Day 22, 23, & 24: Newton, MA

Well "Allison and Leah's Awesome Road Trip" is officially over, because I've flown home and Leah is continuing the rest of the road trip as a family road trip with her parents. But I still have a few days I need to catch you up on!

Thursday morning we drove from Maine back down to Massachusetts to get the car seat fixed now that the part was there waiting for us. We met up with Leah's parents at the dealership, and we tried to figure out how to return their rental car. After that, we made our way over to Leah's cousins in Newton. They made dinner for us and we spent the evening talking with them, and planning our day in Boston.

Friday morning, the rental car was dropped off, then we made our way out to Boston. We parked in the lot under the Boston Commons and grabbed a quick breakfast, then walked over to the other side of the park to catch our hop-on/hop-off tour bus. We took the two-hour tour around the town, saw the sights, learned some history. Our tour included a harbor cruise, so we rode a boat out around the harbor, then got back on the tour bus and got off close to the public gardens so we could walk through them. We tried to get lunch in Boston, but instead we got gelato and drove back to Newton and had Italian food there. Then we called it a night and went back to the house.

The next morning, we condensed our luggage so that I could fly home with most of my stuff and an extra suitcase of clothes the family had over-packed. By the time we left Newton, it was around noon because Leah's mom went to temple in the morning. We drove to Salem and walked around the city. It was very interesting, very hokey. With witches and broomsticks everywhere you looked, it was hard to get passed the Salem witch trials despite the fact that the National Parks Services in the area tried not to focus on the witch trails, and tried to focus more on Salem's maritime past. After that, we got an early dinner and then I was dropped off at the airport. We all said good byes, and Leah helped me into the airport then we hugged good bye, and that was the official end of our awesome road trip.

My flight home was long and not too interesting. I started reading Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie in the terminal and finished it during the flight. Then my mom and my brother picked me up at the airport and took me home.

I can't believe I went to 22 states in 24 days, and I can't believe I'm finally home! My bed is the best bed in the country, and nothing compares to California Mexican food.

So in conclusion, Allison and Leah's Awesome Road Trip is over. We visited 22 states in 24 days and we had so much fun along the way!

Thanks for reading! I'm going to go back and edit all of this eventually, so for now, thanks for putting up with all my errors and for the lazy writing style. It's a rough draft!
<3 Allison