Merriment in Massachusetts - Day2

We started our day with an early wake-up call, showers and breakfast then on the road.  We want to make it to Dr. Seuss' garden before it closes, we are hoping to make it by 2, but with the traffic in the northeast - who knows??  For most of the morning we had Garmin and Siri giving directions.  We did NOT want to go through NYC, not that we don't like the city, we just have places to go!

We arrived at Dr. Seuss's garden about 2:00, had a little lunch and then went to the garden.  This garden is part of a museum complex.  The garden, that sat between 4 buildings was fun!  We were greeted by the Lorax and then went on to see a large reproduction of the book Oh, The Places You'll Go.  We took turns sitting in the chair and having our pictures taken.  Then off to visit the huge Dr. Seuss sculpture.  It did not take us long to view the entire garden, we were not entirely sad about that as it was HOT.

Back in the car to our final destination - Boston!  A trip that should have taken about 90 minutes took over 2 hours.  Geez, the traffic is going to kill us!  We finally reached the hotel (conveniently located next to a Circle K!).  Our room was not quite ready so we were given a free appetizer while we waited.  Finally our room was ready and we get there only to find out that Katie had popped a bracket on her braces.  Funny, the hotel does not provide wax or wire clippers!  Aunt Amy had to take a one hour tour to go in search of the needed items to begin our newest adventure.  While Katie was suffering in silence and Aunt Amy was shopping, Jessica and Aunt Becky went to the pool, which is a walk down the street.  We swam for a little while and then returned to the room where we had to perform minor surgery on Katie - see today's video for the hilarious events that ensued.

Tomorrow is our walking tour of Boston and a visit to Harvard.

To our loyal Brown Girl Followers, we wish you a good night - don't forget to brush your teeth.

Paul congrats on your new job

Merriment in Massachusetts - Day 1

July 14, 2013
Today has been a magical day - you would have thought it was Christmas in July!  We started our packing adventure by finding a plate of yummy cookies and some money for us - WOW, there really is a Santa.  Then, a cup of tea mysteriously appeared, Fake Aunt Kayn handed us some money - all of this before we had left, it is a magical beginning.

We started off at about 8 am on our way to Gettysburg, this is our first stop before we reach our final destination of Massachusetts.  On the way we listened to the beginning of our first book on tape Savvy and then Jessica played DJ and played songs for us to entertain all our fellow travelers along the highway as we sang at the top of our voices.  To continue our magical, Christmas type of day, we received a phone call from Godfather Paul who let us know that he has accepted a new job - one he is very excited about.  In celebration of this event, Jessica has put together a video - let us know what you think, Godfather Paul.

Finally, we reached Gettysburg.  A lot has changed since the last time Aunt Amy visited, it has become more of a tourist destination - not a big problem for us, but the ghost hunters were everywhere :0  We stopped at the visitor center and purchased an audio tour of Gettysburg and started on our way.  We were not very far on the tour before Katie and Jessica lost interest, however they were good sports and took a couple of pictures, then took a nap!

From Gettysburg we headed to our hotel where we made a quick stop at Ruby Tuesdays for a salad and then off to the hotel.

It has been a magical start to our vacation!  To all our loyal Brown Girls followers, we wish you a very historical good night.

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Preparing for our trip July 13, 2013

Castles

Friday, June 22 - Happy Birthday to Godfather Paul!

What an exciting day!  On our way to Hearst Castle, we pulled into a turn off to take a picture of the Pacific Ocean and what did hear??  The bark of several seals - that was cool.  We saw a few of them swiming around but they were so far away our pictures are not so good.  A little farther down the road we pulled off to see what all the excitement was about, and found millions (just kidding, probably 100s) of elephant seals.  It was so cool!  Aunt Amy got out her Ipad and got video of the seals waddling around and what they sounded like.  Could our day get any better?

A little farther down the road was Hearst Castle.  WR's ranch was like a small town, with his beautiful three story home with small guest bungalow's surrounding the home, 2 pools, tennis courts, a private zoo and a ton of land overlooking the ocean.  It was amazing.  We took a tour of the home and our guide led us through the home like we were one of WR's guests.  We went in the morning room, into the entertaining room where all his guests including Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwick, Charlie Chaplin and Cary Grant would sit around, play cards or games and then through to the dinning room where you would be interested in where you were seated because the longer you visited, the closer to the fireplace you sat - and it could get hot!  To the billards room and then to the movie room  - a room in the house to rival the Kentucky Theatre!  Aunt Amy was very jealous of the movie room.

From the Hearst Castle we went to building castles in the sand at Pismo Beach.  Some Pismo yogurt to top off our day - a great way to spend a Friday.

A regal good night to our loyal Brown Girl Followers!

A tragic slip of the foot...

Bundles to Bathing suits

Today we rose bright and early, took a to go breakfast from the hotel and headed to San Francisco.  Most of our drive in we debated on whether we should wear our tennis shoes or sandals and Jess was wondering if she should change into her pants.  It was still a little chilly outside but we figured it would warm up pretty quickly.  Well, that was our first mistake of the day!  We arrived to a cold, 57 degree, misty day.  We bundled up the best we could and went to go get tickets for Alcatraz - there were no more tickets available until NEXT Wednesday - crazy.  So we went to Fisherman's wharf where we looked around and decided that we were definately doing inside activities the rest of the day. 

After finding our car, we drove down - literally straight down, Lombard Street - the most crooked street in the world.  How fun!  I was sure glad our car had good brakes!  From there we drove through China Town and then off to the Golden Gate Bridge.  Our loyal followers will be glad to know that we left a lasting impression on San Francisco as we sang at the top of our lungs with the windows down while crossing on the Golden Gate Bridge - I Love Rock and Roll!  San Francisco will never be the same.

We took a scenic trip down HWY 1 - I think we saw a whale!  We got to our fabulous hotel, did some swimming and then off to bed for another day of adventure.

aww, man!

To all our loyal Brown Girl Followers we wish you a warm goodnight!