Washington D.C./Boston

In our most ambitious trip since we retired, Gailee and I embarked on an eleven day trip to Washington D.C. and Boston with our good friends, Bob and Toni Bowers.  We lucked out by getting adjoining rooms at the Westin, Georgetown.  We kept a busy schedule over the next five days in D.C. visiting the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonians, the Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery, Mount Vernon (Washington's home), and the National Archives.  Prior to our trip, my mother arranged tours of the Congressional Library, the Capitol Building, and the White House through her congressional contact in Congress, Representative Richardson.  We attended a live musical (Liberty Smith) at Ford's Theater, sitting not far from Abraham Lincoln's shrine.  The restaurants were excellent including Rugby, Glory, Ebbit's and Grille Fish with the most popular beer consumed being "Blue Moon."  A highlight was taking a boat cruise up the Potomac from Alexandria, Virginia, to Georgetown.  After five nights, we flew to Logan Airport in Boston and took up residence in adjacent rooms on the 27th floor of the Boston Sheraton overlooking the Charles River!  We purchased two-day tickets on the trolley, which got us around the city.  Our itinerary included walking the Freedom Trail through Boston while observing historical landmarks.  We found our way to the Paul Revere's House and a nearby Italian restaurant (Ristorante Euno), where we enjoyed perhaps the best meal of the trip.  The also took a harbor cruise and a tour of "The U.S. Constitution" aka "Old Ironsides."  More culture awaited us at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Public Library.  Fearing becoming overly cultured, we took in a baseball game at Fenway Park between the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.  Favorite Restaurants in the area included Legal Seafood, The Bell in Hand (Boston's oldest tavern), The Green Dragon, and Whiskey's.  The trip concluded as the four of us were exhausted, sore from walking, uncomfortably full from constant eating and drinking, and happy to be heading home and into more promising weather.  All in all, it was a fantastic trip giving rise to a ton of wonderful memories.