So here we see the scenery driving into Boston.
This is on Atlantic Ave--the easternmost road that travels along the coast of Boston. This flag was kind of pretty. The Coast Guard base is just to the left of this building.
Thought this amphibious vehicle was hilarious, but made total sense after our endeavors that day. There is so much walking, climbing, and crazy traffic with no place to park!
First stop on the Freedom Trail: USS Constitution This is the oldest ship in service to this day. She is 221 years old. Here I am posing next to a "gun" or cannon if it were on land. This thing weighs as much as a Ford Explorer and recoils 4 feet once fired... They fire her three to four times a year.
This is what kept my eye most of the time waiting to see "Old Iron Sides." This is a destroyer from WWII. The last time it saw battle was Korea.
Here I am on the "head" of the ship. This is where the crew would "hit the head" or do their personal waste business and allow the water to rise above and wash it all off.
Here we see Bunker Hill Monument. Notice, we see this about 2 1/2 miles away at the USS Constitution site.
We got to the bad boy and saw we had to climb it! 294 stair steps straight up in the air. We are sweaty and I'm quite frankly pissed off!
Dustin took pictures of the view while I was still upset sitting on the bench!
Here I am having a conversation with Uncle Butch about how "awesome" this site was... Ok it was pretty cool, but come on! This was outrageously high. Didn't they hear of elevators?! 294 STAIRS straight up! Actually going up was more of a pain just because I got out of breath and was sweaty after having a good hair day. THEN the way down was so much easier on the lungs, BUT my legs were shaking so bad when I got done. I wish I had videotaped my way up and down. I complained the whole time, but hey, all in the name of Freedom, right?!
So I calmed down a bit when we got back to the car and Dustin dropped me off to step out and get a pic of Paul Revere.
Here is where the Boston Massacre happened.
We got so fed up with the traffic, not being able to park to take pics of the scenery that we decided to look for the Cheer's bar. Ironically we got a parking spot on the street for FREE because it was Columbus Day AND we didn't have to walk every far! So we get there and realize we have to walk down MORE stairs to get to the restaurant/bar. Ugh! I'm sure you can only imagine my agony. Did I mention that I had an awful headache by now? I believe the 294 stairs straight up in the air didn't combine well with my asthma and allergies flaring. We hadn't eaten but a bagel for breakfast and it was nearly 1500! So I got a Sprite and Dustin had some kind of ale. We had some of the best Nachos ever, and boy were they refreshing!
You can tell I'm still a bit sweaty! haha
Ok so we're done with downtown Boston and head to Harvard. This is the water way with sail boats as we cross into Cambridge.
Here is an angel, one of those crazy real human things ya know? He was doing the motions of an angel you see at Menards during the holiday season that are electronic with fiberoptic lights! I bought a Harvard sweatshirt at the Harvard bookstore, then I continued my liberal experience and bought a New Yorker at a news stand! 
All in all today was an awesome day! On our way back we decided to stop at Hanscom AFB. We had been craving Anthony's Pizza and of course when we get there the streets are all rolled up with NO Anthony's Pizza in sight. So we head back to our hotel and stop at the British Beer Company. We get take out and go back to the hotel and relax. Boy what a day. Tired and stressed out from the 294 stair steps straight up Bunker Hill Monument, the driving, the people, no parking--Whew!
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