A lot of people thought we were crazy for driving all the way to Boston for spring break. We thought of it as an opportunity to explore and show ourselves and the kids another part of the country. Now we normally wouldn't go on 3 big vacations in just 10 months but we decided to just go for it and try to be practical about it. My best friend Marina and her family moved to Boston last summer from Chicago, so this was our chance to bring the kids and have a nice long visit.
We left bright and early the first day and drove 11 hours straight to Buffalo, NY. It was a good place to stop on our way and Bob was super excited to try some "famous" buffalo chicken wings. I don't know if we got a bad batch or what, but they were NOT good!!!
Yuck. :(
The next morning we drove about 20 minutes to Niagara Falls. It was breathtaking!!!!!
From Niagara Falls we drove to Vermont. We couldn't be out that way and not check out the mountains and try to get in a bit of skiing. The snow conditions weren't amazing and we had some ice to deal with but we had a great time. Addison had a stomach bug unfortunately and didn't get to ski...which meant Bob and I took turns with her and only each got a half day in but we still had a great time. Marina and her family met us there at Mount Snow.
(Lucas has some work to do on picture taking).
Vermont is absolutely beautiful. I wish we spent more time there and we have to go back when the trees are full or in the fall.
For the next 4 days we settled in at Marina's house in Boston. She lives in a super cute town right along the ocean. It is so charming and all that you would imagine for a coastal town in Massachusetts. Unfortunately it rained for about 2 days and we had to get creative with indoor activities for the kids but it was also good to have some downtime.
Addison was obsessed with Marina's adorable little girl (so was I of course).
When it finally stopped raining we spent the day in Boston....Amelie was so cute on the trolley.
We took a trolley throughout the whole city and took in a lot of great history.
On Thursday we said goodbye to our friends and set off back towards St. Louis. Our first stop was Cooperstown, NY...home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The town was so cute and charming and the museum was really amazing. We were pretty blown away by it all and it was off season so there was no crowd at all. I'm so glad we made this stop.
We drove about 6 hours after the museum and spent the night in Erie, PA. Bob found this great hotel with a wonderful view of a lighthouse and Lake Erie.
We explored a park in the morning a bit and found these floating homes...something we have never seen before.
Then we found a lighthouse.
Our last stop was in Cincinnati, OH to visit my friend Kris and her family....sadly I didn't get any pics but it was fun to get that time together.
So, we basically had a wonderful trip and the kids were great in the car. We drove over 40 hours, across 8 states, stayed the night in 5 states. We saw Niagara Falls, snowy Vermont mountains, a major city on the Atlantic Ocean, one of the Great Lakes, etc....we saw a lot and had an amazing time together.
