I recently returned from a mother/daughter trip to the East coast which was my birthday present trip from my daughter. My birthday was in July, but since it is in the middle of show season and it is too hot for me to enjoy a “vacation”, my daughter scheduled it for the end of October. As my daughter posted on her Facebook page, “Our first annual mother/daughter trip (without cattle) is in the books!”
I am not someone who enjoys “relaxing”, and she knew I would require the kind of trip that was FULL of activities! We flew out of St Louis on a Wednesday morning at 6:20am and arrived in NYC at approximately 9:30am East Coast time. Here is the run-down of our daily activities.
New York City day one: First time flying first class, first subway experience (wasn’t really scary, wasn’t real clean), stayed in a hotel on Times Square, built our own Reese’s (because our hotel was across from the Hershey’s store), explored Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology, watched the city folk rub bull anatomy for good luck, took a late night city bus top tour (highly recommend but there was no safety guidelines and no stopping at red lights!).
New York City day two: Toured Lady Liberty, Ellis Island, went on a lower Manhattan walking tour with an excellent tour guide who was full of knowledge, visited the 9/11 memorial pools and toured the 9/11 museum, MAY WE NEVER FORGET. Lots more subway riding, rented a car and drove to Boston where our hotel was right on the harbor where the Boston Tea Party happened!
Boston and Salem day three: Got up early and drove to Salem, toured the Salem Witch Museum, they were NOT witches and I’m sure both my daughter and I would have been accused back in the day! took a historic trolly bus tour, spent too much money in America’s oldest candy store (ate it all in 24 hours), downloaded the Salem app so we knew were the restrooms were (recommended), drove back to Boston. Got all gussied up and ate dinner in a FANCY restaurant.
Boston day four: Got up early and watched a sunrise on some beach we HAD to drive to so my daughter could put her toes in the Atlantic (not me, I hate sand and ocean water), had a brisk one-mile morning walk, spent the majority of the day walking the Freedom Trail and exploring several old cemeteries and learning about the history of our Nation. The buildings and history are amazing! We ate lunch at the Quincy Market and hopped in the rental car and headed to Hartford, Connecticut. Our final evening ended the trip with a Stevie Nicks concert, and it was amazing!
Sunday morning, we were up at 4am to head to our flight back to the state of Missouri. It was a whirlwind of a trip spent with laughs, lots of walking (wear excellent shoes and comfy clothes!), LOTS of history, and LOTS of memories! As my daughter posted on social media, “Take the trip my friends! You won’t regret it!”
Debbie Elder is a native of Ottawa County, Okla. and lives on her farm in Webster County, Mo. To contact Debbie, call 1-866-532-1960 or by email at [email protected].
