Bahsten

Our last stop on vacation was Boston, Mass. We had less than 24 hours to visit the city, but we packed in a full day, including walking the Freedom Trail, eating some Italian food in little Italy, and catching a Red Sox game that evening. All in all, Boston was a fun, historical little nugget in our vacation. 

We started off our day with the Freedom Trail. Before we even got into the city, I told Jake that I hoped the trail would be marked with a painted red line that we could follow. Little did I know, that's exactly what they had for us and the thousands of children on field trips. Fool proof tourism at it's finest.

Jake forgot to curl his hair that morning... otherwise, they were twins!

I love the cobble stone streets!

My favorite part about this picture is the tour guide on the left in full costume.

The Old North Church! 

The scene of "One if by land, two if by sea".

We visited the historic cemetery where Paul Revere was buried, but Jake loved this gravestone more.

We stayed in the Berkely 40 Hostel in downtown Boston. It was quite a change from our bed and breakfast's we had the previous evenings, but it was downtown and cheap. Done.

We were on the 7th floor and the view was awesome!

A blurry little picture of us at the game. 

Red Sox vs. White Sox. Go Sox! :) 

The Maine Event

Our real vacation began in Maine. We extended our East Coast trip to honor our ONE YEAR anniversary and decided to visit some bed and breakfasts along the coast in Maine. Jake also used to work in Old Orchard Beach, ME as a reserve police officer, so it was also fun to see that piece of his life! Also, I apologize in advance for excessive use of exclamation marks; Maine was my favorite. 

Our first bed and breakfast in Old Orchard Beach, the Old Orchard Beach Inn. It was a little grandma-ish, but still charming. 

The room (see what I mean about grandma-ish?).

This was the main street area of the town, the center of all the hoopla. 

And of course there was an amusement park there as well. 

We rented a tandem bicycle and rode around the town before the night life started.  I loved it!

And then night life began... Jake won over 500 tickets! With all that hard work, he got a snap bracelet.  :)

Jake was so proud of his bounty.

The breakfast portion of the bed and breakfast...

We were ready to hit the beach!

We rode our tandem down to the beach for the day.

I was capturing the activity with my new camera from Gina. It's this super artsy thing that I still have to figure out...

The pier, beach, and lots of people on Memorial Day weekend.

Jake and I before he turned into a lobstah.

Jake and I took the tandem bike out to a nearby town and found a rocky ledge to explore.

Jake was looking for crabs.

This picture is the funniest of all because Jake is hiding. Do you see him?

And here is the second bed and breakfast in Ogunquit, ME.

We had a view of the ocean and a lighthouse from our bedroom!

I took a picture of the bathroom just because it was so funky. It certainly was eclectic!

 If you're looking for a great place to stay, it's the Rockmere Lodge in Ogunquit, ME.

We took a little walk along the coast to our dinner joint. Photo opp!

So beautiful!

Our future was walking behind us. Here's to 50 more years! :)

We definitely played some shuffleboard.

And Jake definitely won.

I also woke up at 4:00 am to see the sunrise. It was gorgeous!!!

I spent a little time of this gem of a bench reading and journaling. Ahh...

The little cream container reminded me of Gina, so I took a picture. Breakfast was delish!

Our last day in Maine. :(

We stopped to see a lighthouse before we left the state. 

The quintessential thing to do, right?

Everything was just so picturesque. 

All in all, Maine was LOVELY. :)

New Hampshah

The second state on the recently visited places list is New Hampshire. It is a lovely little place and was made even lovelier by Jake's cousin's (now my cousin's, too!), Wookie and Felicia. They live in Wilton, NH and possibly have the most darling life of all.  After visiting their home, we headed up to Louden for Jake's race weekend with his work, SCCA Enterprises. Jake re-builds race car engines and had to do some compliance stuff at the race. It was a funny little peek into his life. Overall, New Hampshire (aside from the accent) is normal and really pretty!

The river within sight of Wookie and Felicia's house.

Jake and Wookie

And, off to the races!

Entering the inside race track area (I'm sure it has an official name, but I don't know what it is).

The cars Jake builds the engines for. Spec Racer Fords. 

Jake, taking care of business. 

The funniest part of the race was the old guys who ride around on all kinds of weird things (golf carts, like this fellow, scooters, mopeds, etc.). This guy was especially grumpy, so I had to take a stealthy picture. 

Shop talk

Wookie and Felicia took us to the locals spot, Petey's. 

A cold, dreary day on the coast.

Seashells on the seashore.

Incoming tide. 

And finally seated at Petey's. It was delish! I also lost a game with the crew and had to order my entire meal in a North-Eastener accent. I was terrible. "I'll have the ... watah?"

We also happened to find a very hilarious diner and took a series of diner pictures in our awesome hats.

Our goodbye to New Hampshire. Thanks for the ice cream!