East Coast Road Trip

Matt and I had an experience of a life time. We were able to take a 10 day road trip of the east coast. Our first stop was Niagra Falls. The Falls were very pretty. We were able to ride the Maid of the Mist right to the base of the Falls. This was amazing! Our next stop was Boston. While we were in Boston we walked the Freedom Trail. It was a 2.5 mile journey touring different historical sites in Boston. Towards the end of the walk was the Bunker Hill Monument . We were able to go to the top of the tower and it only took 294 stairs to the top! It was a hike but well worth it. After two days in Boston it was onto New York! We were able to stay on Staten Island at the Navy Base. It was a lot of fun to be able to ride the ferry back and fourth. We had great views of the city and the Statue of Liberty. We were so excited the first night we got there we found Bubba Gumps. This was our favorite resturant on our honeymoon. We did a lot of site seeing. We saw Wall Street, the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, 5th Avenue, Central Park and I'm sure that I am forgetting some. I think the neatest thing that we did was at Ground Zero you could take tours that were given by victims, love ones who lost someone or rescue workers. Our tour was led by a lady who lost her cousin on 9/11 and also by a man who did rescue work right after it had happened. While on our tour a fire started in one of the buildings that had been damaged after 9/11. Unfortunately, two New Yorker firefighters lost their lives that day. One of the men had survived the 9/11 blast.

New York is an amazing city. I think that we could have stayed weeks and still would have not seen everything. The night life was really neat. There were so many people at all hours. I don't think we got home any night we were there until around 2 a.m. I thought for sure I would be scared but out of all the cities we visited I felt most safe in New York. Matt became a great navigator of the subway. We were pros by the end of our stay :) There is so much more to say about New York but this post would be a book we still have several more stops on our trip.












The next stop on our trip was Philly. We saw the Liberty Bell and got to have the best philly cheese steak sandwich. After Philly it was onto Washington D.C. While in D.C. we toured the Holocaust museum, we saw the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the White House, Arlington Cemetery and the Washington Monument. We actually got to go to the top of the Monument. That was a lot of fun. D.C. is another city that we could have spent much more time exploring. About 5 minutes from where we stayed was Alexandria, VA. We ate dinner over there every night. We had this amazing seafood dinner and yummy Thai food. It was a quaint little town with a main street full of great places to eat and fun shops.


The second to last stop was Gettysburg. We watched a electronic map presentation of the battle and then we bought a CD tour for our car. It was a 3 hour tour that drove you through the battle field and told you a little about each place. We celebrated our 4 year anniversary at Gettysburg. Probably not the most romantic place but we felt like we had been celebrating our whole trip. I'm so thankful that we had the time to travel and spend so much time together. Our last stop on our trip was Hershey, PA. Wow, this was an experience. If you love chocolate you have to visit Hershey! As soon as you step out of your car you can smell chocolate. We took the tour and each had a yummy hershey treat. I had the best hot chocolate.



Matt and I had an amazing time on our road trip where we made so many memories and are excited to take our kids back someday to experience all that we did.