Who said vacations were suppose to be relaxing?!

First off, sorry if this gets long or boring but since I pretty much stink at keeping up to date on my journal writing I have to archive my family adventures somewhere, right?  So here is the water-downed version of the Barker family vacation these past two weeks:

Day 1 - Monday (Salt Lake City --> Montpelier, Vermont)

• Find my families shoe apparel for this years Christmas card in the SkyMall magazine.  They are quite stylish if I say so myself.  Haha, yeah right.
• Fly into Boston
• Arrive in Montpelier

***Props to my mom for actually getting on the airplane.  Her worst fear is flying so this was a huge thing for her.

Day 2 - Tuesday (Montpelier)

• Home of Saint-Gaudens
• Covered bridge hunting
• Enfield
• King Arthur Flour Co.
• Erin's reading (from her book Light.  I recommend buying it when she becomes a famous author)
• Maple cremees

Day 3 - Wednesday (Montpelier)

• Rock of Ages
• Bragg Family Farm (maple farm)
• Erin's graduation

Day 4 - Thursday (Montpelier --> Burlington, Vermont)

• Tour state capitol
• Morse Farm (maple farm)
• Otis the girl goat (she supposedly did her own tricks)
• Sharon, Vermont
• Ben and Jerry's tour
• the Flying Pig Bookstore
• Shelburne Museum (stifling hot)

Day 5 - Friday (Burlington --> Glens Falls, New York)

• Shelburne Museum
• Ferry Ride (Erin was pretty excited about this)
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Lake George
• Martha's Dandee Creme
• Target

Day 6 - Saturday (Glens Falls --> Rochester, New York)

• Drive by Jimmer's house (yes, we tracked down Jimmer's address in Glens Falls, New York)
• Palmyra (Joseph Smith farm, Sacred Grove, Grandin's bookstore, Hill Cumorah, Fayette)

Day 7 - Sunday (Rochester --> Albany, New York)

• Niagara Falls
• Teach mom how to use the GPS on dads iPhone
• Erie Canal locks
• Long drive back to Albany

Day 8 - Monday (Albany --> Salem, Massachusetts)

• Hancock Shaker Village
• Finz (best dinner I've ever had)

Day 9 - Tuesday (Salem --> Boston, Massachusetts)

• The House of Seven Gables
• Marblehead
• Challenge to find the earliest built house
• Lexington and Concord
• Walden Pond (which is actually like a lake)
• Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
• Louisa May Alcott's home
• Boston Public Library
• Boston Common

Day 10 - Wednesday (Boston)

• Freedom trail tour (Faneuil Hall, State House, old South and North Church, Paul Revere's house, etc.)
• Quincy Market
• Boston Barker's for lunch (worst hot dog ever.  Sad that my name is connected to it.)
• Christmas in Boston (Best stop of the trip.  This store had hundreds of christmas ornaments, which I am a sucker for)
• Granary Burying Ground (my great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents are buried there)
• Free night at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Day 11 - Thursday (Boston --> Salt Lake City, Utah)

• Boston Duck Tours
• Cambridge
• Fenway Park
• Plane ride home
• Welcomed back in the long-term parking by Chug

***Double props to my mom for actually getting back on the plane to come home.  She handled the turbulence better than I did.  I'm very proud of her.