Amy & Michael in North America: Massachusetts & Maine

Basketball in Boston.

After a full days drive from Washington D.C to Boston, we headed straight to T.D Gardens to watch the Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers. For those uneducated peeps at home thinking, what sport is this, it's Basketball. It was only a pre-season game, but it was really good. The Celtics were down until the mid-3rd quarter and then came back to win the game, and by a considerable amount too. After the excitement of the game, we had to drive 40 minutes back to our camp site, closer to Cape Cod than Boston, and set up camp at 11.15pm, needless to say, we were pretty tired.

We didn't have all that much time in the Boston area, so we spent one day exploring Cape Cod, and the other day exploring Boston. Our Boston day consisted of the Freedom Trail, which we didn't really complete. It's a trail that talks about the American Revolution, and takes you through 16 different historic sites. We did a free tour with the National Parks Service in Boston which was informative but they only take you to about 3 of the sites. A really good history lesson though.

Public Gardens, Boston

After the Freedom trail, we just walked around the city. It was late afternoon so we thought, let's find a happy hour deal and grab a delicious Sam Adams Boston Lager. Turns out, Massachusetts doesn't allow happy hours, and they sure don't allow you to fill Growlers that aren't there own. I thought Vancouver had some pretty outdated liquor laws, but turns out, I was wrong. We did't get many photos of Boston, which is sad. We left our camera in the tent that day...opps.

Next was Cape Cod, it was beautiful, but a little too chilly. We did a lighthouse walk with yet another National Park Serviceman and he just really loved lighthouses. This area of sea is apparently called the 'Ocean Graveyard' as there have been over 3,000 shipwrecks along this coastline.A beautiful place to visit in Fall, but I'm sure it's even better in the Summer. If you ever happen to visit Cape Cod (or even if you're just in Boston) be sure to get some delicious Cape Cod chips, I would say they're better than Red Rock.

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Cape Code, Massachusetts

Ferry Beach State Park, ME

Next stop was Maine. Everything about Maine is beautiful. From their beaches, to their mountains, it's really breathtaking. We camped over the Columbus long week at Saco, or if you're Canadian, Thanksgiving weekend. It's really pretty and there are a few beaches not too far away. We went jogging through a state park, and ended up at a beautiful, calm pristine beach. The only bad thing about this part of our trip was that it was really cold at night (lows of 2 degrees), apparently freakishly cold for that time of year. We were the only people camping and every time we arrived back at our camp site, we found donated firewood.

Lobstah Roll & Clam Chowdah

We spent 1 day in Portland and loved it. We went for a jog on the Back Cove Trail, which is a little cove area where you can see the skyline of Portland. We also went out to Cape Elizabeth which was stunning. A beautiful fall day. The colour of the leaves around these parts were incredible. Michael also tried the local seafood cuisine numerous times, but the New England Lobstah Roll with 1 lbs of fresh lobster was definitely his favourite.

After Portland we headed up to Acadia National Park. This park was beautiful. Again, it was the colour of the trees. There were some beautiful hikes, and we got up early and tried to see the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean but it was a little too foggy. There isn't much to say about this park, so I will just leave you with some of my favourite photos.