hung), Bunker Hill, the USS Constitution (one of the first six ships built for the US Navy and the oldest commissioned, sailable ship in the world, built in 1797), little Italy (we got some great gelato), a couple cemeteries where a lot of the revolutionaries, and some other stuff that I don’t feel like listing right now.

This is Paul Revere's tomb, the small one is the original and the large one was made when people thought the original wasn't good enough.

I like this view of the cemetery, there were a lot of people buried here, Benjamin Franklin's parents, Mother Goose, the victims of the Boston Massacre, John Hancock, and many others.

We rode a ferry from Boston over to Charlestown, it was very refreshing to feel the ocean breeze on top of the boat. And we got a good view of Boston.

It is really hot and humid here, we were already exhausted from lack of sleep and add on top of that the humidity we were pretty tired, then as we were walking back to the subway we got caught in a total downpour. It was pretty fun running through the streets of downtown Boston getting soaked, but then again we did get soaked.

This is a long ranged cannon on the USS Constitution. The cannon itself weighs about 5800 lbs. and with everything else, it weighs around 7800 lbs. Pretty heavy.
Here is a monument to Paul Revere, if this were a better picture you would be able to see the North Church in the background. The quiz for the day is how many lanterns were hung there and what did that mean?

Staci’s friend is taking really good care of us, as I’m writing this she is just finishing up with making fajitas for dinner, I’m excited. We’ll eat, give massages and then probably crash until tomorrow when we will go visit a couple other New England states.