New England

October 11-26, 2008
Fall colors at Cochituate State Park
I went to the Boston area for two weeks to visit my best friend Mindi, her husband JC, and their 3 month old baby boy AJ :)

Saturday 10/11 - flew to Boston
Sunday 10/12 - lunch with Mindi, church, dinner at TGI Fridays
Monday 10/13 - Grotonwood Day
Tues 10/14 - Sudbury Valley Trustees and Calahan State Park Trails
Wed 10/15 - Cochituate Brook and Lake Trails, Carol Getchell Trail
Thurs 10/16- Emily Dickinson House, dinner at Northampton Brewery
Friday 10/17 - Lunch @ Mystic Pizza in Mystic, CT
Saturday 10/18 - Pumpkin Festival in Needham
Sunday 10/19- Church
Monday 10/20 - Blue Hills Reserve Skyline Loop Trail
Tuesday 10/21 - walk with Jabber, babysit AJ
Wednesday 10/22 - Natick Mall, bible study
Thursday 10/23 - Bash Bish Falls, Norman Rockwell Museum
Friday 10/24 - Great Meadows NWR, hike around Walden Pond
Saturday 10/25 - walk around the neighborhood, pack my suitcase
Sunday 10/26 - fly back home!
Fall colors at Cochituate State Park
Cochituate Brook Reserve
Lost Lake near Groton, MA
Sudbury Valley Trustee Land near Framingham, MA
Sudbury River near Saxonville, MA
Storm clouds over Northampton, MA
Emily Dickinson's Grave, Amherst, MA
Old cemetery in Framingham, MA
Yes, this is the Mystic Pizza from the movie...  we had a chicken gorgonzola pizza and it was delicious!
Mystic, CT
Jabber likes to hike!

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AJ's namesake Anselm
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
AJ is a very cute and very good baby boy
Click here for a couple of short video clips, the first is of him talking, laughing, and smiling, and the second is of him fighting sleep
Sudbury River in Framingham, MA