Day 6, Massachusetts

Day six was another busy day. Stops included Cape Cod, Plymouth Rock, and the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston.

We arrived at Cape Cod early in the morning so we'd be able to have a good portion of the beach to ourselves. The water was rather cold, but that didn't stop us from having a fun time. We found a lot of cool rocks (some made excellent skipping stones), dunked Jessie several times, and walked up and down the rocky shoreline. Later we visited the Highland's Lighthouse and overlook. Although they both offered the same view of the beach, it was still neat to see the prism in the lighthouse museum.

Our next stop was Plymouth Rock, which lasted about 20 minutes. Plymouth Rock was a giant boulder on display outside in its own little monument. It had the year 1620 carved into it, and at first glance I thought it read 1020. I had to do a couple of math problems and some history reviews in my head before I realized I misread the date. We also walked down to the harbor where a replica of the Mayflower was docked. All in all, it was a short trip but definitely worth the stop.

The last thing on our list was the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston. We took a subway into the city, and then followed a brick line that passed all the historical buildings and monuments. Since the day was already coming to an end, we weren't able to do as much as the trail as we would have liked. Some of the major things we saw were Paul Revere's House and Old North Church (a lot of the locations were featured in the movie National Treasure). Boston was such a beautiful city, and I could really see myself living or going to college here. I think I speak for everyone when I say that we would have enjoyed spending the whole day in Boston, but we still did pretty well with making the most out of the time we had.