East Coast Trip

Shortly after school ended we packed our bags and headed to Connecticut to visit our dear friends Alex and Hetti. We began with a dinner in Boston with my sister who recently moved there, her boyfriend and my Mom who was visiting them.
The first week we were quite active with hiking a hill called Sleeping Giant several times (one day we did it twice!). Dan and Alex even did it again the first weekend while Hetti and I had a girls day with yoga and a picnic int he park.

Hetti and I after Yoga

The view of part of Sleeping Giant.

At the top of Sleeping Giant

We Did do some wine tasting!

Getting ready to taste at Paradise Hills Winery

Out front at Arrigoni Winery

We also spent 2 nights in Boston. The first night the 4 of us wandered around the downtown area seeing sights such as Quincy Market and then concluded our evening with Italian food int he North End. The full day that we were there Dan and Alex drove to New Hampshire to hike Mt. Washington; the tallest mountain in New England. After sleeping in, Hetti and I took several modes of public transportation and found our way to downtown Boston. There we spent the day eating, doing the Duck tour, and walking the Freedom trail. Our trip in Boston concluded the next day with a tour of the Sam Adams Brewery.

Ready for our Journey to begin

Self Explanatory

Dan heading into one of the bars we visited that night

About to enter the north end

Can you tell I am excited for the Duck tour?

At the start of the Freedom trail

On your mark, get set go! Freedom trail here we come!

The donkey of the Republican Party

The USS Constitution. The clouds make for a perfectly spooky picture!

The TD Garden, the final night of the  Stanley Cup

Dan examining the clarity of his Boston Lager. I did not enjoy the beer,

Alex the ever so generous pour master.

The final few days of our trip we spent relaxing with a few outings. Dan Discovered Glee shortly before the trip, so a lot of our down time was spent watching that. We also found out that the Connecticut river valley was once inhabited by dinosaurs and there is a State Park there where tracks were discovered in the 1960's. We spent a few afternoons there, a day at Hammonasset Beach...boy was it hot and sunny!

Dan so excited to touch the skink!

A cutting from a maple tree.

Real live dino tracks!

At the beach!

After our two week trip back east we came home just in time to get an oil change, go to the Del Mar Fair and re-pack our bags to head to Arizona.

We began by visiting my best friend April and her family at their new home in Maricopa. We spent 4th of July with them and watched the fire works from the back yard. The next leg of our Arizona journey took us to Phoenix area to visit one of my college roommates (Lesly) and her boyfriend Dan. Finally, we drove up to Kingman to visit with all of Dan's family that lives there. While I had my camera with me the entire trip...I did not take a single picture. Boo!