Weekend away

Our last 'Violet flies for free before 2' weekend is here and we flew to Boston! But our flight was late, rental cars backed up and car seat damaged, so we didn't have any time in the city before headed north for a non napping car ride. Friday was exhausting. Our B and B was interesting. The couple who ran it were OLD. Plus they yelled at each other. I'll have a post soon about if I ran a BB what would be different. We spent dinner with a 3 year old for her birthday and it was great to catch up with her parents. 

Saturday we drove north to Concord,

stopped at a farmers market and slowly made our way north to Thornton where we had a cute little cabin!

We made it there by nap time and Violet did not need to yell 'bed' this time. She slept for 3 hours while we sat and watched leaves fall. That evening we went to the marshmallow roast with the owners and learned Violet is afraid of the fire, we have not camped enough point number 1. 

Sunday we headed a little farther north into Franconia Notch State Park for a little walking.Violet made Point number 2 that we have not camped or hiked lately when at a water fall she called it a fountain.

That afternoon we headed south east to check out the Atlantic before heading back to Boston. 

Back in the city, we stayed at the Buckminster and our room was huge! It was luxury for Violet to sleep in another room and not worry about waking her!

Monday we headed out to explore. The weather was beautiful so we caught the T to Boston Commons and then followed the brick path to some historic sites. Bob had a research appointment part way through, so Violet and I walked on!

The only part of the Freedom Trail we didn't get to was across the bridge. So when we met back up and Bob wanted to see Fenway before checking out of the hotel, I had little interest. It was a quick tour of the North East, but it will do for now!