Here's some very tardy pictures from our June road-trip. From home, to Chicago, to the Detroit Tweetup, to Allegany State Park...the next stop was Boston, Massachusetts, where we spent 3-4 very rainy and miserable days camping at a KOA campground just south of Boston. Here are some pictures of things we did.
But first we stopped at Niagara Falls...(about an hour north of north end of Allegany State Park)
Then we headed to Boston (with a night in Syracuse on the way)
Some views from the interstate...
Sunday at The SOWA Open Market in Boston...
Where we bought some delicious grass-fed beef to cook over our campfire back at our tend, and tasty pestos to take home (they travelled well, but had to be refrozen a few times - no preservatives)...not to mention LOADS of delicious samples that made us wish we had a kitchen to go to, and a reliable refrigerator/cooler to store things.
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| Mighty Rib and Rosemary Fries from Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese It was simply amazing. |
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| Sign near a market we thought was humorous |
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| View of downtown Boston, from inside the market, |
A Few Hours in Salem, MA...
Fourty-five minutes north of Boston is Salem, where we spent a few hours before heading back to Boston.
The witch village, not too thrilling, and the Salem Massachusetts Witch Trial Memorial were top on the list of the day, it was rainy and miserable, and from what is relayed to us, so were we.
We did have lunch a small out of the way little restaurant called In A Pig's Eye, where we had some a tasty pork chili (chili of the day), and James had a giant burger called The Ultimate Pig Burger.
The Witch Trial Memorial...
A few of the stones at the memorial. We were surprised to have found a couple of men in the mix...
Then a stop at the Marina, where we bitched and moaned about the cold, and the wind...
Then back to Boston...
Where we went to the Cheers bar! (nothing like we though it was going to look like...)
The last day: Bunker Hill Monument...
...the site (but not really, the actual fight was on Breeds Hill, south-ish of Bunker Hill) of the famous The Battle of Bunker Hill, on June 17, 1775. This site was where the first major battle of the American Revolutionary war (was not) fought against the British, and lost. But then we eventually won some, and claimed our independence (at least that's what we seem to remember being told once).
We walked all the way to the top of the monumnet...294 steps. It doesn't seem like much, at first. It was a great workout for our cardiovascular system.
Views from each of the windows/openings...
...and then we headed to Connecticut...
