6 days in Boston - review itinerary & other recs needed
Oct 1st, 2015, 03:48 AM
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We are all set to head to Boston on Saturday. My family could not be more excited. We have been re-watching the kids' series "Liberty's Kids" for the past few weeks leading up to the trip.
Unfortunately Hurricane Joaquin could be headed that way too. Even if a hurricane doesn't actually land there, rain and wind could be significant. Our flight is scheduled to leave Sat, returning Sat the 10th. Should we (1) don our rain gear and hope for the best? (2) postpone our start date and fly out a day later, on Sunday, hoping to avoid the landfall (if it happens there) or (3) postpone our trip until spring?
What would you do?
Unfortunately Hurricane Joaquin could be headed that way too. Even if a hurricane doesn't actually land there, rain and wind could be significant. Our flight is scheduled to leave Sat, returning Sat the 10th. Should we (1) don our rain gear and hope for the best? (2) postpone our start date and fly out a day later, on Sunday, hoping to avoid the landfall (if it happens there) or (3) postpone our trip until spring?
What would you do?
Oct 1st, 2015, 05:28 AM
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We sat in Frederick MD Tuesday night worried about driving home on Wednesday. dh, at home, said we would be in very bad weather all the way home. Rain an wind that night was heavy. I got up at 5:13am to find everyone else ready for breakfast and deciding we had a "window of opportunity" to get home before Joaquin might get closer. We had some brief heavy rain but mostly just light rain all the way thru PA and back to NH. It was sunny in NH by 6pm.
I would don rain gear and hope for the best. If your flight gets re-scheduled, so be it but be aware that you can get from Manchester NH to Boston via bus if you have to choose an alternate airport (ds did that once). Color was looking pretty nice in parts of PA and from VT to Concord NH via rt 9/I89.
On a rainy day you can spend all day at one of the museums on your list.
Since your original post we have visited The Lowell Mills for the first time and thought it was extremely interesting. I would have spent more time listening to the immigrants' interviews in the Board House Museum if I could be we were on an organized bus trip. The Lowell Mills is actually a national park. So few people were in Boott Mill at the time, the park ranger practically begged us to ask questions. We ended up with about 30 minutes of private tour as he explained some of the details. There are several looms operating and producing cloth (for the gift shop). Can't imagine the noise and vibrations when all the looms were operating. This visit gave me new meaning to the industrial revolution. We had previously been on a field trip to Manchester NH Locks and Canals where we learned how a canal was dug so goods could be brought from Boston up to NH via the Merrimack River. Your kids might be shocked at how young children were when they went to work in the mills. Young women usually shared beds in the boarding houses. there might be 4 to 16 women in a room.
I love Portsmouth and other places that were mentioned but this part of our history isn't talked about as much and I don't think I've ever seen a trip report to Lowell (very gritty city in some areas).
I would don rain gear and hope for the best. If your flight gets re-scheduled, so be it but be aware that you can get from Manchester NH to Boston via bus if you have to choose an alternate airport (ds did that once). Color was looking pretty nice in parts of PA and from VT to Concord NH via rt 9/I89.
On a rainy day you can spend all day at one of the museums on your list.
Since your original post we have visited The Lowell Mills for the first time and thought it was extremely interesting. I would have spent more time listening to the immigrants' interviews in the Board House Museum if I could be we were on an organized bus trip. The Lowell Mills is actually a national park. So few people were in Boott Mill at the time, the park ranger practically begged us to ask questions. We ended up with about 30 minutes of private tour as he explained some of the details. There are several looms operating and producing cloth (for the gift shop). Can't imagine the noise and vibrations when all the looms were operating. This visit gave me new meaning to the industrial revolution. We had previously been on a field trip to Manchester NH Locks and Canals where we learned how a canal was dug so goods could be brought from Boston up to NH via the Merrimack River. Your kids might be shocked at how young children were when they went to work in the mills. Young women usually shared beds in the boarding houses. there might be 4 to 16 women in a room.
I love Portsmouth and other places that were mentioned but this part of our history isn't talked about as much and I don't think I've ever seen a trip report to Lowell (very gritty city in some areas).
Oct 11th, 2015, 07:11 PM
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I wanted to thank you all for your help planning our trip. Here is a trip report - you ALL helped make our vacation fabulous!
http://www.fodors.com/community/unit...y-vacation.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/unit...y-vacation.cfm
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