The Jones Girls

Today we picked up Lee and he went with us to the train Station to go to Downtown Boston.     It was another scorcher..whew!

We were going to the Aquarium today and then taking the Duck Tour.    We went to the concierge at The Marriott located next to the Aquarium and I was able to score discount tickets for the Aquarium and the Duck tour.  Since I am a guest at the Woburn Marriott I was able to receive these fabulous guest services.  Gotta love the Marriott!

So we headed to The Aquarium.     When we first walked in we were greeting by a huge area of penguins.   It was so amazing!     Savannah pointed to a couple of penguins that she said were playing together.  Ummm, well, they were certainly playing together…playing momma and pappa penguin..LOL!  Those frisky little penguins were getting it on!!  LOL!

Then there was an impressive spiraling 3 story winding fish tank.  It was HUGE.   There was a ramp that wrapped around the 3 story aquarium so we could view the different sea life and there were also divers feeding the fish also!

There were endless sea life exhibits.   There was so much to see!

We had a nice lunch and then headed to the gift shop where the girls thoughtfully chose their beloved sea creature animals.    I got some cool stuff too!   A really neat gigantic coffee mug for me and a cool key chain that had the degrees and compass for Cliff for those moments when he needed it the most.

Then we headed for our 5:30pm Duck Tour.   We had about 1/2 hour so Lee took us to the most amazing food and shopping court that I have ever seen.  There were blocks of restaurants that served so many different kids of foods…it was mind boggling.  There was every shopping store you could imagine and dream too.  We stopped off and got some sushi and the girls wanted ice cream.   I couldn’t believe I paid $17 for 3 ice creams…no way!   Oh well…

We scooted back to wait in line for our duck tour.   I picked up cute duck beacs that quaked!  The girls were quacking like good little ducklings!!  LOL!  Oh what a wonderful tour that was.  Our driver has a wonderful sense of humor and he was from the L.A. area of CA!!   He drove us in a WWII amphibious land and water vehicle.   We got a historical and visual tour of Boston and then he drove us into the Charles River and we glided: along the water as he continued his tour!   Can I just say WOW!!    If you ever go to Boston, you HAVE to do the Duck tour!! I loved it.  The girls fell asleep during the tour, they were so relaxed.

After our tour we then got back to the train station.  Lee is a wonderful tour guide and showed us some really neat places along the train route.    We dropped him off at home then we drove over to my friend, Tracey’s house in Burlington  for dinner and to spend some time.  We got to her house at about  9pm.

We had the most wonderful pasta dinner!    All of the girls had fun playing together.    Tracey has the most adorable dog, a retriever and poodle and I LOVED her dog!   Tracey’s husband, Jared, had injured his nose during his tennis match and he was icing it.   All indicators showed it looked like it was broker…ouchie!!    Jared is the nicest guy!  Tracey had done a huge renovation and her house is beautiful.

We enjoyed our time at their house and we left at about 11:30pm.   I had a hard time going home because many of the streets that the GPS was taking me to guide me back to the Woburn Marriott were closed.    So I found a main drag street and finally got on a good route to get back.  We got back at about midnight.  No parking was available but one of the wonderful employees gave us there spot so I could get the girls in bed.  I love this place!