Vacation

We just got back from vacation the other day. We visited the northeast part of the United States.

We visited the Baseball Hall of Fame (the picture above) in Cooperstown, NY. Having been a baseball fan for years, I was like a kid in a candy store. Never have I seen so many middle-aged men bouncing around a museum gleefully followed by so many bored wives.

After that we headed to New Hampshire via the Vermont. Then we went on to Massachusetts. We went up to Maine for a lobster dinner.

We spent a couple days in Boston. We visited the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. We then walked The Freedom Trail in Boston. This included the Old State House of Massachusetts, Faneuil Hall, the Old North Church, and other places. The next we looked at the Adams Historic Park in Quincy, Mass. just south of Boston, and then we visited Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.

After that, we headed for New York City. I have never seen so many people. We visited Ground Zero where the World Trade Center was attacked, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and went to a New York Yankees game. We even rode the New York City subway. We got back from the game after 11:00 PM. I was a little nervous about our two-block walk to the hotel at that hour. I thought the streets would be desserted. At that hour, the streets were full. I could not believe it. It really is "the city that never sleeps."

We also stopped in Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell, which was smaller than I had thought it would be.

It was good to get away, but it was also good to get home again.