Boston

This summer Walker was accepted to the Summer at Brown program.  During his 3 week stay he gets to go to class, stay in the dorm (ohhh memories!), and get a sneak peak at what college is like. 

Wednesday:
Jerry and I flew into Virginia.  We pretty much flew in, went to sleep, and got up the next morning at 5 ish. 

Thursday:
We got up at 5 and were on the road by 6.  Along the way I was amazed at how fast we were going through states.  We were literally in West Virginia for 15 minutes before we were in the next state.  It's just not like that when you live in Texas!  You could be driving for 10 hours and still be in Texas!  Karen and I counted up the amount of states that Jerry and I been in in the past 24 hours.  I think the total came to 10 (Texas, North Carolina, Virgina, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey (fist pump!), New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.)
Along the way, we saw a lot of neat bridges!

Here is Jerry driving. 

Boston!

On Thursday night we took the train to Union Oyster House.  It was very tasty!  I liked the "Clam Chowda!"  We even got to sit next to JFK's favorite booth! 

Friday was a very eventful day! It was a bit rainy, but that didn't stop us! We visited Harvard, MIT, went to a yummy sandwich shop called Cinderella's, went on a Duck Tour, hung out at Quincy, Market, and ate at the Salty Dog.  Needless to say, we slept very well that night! 

Harvard was everything I thought it would be!  It was a beautiful campus that was full of history.   

Jerry and Walker at admissions.  Do you think they will get in????

This is across the street from campus.  I thought it was pretty funny!  Don't worry, Dewey Cheetham & Howe is not a real office... we looked it up!

Beautiful gate at Harvard! 

Peterson's at Harvard!

Next, we went to MIT!  MIT was very engineered looking.  It was pretty, but not beautiful like Harvard.

This was a cool number statue outside the Student Union. 

Brothers!

The shirt reads, "and God said... a bunch of smart stuff...and there was light"  Haha

Boston University.  A lot of the buildings in Boston had this triangle look to them.  Did you know there are 52 institutions of higher education in the Boston area?!

Next stop, Fenway Park!

Fenway Park was pretty neat.  We took a lap around the park and found this bar that was on ground level of the ballpark.  In one area, the only thing separating you between the field and the bar was a chain link fence.  I thought that was pretty cool!

Baaa-ston Red Sox (said in Boston accent).  I love the Boston accents, by the way.  I'm catching myself saying "wicked" and saying I went to "Baa-ston."

Duck Tour Time!  Quack... Quack....Quack (Mighty Ducks anyone?)

The Duck tour was really interesting.  I learned a lot about the history of Boston and some really interesting facts. 

Saturday- Good bye Boston.... Hello Cape Cod! Saturday morning we headed to Cape Cod and saw the beautiful beach!  The water was very cold, but absolutely beautiful. 

We ate alot of sea food on this trip.  I was in heaven!  While we were in Cape Cod we had one of my favorite meals of the trip at this random place called Sam's. 

The Petersons!

Everywhere we went in Boston there were these beautiful flowers!  I had to get a picture!  Do you think they would survive in the Texas heat?

Our next stop was Martha's Vineyard. We had to ride a ferry to the island. I really enjoyed the cool weather and view!

Martha's Vineyard was a really neat place.  It seemed like an old fashioned town with lots of shirt and ice cream shops.  I would love to go back there! 

Last stop of the day, BROWN UNIVERSITY!   We walked around and admired the beautiful campus!    On a scale of 1-10... Texas Tech being a 10.... I would give Brown an 8, Harvard a 9, and MIT a 6.  Some of the buildings were old houses made into colleges.  I thought that was really cool. 

Go Brown Bears! I wonder if they are a fan of the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Eric Carle?  If I went there I would be!   By the end of Saturday, we were pooped! We drove to the hotel and prepared for our last day of vacation :(

Sunday- We got Walker registered and his dorm room settled in.  There were so many students!  The guy behind us in line was from Spain!  He was taking a class about Physics (smarty pants!)  Walker's roommate just got in the night before from Hong Kong!  Karen said every state in the US was represented except for North Dakota!  What a cool experience to be able to meet so many people from around the world.  Moving Walker into his dorm made me remember the good ole days at Tech.  I'm really excited that Walker is going to be able to experience a small piece of that over the next couple of weeks. 

It was time to go home.  We almost had an extra night of vacation because our flight got delayed in Rhode Island and we missed our connecting flight to Dallas.  Fortunately, we got onto a flight and made it home around 1am. 

This was a great trip!  I love Boston.  I highly recommend going there!  It's a beautiful city that is rich with history and fun accents!  Thank you Larry, Karen, and Walker for a great trip!