Our "GO" trip

So, in early January of last year, Peter and I were sitting in a Cracker Barrel in Hickory, NC and talking about what kind of vacation we wanted to go on last summer. Peter all of the sudden said, "Let's just go." It was a very unexpected thing coming out of my very logical husband's mouth. I'm usually the one with the adventurous ideas. When I finally asked what he meant by that he explained. He said we should take 10 days and just go. Meaning we would flip a coin which would decide whether we would go north or west, and then every other day we would switch drivers and just see where we ended up. I thought it was a fabulous plan, and so we started not planning for our vacation!!

In June, right after school got out, and after I found out I was pregnant, we packed up a van with all kinds of stuff, not really knowing what we were going to need, and headed out. We ended up heading north!! Truthfully, it was the direction I really wanted to go, so I was excited!! Our first big stop was NEW YORK CITY!!

We got into New Jersey, and decided to go straight into the city to see if we might be able to catch a show that evening. Well, we got off the bus and went immediately to The Majestic Theatre to see if we could get in to see The Phantom of the Opera. When we got there the line was down the street, and when I asked an usher, he told me that the night's show was sold out. We went in to the box office and asked if there were any available seats. The man told me that there was standing room tickets or seats on the 8th ROW CENTER!! I looked at Peter, he says with pleading eyes, hoping that he would agree to the 8th row, well guess what? HE DID!! It probably helped that Phantom is one of his favorite shows, so he enjoyed it just as much as I did!! It was absolutely AMAZING!!

The next day we did a little sightseeing around the city, then headed to see if we could get tickets for another show. We ended up seeing the matinee of The Little Mermaid. Also, one I would recommend!! We could have stayed in New York for our entire trip, but we wanted to see a little more of the north, so we headed out the next morning.

We left New York, and ended up at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. It was the first casino I had ever been to, so I was completely in awe. Our room was on the 14th floor, and had amazing views of the middle of nowhere Connecticut. We headed down to the casino, and played all kinds of fun stuff. I was getting a little frustrated because I wanted to WIN, so we sat down at a blackjack table, and my luck changed. I ended up winning $200!! Talk about one heck of a night!!

When we left the casino, we headed to Newport, RI. We visited some of the prettiest houses I have ever seen, and then toured The Breakers, which was the home of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the brother of George Vanderbilt, who owned The Biltmore House here in Asheville. The same architect designed both houses, so it was like being a in smaller version of the Biltmore House, but still very interesting.

This is us in Newport, RI. The picture on the left in on the porch at The Breakers, and then the picture on the right in standing on the walkway between The Breakers and the water.

From Rhode Island, we headed up to Boston. We are both big history buffs, and have both read "John Adams," and watched the John Adams series on HBO, so we ended up touring his homes and library. It was awesome to be in a place where everything has been kept exactly the same since he lived there!!

After going to his home, we went to the church where John and Abbigail Adams, John Quincy and Louisa Adams went to church and are now interred in a family crypt. We got a private tour by the president of the preservation society of the crypt. It was an incredible feeling to be able to stand there in such a historic place.

In Boston I began the "morning sickness, " ok, we'll call it ALL DAY SICKNESS of my pregnancy!! We had plans of doing the Freedom Trail, and then traveling farther north, but I couldn't make it anymore, so we headed south. Our "GO" trip was awesome for the two of us to do together, and something we'll remember, hopefully forever!!