Massachusetts Travelathon

All of our Massachusetts Stops

We recently traveled to Osterville, Massachusetts for a good friend's wedding. We decided to make a mini-vacation out of it and packed in as many things as we could do.

Starting with a 6:25am flight from the happiest hottest place on earth we traveled to the center of Yankee haters. After about an hour of trying to get our GPS and iPhone Maps App to "locate" itself and stop recalculating, we found parking near Boston Common. We spent the day in Boston walking the Freedom Trail. All that walking made us hungry so we stopped by Nico and filled up on gnocchi sorrentina, wine and a humungous fettuccine seafood pot. For dessert we went on a Ghost Tour. Yep, more walking. I am guestimating we walked about 7 miles that day.

We had some time to kill on Saturday before the wedding so before heading to our Bed and Breakfast in Hyannis we stopped into LA Fitness in Walpole because we apparently didn't get enough exercise in the day before.

We left with plenty of time to spare but hit horrendous traffic on the way to the Cape Cod area. This will be the first of many times we get slowed down. Thank goodness we made in just in time to see Keri and Dave say "I Do" and then we ate lots of lobster and danced to Michael Jackson's Thriller. I vowed to myself to never dance in heels again after busting my arse on the dance floor. I wasn't even drinking ... that much.

Day three was a day spent in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. We read online that biking was the way to go so we rented two bikes and with our trusty map we set out for a leisurely ride across the island. I must of misheard the guy when he said "8 miles" because we soon found out it was more like 8 miles each way. I mapped our route out and we did 18 mile since we took the wrong road in the beginning. To make matters a wee worse, we really had to huff it back since our ferry to Martha's Vineyard was leaving shortly. We made it back in time and spent the remainder of the day in the "Vineyard". I indulged in a Lobster Mac and Cheese Entree at the Sidecar Cafe and Bar in Oak Bluffs. It was heavenly.

The Not So Leisurely Bike Ride

Our last day was a rainy one but we were able to squeeze in a stop at the Pilgrim Hill Museum in Plymouth and the Samuel Adams Brewery in Boston before we headed to the airport to fly home.

So we flew 1,100 miles, drove 391, biked 18 and walked about 8. I think I need a vacation from this vacation.