Clams & Fenway

The question is who ate who at Bob's Clam Hut in Kittery, Maine? This was our first triple D spot on this trip and it did not disappoint! Clams cooked two ways and a majorly stuffed lobster roll, satisfied our seafood appetite. Followed up with yet another fresh pie, this time mixed Maine berries, the best yet!

 

So this part of the country is where most of the granite in our kitchens comes from. Huge slab walls with a variety of color and gorgeous sparkles too. They look fabulous but really interfere with cell service so that made mapping a bit challenging. But you gotta love how those massive rocks make a semi truck look small.

   

Tom is testing the Atlantic waters again, this time in Salisbury, Massachusetts...the East Coast surf is still not happening. However, the State Park campsite provided the perfect place to relax. 

Next day in Salem, Mass, oh yeah, you know what happened there, right? Well, we didn't have to use any witch trickery to get a campsite right in this beautiful harbor. But, to our surprise someone did a bit of hocus pocus 'cause Tom is now at Waikii Beach???

We took the commuter train into Boston to see the historical sites, starting with the oldest baseball stadium, Fenway Park. The Red Sox were out of town so we took an informative tour of the ball park.

In 1933, Thomas Yawkey, bought the floundering Boston Red Sox Team and the dilapidated ball park for 1.5 million. He was only 30 years old but had wisdom and vision to rebuild the lack luster team and park. The rest, they say, is history. The Yawkey Foundation sold the whole works for 400 million in 2002 and are generous contributors to many non profits in the area.

This iconic ballpark is well preserved and a foundational part of baseball history. It was cool to see  how they mixed the old with the new by growing an organic vegetable garden on the ballpark rooftop. 40 different veggies used in the food at the park.

                

We toured Boston on the Hop-on-Hop-Off Trolley and walked part of the Freedom Trail. Below is the new State Building built in the 1800's! Can we just say this place is old and filled with so much of America's history! It was sobering to see the names and dates in the city graveyards. We are thankful for these patriots who have gone before us and fought to obtain the freedom we all enjoy today. 

It was graduation day at M.I.T., a bunch of smarties walking around. 

Building after beautiful building looked like these throughout the city. 

The lovely St. Charles River and the John Hancock building, tallest in town.