Boston, MA - July 28 to August 1, 2011

I had a conference in Boston at the end of July, so Sam came out for a long weekend and we saw all of the sites in Boston as well as took a ferry to Salem. 

Our room

Boston Harbor

 Boston Freedom Trail

 Old City Hall

 North end of Boston

 Old North Church

 Paul Revere's House and street

 USS Constitution

 Cassin Young battle ship

 Bunker Hill

 Sam Adams Brewery Tour

 The "T"

 Fenway Park

 Harvard Library

 Quincy Market-Fanueil Hall

 Harbor outside of Salem, MA

 Witch House-Salem, MA

 Oldest Street in USA - Salem, MA

 Salem Witch Museum

 Site of Boston Massacre

 Boston Massacre headstone

 Cemetary in Boston - Sam Adams, John Hancock and Ben Franklins parents all buried here.

Sibley State Park - July 22-24, 2011

The state parks re-opened on July 21st so we headed out for the weekend to Sibley State Park. The lower campground was only about a third full and there were only 2 campers in the upper campground. Normally at this time of the year, the park would be full. It was a beautiful weekend and we got alot of biking and swimming in. Brad also did quite a bit of fishing and caught 40 sunfish in an hour!

Look how empty the campground is!

View from the campground down to the lake
bike path going towards the fishing area

Brad fishing

Sibley State Park has an interpretitive center

Interpretive Center

Lake Andrew

Store down by the lake - they sell lots of ice cream treats

Another view of the lake

Park Office

No Camping 4th of July

Due to the Minnesota State shutdown (the politicians couldn't get their act together and figure out a budget) the Minnesota State Parks were shut down from July 1 - 20. This meant that our week up at Itasca wasn't going to happen. We decided to stay home and do a staycation. We biked and golfed ALOT, went to the beach a few times and went to the Joetown Festival and saw the fireworks. It was fun, but it doesn't beat camping.

Eagle Trace Golf Course - Clearwater, MN

Start of Lake Wobegon bike trail - St. Joe, MNLake Wobegon bike trail.