Rhode Island to Boston

So, finally I'm at a motel with wifi, and have the time to update the blog! Here goes about a month of craziness in two paragraphs. After leaving Rhode Island we drove down the coast and actually did get our first glimpse of the Atlantic along the way. We drove and drove, only knowing that it was Labor Day weekend, and had the next five days off to do as we pleased as long as we found ourselves in Montrose, NY on Tuesday morning. So without a place to stay, and adventure on our minds, we decided that maybe we could camp somewhere along the way. So as all things spontaneous go we saw a sign for a campground/beach, and got exited. Unfortunately it wasn't quite what we expected, and once again we found ourselves driving and driving. We did get to see Mystic Pizza, which if you recall was the setting for an old Julia Roberts movie. Someday when we're not driving homeless we'll stop and eat there. After a long evening of motel searching and no luck we decided that we would sleep in the van in a New London Wal-Mart parking lot. So with a little Ben and Jerry's and our friends from The Office for company we settled in for a night in the van. After a fitful night sleep for both of us, we attempted to start the van to get on with our day, only to find that the battery had been run down by the radio that we thought was turned off. Eventually we got the van running again with the help of a walmart auto center manager. We spent the morning exploring Downtown New London, the oldest port on the atlantic coast, and even found a cute little coffee shop by the pier. While we were there, we noticed it was a cruise ship port, so we decided to buy some tickets and go on a cruise. It was a short one down to the Bahamas and back, but we did have 5 days off...:) Heres a picture of our ship.
We later found ourselves in Danbury, CT for the weekend. It wasn't the most exciting weekend, we did find good pizza, and even better homemade ice cream. After the weekend we stayed in Patterson, NY with the Pastors from New Life Christian Chuch. It was very refreshing to get to stay in someone's home rather than a hotel or the van.

So, we have a lot of catching up to do, so we're going to make this brief....after NY, we headed toward Boston MA. After our school we decided to do some sightseeing on the very streets that Steve Tyler from "Aerosmith" walked. Needless to say, Boston wasn't really what I had expected. It's called the "walking city," the streets were so crowded and people were walking everywhere! They paid no attention to traffic lights or crosswalks, they would just cross the street when or wherever they felt the need. We walked along the freedom trail, which is a paved red brick path throughout the city that leads to different attractions or historic sites. We don't remember any history of the US and couldn't tell you what in the heck we saw except for the Paul Revere statue that we have a picture of and the USS Constitution, because we got to go on board. Oh yeah, and we also saw some foreigners becoming US citizens and some hip-hop/break dancers. Over all, Boston was fun and we walked and walked and walked, but I guess it isn't called the walking city for nothing.
"I think I'll go to Boston
Think I'll start a new life
I think I'll start it over
Where no one knows my name
I'll get out of California
I'm tired of the weather
Think I'll get a lover
And fly him out to Spain
I think I'll go to Boston
I Think that I'm just tired
I Think I need a new town
To leave this all behind
I Think I need a sunrise
I'm tired of a sunset
I hear it's nice in the summer
Some snow would be nice..."