3rd Moon of Earth Chronicles: PLEASE put some pants on!

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Friday, July 28, 2006

PLEASE put some pants on!

Yo. I am here to tell you about my trip to Boston. I had already started this post, but then William accidentally shut down my computer, so it was erased. (In my opinion, the original was better, but I have forgotten exactly what I wrote. You might find the new one a bit... brief.)

July 15th
We didn't actually leave Amarillo until afternoon and we had a long layover in Dallas. The reason my dad gave me had something to do with it being the only flight we could get with the frequent flyer miles or something like that. It was still miserable.

July 16th
We FINALLY got to the hotel around 1:15 AM. SLEEP. After we got up, we reserved tickets to see the Blue Man Group. Then we walked to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. We got City Passes, so we could do all the stuff cheaper. Art. Lunch. Hotel. BLUE MAN GROUP! As I've already said many times, it was absolutely FABULOUS! Fun with marquees! I learned a guarenteed technique for getting rid of headaches. If you ever get one, I'll tell it to you. Cool new art form. I'd type up more about the show, but it's more fun to tell in person.

July 17th
Train to Salem. Witch Museum. Another Witch Museum. Peabody Art Museum. Pirate Museum. House of Seven Gables tour. Train back to Boston.

July 18th
My dad chose the hotel we stayed at for a special reason- it was in the medical district of Boston. Several hospitals were within a block or two from the hotel. So, the first thing we did was get the 18th was get a SPECIAL tour of Joslin Diabetes Center-- the hospital my dad was a fellow at and one of the most prestigious diabetes hospitals in the world. I got to see the pancreas taken out of a LIVE rat. It was awesome. Then we walked over to the Brigham and Women's Hospital -- where my mom was a resident and also one of the most prestigious hospitals in the world.
From there, we went to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Historical Stuff.
Skywalk Observatory. Top of tall building in Boston that gives good view of the city.
Hard Rock Cafe for dinner.

July 19th
Unfortunately, we first got to Boston in the middle of a heat wave. The temperature was in the 90's (like what we're used to, but much more humid). However, it cooled down on the 19th (by around 20 degrees!). Which was good because we chose that day to do the Freedom Trail. Cemetaries, place to plan Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's house, Old North Church and all that fun stuff. Lots of walking.
Then the Museum of Science. It was really fun. There was a butterfly observatory. And a planatarium show about how planets from Star Wars are like real planets. Plenty of fun stuff. We stayed until they closed. Then we went to dinner. For a couple minutes, we watched a protest a bunch of people were having against Israel's attacks on Lebanon. "Cease fire now!" They had candles and posters and were all marching in a circle. It was cool.

July 20th
We had to get up at 5 AM. We got to the airport around 6, had breakfast, and then waited for our flight after 8. Boston to Presque Isle, Maine. It was small. Their entire airport had ONE airplane with maybe 30 seats that made 3 round trips a day. TINY. We rented a car and drove through Caribou (oh my gosh! They're so huge! They have K-Mart AND JC Penny's. Wow.) and straight to Grand Falls, New Brunswick. We saw a moose! (Lots of moose crossings) We visited the falls and had lunch, then drove to our real destination- Loring, Maine. Tiny tiny. My dad used to live on the air force base there as a kid, but the base has long been closed and almost all the people have left. He drove us around and showed us where everything had been (a lot the buildings he remembers have been torn). We went to a small lake. Moose! Then back to the hotel (that had MAYBE one or two other customers at the time).

July 21th
Drove back to Presque Isle and flew back to Boston. Rented a car and drove to Lake Winnipesaukee (Weirs Beach, New Hampshire). Lots of rain on the way. We went to the boardwalk for dinner and looked at the shops.

July 22nd
The point of going to a lake is to do stuff ON the lake. But it rained heavily all day long. They probably got all of Amarillo's annual precipation in that one day. But I was WELL compensated. Our room got ANIME NETWORK! Hell yes! It was most enjoyable. Later, since there wasn't much we could really do, we went to go see Moster House at the theater.

July 23rd
It cleared up some, so we took that opportunity to visit Mt. Washington- the tallest mountain in New England- which claims to have the "worst weather in the world". They said the fastest wind speed in the world was recorded on Mt. Washington. They also said it's only clear 65 day a year (it was completely foggy when we went) and it's only open to visitors a few months out of the year.
We drove back to Lake Winnipesaukee (that's fun to say). It was too late to do much, so we rode go-karts a couple times.
More Anime Network!

July 24th
Drove back to Boston. Returned car and checked in to our hotel (this one was right at the airport). Had lunch, then went to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Unfortunately, we got there an hour before they closed.

July 25th
Got up at 5 AM Eastern time. Went to airport. Flew to Dallas, then Amarillo. Arrived around 1:30 Central time.

Observations in Boston:
Dunkin Donuts is everywhere! It seems like there's (at least) one on every block. There are as many, if not more, Dunkin Donuts than there are McDonalds.
TONS of iPod ads. They were everywhere!
Lots of graffiti too.
Why do so many people have tattoos? They're so ugly.
If everyone walks or uses the subway/trolleys to get everywhere, why are there still so many fat people? Stupid American eating habits.
Also- Apparently, with our Stupid American eating habits, I have the appetite of a 10 year old. I MUST remember to get the kids menu.

Funny story:
Our last night in Boston, we went to the hotel restaurant for dinner. The waiter asked if we would like a kids menu and (for Gracie) we said yes. So he took us to our table, seated us, gave my dad his menu, then gave ME the kids menu. I stuggled to keep myself from laughing until he left. Okay. Kids menu for people 12 and under. Grace is 13. I'm 15. He though I was the younger sister. Grace is only about 1/2 an inch taller than I am (you can hardly tell).

I'm so proud. I can pass off as 12.

~Scrapie

posted by Scrapefoot the Brave @ 8:16 PM

2 Comments:

At 28/7/06 11:25 PM, Anonymous said…

That trip sounds like fun.

Sometimes I feel 12! SO COOL! YAY!

I like your short, choppy sentences.
At 31/7/06 9:20 PM, Anonymous said…

The age-guesser in Disney World told me I was twelve. Thanks, man.
There were various other aspects of your post that I was going to comment on, but forgot as it went on and on and on and on and on and on and on. But I LOVEDiT.