Boston & Cape Cod

What an historic part of North America!  Even though we've both been to Boston, we had a new experience by exploring the Freedom Trail on bikes (Jim was sooo happy.)  The trail covers the most important historical events of the US becoming a nation.  It starts at Boston Common, a beautiful park below the Massachusetts State House seen here.

You stroll (or bike!) through old, cobblestone streets and see the oldest cemetery in Boston where famous people like John Hancock, Paul Revere and Ben Franklin's parents are buried.  Also fascinating was the Old State House Museum where they first read the Declaration of Independence from the cast iron balcony in July, 1776



Once again, Jim was looking for different modes of transportation...  Can you spot the ass?

We stopped for dinner at a restaurant in Little Italy which was on the same street as Paul Revere's house (circa 1680).  This little wooden building housed his 16 children (good Catholic?!) and was where he left from for the midnight ride.

Negotiating our bikes over cobblestones after a nice big Italian meal and wine was much more challenging!

Next day was a 1 hour drive south to Plymouth, to see the "Rock"! (not the wrestler...)  Again, fascinating to think that 102 people were brave enough to cross the Atlantic in a wooden boat this size.  Only 51 survived the trip and the following  winter.

It was a little chilly to ride bikes on Cape Cod (4 degrees), so we settled for driving and checking out Hyannis in hopes of seeing some Kennedys.  While the only one we saw was the artist's rendition at the memorial for JFK, you could still get a sense of how the rich and famous "summer".

We settled for a round of golf at the Hyannis Golf Club (NOT), to see if we could at least meet someone who knew someone who knew where the Kennedy's lived!

Next stop - Newport, Rhode Island to see the mansions of the Vanderbilts & friends!