Home Again Home Again

Sorry folks about the lack of a final post on the vacation. But we got in last night, and unpacked, and played with our kitties who missed us..so I'm doing the post now.
I doubt anyone knows the song, but it's by Straylight Run, and it's called Your Name Here(Sunrise Highway) well it's a real place, so we went there...there's the street sign right there.

Ok, so while we were in Phildelphia we saw something crazy. You can see the other lanes of traffic, but you can see the one in the middle...those cars are parked there. It's all up and down the street here.
You could see this building as we were driving. I thought it looked cool, so I took a picture.

That's pretty much it. We're really glad to be home. Maybe I'll get that whale video up sometime.
But probably mostly I'm going to start putting up my scrapbooking stuff..and anything else interesting to me..

Jessica

Long Island, NY

We took a ferry today from New London, CT to Orient Point, NY. Then we had to drive around the forks of Long Island to get to Montauk Point to see the lighthouse...which wasn't even open. I was so pissed.

Anyway, this is what the car ferry looked like. It was a pretty smooth ride. It took about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

You could see this lighthouse from the boat.

And this one.

And I suppose you could count this as a lighthouse. It was just off the shore of Orient Point.

This is the Montauk Lighthouse. Amazing.

We have no pictures from inside..but we do have pictures without a bunch of people heads in them.

I like this one.

Ok, yes it's what you are thinking. This is our hotel room, and I am standing in the shower, which is next to the bed. There are no words. I have never before seen something like this. New Yorkers are weird. The bathroom is on the other side of the wall..and there is no shower in there.

Can't wait to take a shower in the morning. So much for privacy.


Tomorrow we're driving off Long Island through New York City, just barely though. We're stopping in Edison NJ and then on to Phildelphia for our last night on vacation.

Jessica

Cape Cod, MA

We learned and saw quite a lot today. This morning we went to a working cranberry bog and took a tour. The woman who gave the tour told us all about it from January to December. Later this afternoon we drove up the entire cape to Provincetown, and then back down to New London, CT.

This is a picture of one of the bogs. If we would have been here tomorrow or the next day we could have seen the traditional view of a bog, flooded with berries floating on the water. They were just starting to flood the land this week.

If you look close you can see a few berries floating. Cranberry plants are short scrubby plants. 90% of the year there is no water on the bogs.

Ha, this was for everyone who is disappointed there are no berries floating on the water. This is in a pond near the front of the farm.

This little dog, Gracie followed us all over the farm, we rode on a little tram thing, she would dig around in the water, then run after us.

This is the Highland Cape Cod Lighthouse. It is the oldest and biggest lighthouse on the cape. The ocean is behind us, 150 years ago the lighthouse stood where we were standing to take the picture. The erosion of the cliff caused the lighthouse to need to be moved back so it didn't topple off into the ocean.

We were about 2/3 the way up the lighthouse when we took this shot of the stairs. It was a tight fit to get to the upper level.

Jon in front of the lighthouse. It was chilly outside.

Me in front of the ocean. That sign says Danger, sliding cliffs.

This is the light. It blinks once every 5 seconds. It's a warning to the ships about the sandbars and such off shore.

Jonathan at the top.

Us at the top of the lighthouse.

Tomorrow we're taking a ferry from Connecticut to Long Island. We're going to see the Montauk Point Lighthouse. I'm really excited about it.

Jessica

Boston, MA

Today we didn't have a bad drive either, and we got to do a couple of things today. We started off at the New England Aquarium, after a 2 hour drive around the city, thanks to Mr. Rodgers' excellent navigational skills.

We passed this church along the way, and I liked it, so I took a picture.

This was the view from the parking garage. The cost to park was just down right ridiculous. It was 30 dollars for over 80 minutes of parking.

Outside the back of the aquarium they had a fur seal tank. This guy was up out of the water, he was also the biggest.

This one loved that rock. He was scratching his neck on it, it was cute.

I don't know what this is, but it's pretty.

Sea Turtle, from the top of a 40 foot tall cylinder tank. The tank is the center of the aquarium.

Sting ray.

Can you see the Sea Dragon?

This sea turtle was resting on the rocks.

A group of fish in the huge tank.

All around the bottom of the 40 foot tall tank were penguins, lots of them.

Rock Hopper King of the mountain.

They had smaller tanks around the big one. Each tank focused on a specific region of ocean.

Us at the end of our visit. Honestly there wasn't that much to see. I think the aquarium at the Omaha Zoo is better, especially for the price. It was also really dark inside. I realize that it should be dim so you can see in the tanks. but it was really dark.

So on the way we stopped at Plymouth Rock. You just have to.

They Mayflower II. We didn't get on it, but we looked at it. I would hate riding all the way to America on that boat.

That it. Yep folks, that is Plymouth rock. It was down in a cage pretty much. The tide was out so there was no water around it. It says 1620 on the rock.

Us in front of the Mayflower II.

Tonight we're staying out on Cape Cod. Just outside of Harwich. Tomorrow we're going to tour a cranberry bog. YES! Maybe I'll get to boggercise..I hope so. We're also going up to the end of the cape to see a lighthouse. Tomorrow night we're staying in New London, CT

Jessica

Salem, MA

Today we drove to Boston, but we spent the afternoon in Salem..it is afterall October and Halloween season, which happens to be my favorite.

But first, this morning in Portland we ate at Tim Hortons, they are everywhere up here. It's like Dunkin Doughnuts meets Panera. Speaking of Dunkin Doughnuts...there are more here than anywhere on Earth. There were 5 in less than 5 miles on one street. Two of them were less than 500 feet apart. These people love doughnuts. Anyway, Tim Hortons was good.

We spent most of our time in Salem at The House of Seven Gables. This is a shot of the gardens in front of the house. They wouldn't allow pictures inside the house, but if you're ever up in Salem, it's worth a look. I've never read the famous novel, but I still enjoyed it. I'll probably read it soon because of our visit.

You can see 2 of the gables here..it's the peak that meets up with the top of the roof I suppose.

A great view of the harbor from the grounds.

Me, in front of one of the doors, we didn't actually get to go through that door.

You can see the whole house here. It was kinda cool.

Of course we ate at a local diner. It was called The Witch's Brew, this is their cool logo in the window. It was pretty good food, your typical diner food.

It was a cute town, I wish we could have spent more time there.

We're staying just outside of Boston, where every road is a toll road. And...there is no food anywhere. So we ended up here..at Bugaboo Creek Steak House, which is sort of like a LongHorn or something.

Oh, except for the TALKING Buffalo on the wall. Yeah, it's the northern version of the Rainforest Cafe.

Anyway, tomorrow we're spending the day at the New England Aquarium. Then tomorrow evening we're driving to Harwich.

Jessica