We finally made it to the Boston area! Our friends Claire and Travis tragically (only tragic because we miss them) moved away almost two years ago and this past weekend was the first time we were able to get up north to see them. It was worth the wait...we had the best time and were reminded how much we miss seeing them on an almost daily basis.
We flew in late Thursday night and stayed through Monday morning so it was a nice long weekend with three full days. Claire and Travis had it all planned out for us and we took advantage of every minute we were there.
On day one we headed into Gloucester and Rockport. I had to google how to spell Gloucester again because it's pronounced Glooooooster or something like that.
There was a street festival going on in downtown Gloucester so we walked the booths, bought a few things, and held a snake.
You read that right! I held a boa constrictor and it was terrifyingly awesome. I saw them passing her around and wanted to hold her but as he was putting her around my neck I started having second thoughts. She was gripping my foot when I handed her back and I had to twist my foot away from her to get out of her grip.
We had a delicious lunch at a deli while we were in town and then headed to Rockport. It's a little coastal town with the most adorable downtown. The parking is a little crazy in the small downtown area so they have a $1 trolley service that shuttles you in. We had the trolley to ourselves on the way in.
Rockport was so cute! We checked out a little beach that was super crowded and put our feet in the water. Freezing by the way.
The coastline was so pretty and we sat on the rocks watching the boats for a while. Then it turned into us not being able to leave because there were some stranded boaters duck calling for a ride. We were sucked into watching their drama. Good thing it was a nice day.
Don't forget this is a vacation with the Marceys so of course we snuck in an escape room on our first day there. There was a local place about 20 minutes from their house and we were able to snag the last room of the night. It was Claire and Travis' first room and we escaped with about 4 minutes to spare.
Day two was Boston day. We caught the train into the city and, surprise, surprise, we did not one, but two more escape rooms! We were only scheduled for one but we noticed there was an un-booked slot right after our first room and decided last minute to go again. Travis and Claire are officially hooked! We escaped both rooms. Trapology has some really well done rooms...if you're in the area we definitely recommend it!
A good waiting room sets the scene for a good escape room.
The escape room was followed by lunch and a walking tour of the garden and the city before we hopped on a duck tour.
I loved this view of the super old church next to the super modern sky scraper.
We caught a duck boat tour for the second half of the day. It was the perfect way to see the city and get some history. The fact that they drive from land into the water is pretty cool too.
To make it even better, after the 7 year old had his chance, I got a chance to drive the duck boat on the water!
Day three was a full day on the relaxation station. Seriously, that's the name of their massive raft that we floated down the river on. The temperature was perfect and there was the perfect sun vs cloud cover ratio to keep both Derrick and I in our comfort zones. I could only snap pictures of our starting point or else risk losing my phone in the river.
We spent almost 5 hours just lazily floating down this river, eating sandwiches and snacks, drinking cider, and generally relaxing the day away. It was magical.
We were so sad to leave. Claire and Travis are such good friends and amazing hosts. We'll probably get to see them in October so it's not goodbye for long but it's definitely a bitter-sweet reminder of how it used to be hanging out with them everyday. The olympic gods must have known I was feeling sad because the cross country portion of the Olympic equestrian was on my personal TV the whole way home. It was quite the happy surprise!
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