Day 2: Boston

We decided to take maximize our sightseeing and our time so we bought a trolley pass. The trolley pass takes us to various important locations and we have the ability to get on and off as we needed. Our first stop was the US Constitution. It was very cool to be aboard this historic ship.

After spending times at the ship and boarded the trolley again wanted to get closer to the water. Because that was a hurricane slated to command, both mom and Tracie texted us that the Fourth of July fireworks for being changed to tonight. Immediately we had to change our plans as well. We heard that we needed to get our tickets soon because the lines were very long.

The trolley let us off at the site of the famous Cheers, you know the one where the TV show was held. We had a snack and a drink at the bar. After that we walked to the location where we could get in line for the fireworks. It was very hot and the line was very long already. Unfortunately when we got to the beginning of the line we found out that backpacks were not allowed. Some folks just threw theirs away but Zeb made the trek back to the hotel to take back his backpack. He just didn't want to let it go. In the meantime the girls and I scouted out a location under a tree next to the bandstands so we could hear the Boston Pops play.

It was hot and the food lines were very long. Zeb let us know when he was at the hotel so we told him to stop by Subway and pick up a few sandwiches. In the meantime the girls and I continued to listen to music and people watch. Megan Hilty, a Broadway star, sang some show tunes so I enjoyed that thoroughly. When it came time for the fireworks we weren't fortunately enough to be in a location where we could actually see them. Too hard to explain but bottom line is we went into the wrong entrance and they wouldn't let us on the island which is where you can actually see the fireworks really well. We moved through the crowd to a place where we could kind of see them through the trees and managed to enjoy what we could. Not exactly what I had in mind but  memory for sure.