Knowing that we would be leaving Massachusetts for a long time, we thought that we should go explore Boston one last time. The weather looked like it would hold for us, so off we went. Our first stop was at the Boston Temple. We thought it would be fun to take a picture with Claire there to add to our pictures with her and a few other temples. As you can see from the sky, it was a gorgeous morning. The sky was bright blue with little white puffy clouds. Claire was not the most cooperative she has ever been while taking these pictures.
This is in the car of the temple parking lot. I love the look on Claire's face in this picture.
Next we took the T into the city and decided to walk the Freedom Trail again. Here is Suzy (and Claire) at Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market (click on the name to learn what role the building played in gaining Independence).
The Paul Revere statue and the Old North Church. This statue was sculpted by Cyrus Dallin, 100 bonus points for the person who can name another one of his most famous sculptures there are several to choose from (hint: several are in Utah and Massachusetts). No cheating and looking it up!!!
On the trail we stopped at Mike's Pastries, a famous pastry shop in the North End, the Italian area of Boston. We bought this huge German Chocolate brownie to eat for lunch. It was very good.
Here is Claire perfectly content chilling in the stroller.
Suzy and Claire looking back at the Old North Church.
Casey and Claire on top of Bunker Hill, the end of the Freedom Trail. You can see from this photo that the skies are starting to look a little less friendly. We jumped on the T from here and headed south to Castle Island and when we got off the T, things were pretty cold, windy and misting.
Luckily Suzy had packed some warmer clothes for Claire in the diaper bag, what a great mom! We bundled Claire up nice and warm, with her extra pair of socks as gloves. It was cold and foggy. We could hardly see more than 50 feet in front of us. We wanted to go to Castle Island, which has Fort Independence on it. It is also no longer an island, but has a causeway out to it. We got off of the T, and jumped on a bus to get there, except we were not quite sure what bus stop we needed to get off at... and we guessed wrong, way wrong. We would up having to walk about 2 miles to the fort instead of maybe a quarter mile if we had gotten off at the right stop. Opps!
8 comments:
Claire is looking so big! Those sweet soft cheeks and big eyes are so darling. That trip to Boston looks like it was a lot of fun. I would love to do something like that. As for the statues...did he make the ones at "This is the place" state park? I didn't do my homework; this is totally just a guess!
That is a good guess, but the This is the Place monument was sculpted by Mahonri Young, the grandson of Brigham Young. However, Cyrus Dallin does have a famous sculpture just a minutes west of there...
I was thinking of the Indian statue standing near the state capital. But a guess as well.
I was not familiar with the statue that you speak of. I did some looking on the internet, and if the statue that you are referring to is of Chief Massasoit, you would be correct. This statue is also located on the BYU campus, the Springville Museum of Art, and at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. It is from this Chief that Massachusetts gets its name. Well done!!!
There is one other sculpture just south of the capital that is familiar to millions of people, especially Mormons. It is of another "Native American" of sorts. Can you guess who it is???
I love all her hair! What a cutie.
It looks like I might be right about the statue in front of the Utah state capitol. This link does not tell me who made the sculture but it does say that it is of cheif Massasoit. The statue in your blog reminded me of that statue. Is there really one on BYU campus? It's funny that I wouldn't remember that one.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=4916992&nid=148
So my guess of the other statue would be a statue of Brigham Young.
These pics are making me home sick. Boo.
I am glad you made it safely to GA!
The one I was thinking of is a little more iconic, and happens to be the Angel Moroni on top of the Salt Lake Temple...
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