Boston: the end

Our last day in Boston was as ideal as the rest. We walked back to the Navy Yard to inspect the dry dock and the destroyer, both of which were interesting.

I found the destroyer disturbing on so many levels. While the kids oohed and aahed over the size of the torpedoes and guns on the ship, I was just dumbstruck that we create such beastly things. It overwhelms me to think about it. I did enjoy the giant KitchenAid-style mixer on board. As Miles put it, "That could make a lot of cookies." Again, conflicting images for me.

We ate lunch at Umberto's Pizza again (I'm salivating just thinking about it) and walked past this door. Every time we passed it, I wanted to stop and stare. It's so pretty! So I took a picture.

After lunch, we strolled along the harbor, past some high-end hotels and the yachts that accompany them. The pictures really don't do them justice. This was one of my favorite walks.

We made it to the Children's Museum, where there was your usual assortment of bubbles, water, marbles--all the things kids love. There was a green screen that made it look like you were in the TV with Arthur, and we got sucked into a "gift shop" of sorts where they sell all sorts of recycled or donated random things. Very strange. There were also some pretty interesting things there for adults, like a Japanese house that was given to the museum in it's entirety which you could explore, and an amazing exhibit about China that we could have spent all day in. Here's Paige in the Construction Zone. She's in some kind of zone, anyway.

The girls loved dressing up in the Chinese garb.

Miles made a new friend.

And the kids could have happily spent the whole time climbing around on this.

And that's it. We'll go back. I doubt we'll be able to stay away. Here's the city behind us.

And here's the last sunset from our last walk across the bridge we used every day.