Boston is not set up for parking RVs, getting a park was a nightmare. We first went to the Quincy Market to get some much needed veggies, great atmosphere. We decided to go on a bus tour so we could see as much as we could in a short day. First we saw the U.S.S Constitution “Old Ironsides” cannon balls used to 
bounce of this thing. It’s being restored at the moment so could not look at all of it but the museum was great. Of course we stopped off at the Cheers front entrance and went into the replica bar, we had to buy some souvenirs, cool. Next was Thomas’s favorite the Maparium at the Mary Baker Eddy library. This is a giant globe about 30 feet in diameter and consists of 608 stained glass panels, seeing the world from the inside at a scale of 1:1.39 million (1 inch equals 22 miles) . Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any photos inside it. It was a strange feeling being inside it as there were some interesting acoustic phenomena! We were standing on one side and a couple was whispering to each other and we could hear them as clearly as if they were standing next to you talking it to your ear. Great experience and a very good hands on experience for 
the kids to work out NZ in relationship to the rest of the word. The time on the bus was about 90 minutes and was very funny and informative. We have 400 miles to knock off tomorrow so decided to move on and take a couple of hundred today. We ended up camping at Littleton’s Wal-Mart just short of the US / Canada border.
bounce of this thing. It’s being restored at the moment so could not look at all of it but the museum was great. Of course we stopped off at the Cheers front entrance and went into the replica bar, we had to buy some souvenirs, cool. Next was Thomas’s favorite the Maparium at the Mary Baker Eddy library. This is a giant globe about 30 feet in diameter and consists of 608 stained glass panels, seeing the world from the inside at a scale of 1:1.39 million (1 inch equals 22 miles) . Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any photos inside it. It was a strange feeling being inside it as there were some interesting acoustic phenomena! We were standing on one side and a couple was whispering to each other and we could hear them as clearly as if they were standing next to you talking it to your ear. Great experience and a very good hands on experience for 
the kids to work out NZ in relationship to the rest of the word. The time on the bus was about 90 minutes and was very funny and informative. We have 400 miles to knock off tomorrow so decided to move on and take a couple of hundred today. We ended up camping at Littleton’s Wal-Mart just short of the US / Canada border. 
Ah I wondered if you were going to skip Westpoint and Newport Rhode Island - I guess you just can't fit everything in eh!
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought that the parking issues I had in Boston were because I wasn't a clever enough park finder... It took us 2-3 hours to find no-where to park, so we ended up asking a policeman... who turned out to be an MIT policeman, who let us park in their bus yard for free for the day (so, not to outstay our welcome, we also stayed there overnight and all of the next day... for free. and it was pretty much the middle of Boston - you probably remember seeing MIT on your bus tour, well just near there).
Anyway, enjoy Canada & the Niagara Falls... and make sure you catch a ship moving thru a lock at the St Lawrence canals - that is something else!