We then went to the museum in Lexington dedicated to American history.
Isn't he almost hot? I mean I know he's dead, had a powdered-wool wig, and wood teeth... but all that power just in this one man?! Come on! That's very admirable to say the least!
If you look closely, you can see Dustin looking at me on the left and me taking the picture. Just an FYI all the pictures from today were "forbidden" so I didn't use a flash! haha
Paul Revere making his ride! I guess we learned that he was a dentist, inventor, a coroner, silver smith, blacksmith, goldsmith, surveyor, Currier and he would probably be shocked to realize he was remembered in history for this measly side job!
So in this same museum in Lexington was a room of clocks. I guess clocks were a huge thing in our country's past. This clock as gaudy as it is, is immaculate! We both love this clock and it belongs in my new house that Dustin bought me... if you are just catching up, take a look at two blog postings before this!
We also learned that this museum was funded by the masons. George Washington, was a mason! I absolutely loved this picture. Anyone want to buy it for our new house as our house warming present?
So I thought I had this picture turned before I posted it, but here we moved on to Concord. Concord is a literature-rich historical place. I absolutely loved this town!Here's Dustin standing outside the Concord museum.
This is Ralph Waldo Emerson's writing room. He wrote in this little place and it has been preserved since his time on earth.
Yes, I want this sometime!!! This is my goal--Dustin is going to build this in my new house over in Newport, Ri.
Here's Emerson's house.
I have to stand next to the sign to prove that I was there and just didn't drive by or steal the pic from someone. 
Louisa May Alcott's residence. Her family and Nathaniel Hawthorne's family kept switching houses as they were both growing up. This is the house she wrote Little Women in, but Nathaniel Hawthorne's house (yellow) was what she was writing about in Little Women.
Hawthorne Inn
Okay, probably one of my most favorite things I did today--Walden pond! It looks like a lake to me and they seem to call all fresh bodies of water out here "ponds." This place really was peaceful... no wonder that Thoreau wrote the book about this place! LOVED IT!!!
Such a nice oasis away from the city life. 
As we end our ventures for the day we head through many small towns back to our hotel. This was just a random scenery pic on the way back.
This day was all about getting back to our roots with nature and freedom-- Um... Transcendentalist in me?? I L O V E Emerson & Thoreau.
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