kim schmidt

The main reason why we chose Boston in October was to see the northeast fall foliage spectacular. Obviously I’ve hinted a time or two about how we were a tad disappointed but driving around New Hampshire was a bit fun (though stressful for this driver!).

Our first stop was Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis, New Hampshire to pick apples. This was a first for all four of us – Anthony was on a mission to pick as many as possible. To slow him down, I had him throw an apple up in the air for me to photograph!

My adorable parents!

Probably talking football.

We actually didn’t get a pumpkin but my mom and Anthony wanted to pick this up as if it’s ours!

We drove and drove and drove and drove throughout New Hampshire, got lost a time or two, but somehow ended up back to Boston by evening!

In an attempt to get a photo of the 4 of us, we pulled over on a fairly deserted road. Of course in the middle a car comes up to see if we knew how to get somewhere. We were just as lost as they were! Of course Anthony with the remote took this photo. Cracks me up!

Money!

Couldn’t decide if I liked this photo in b+w or color!

Hopefully there will be a next time and if that’s the case, I sure hope the leaves will be better to us! (though I’m glad we went the weekend we did because it snowed 30″ or something ridiculous like that the following weekend!)

A quick followup to my post last week about our time in Boston, with a few random iphone photos including a pit stop at Cheers, Beacon Hill, Harvard, Occupy Boston, Paul Revere’s Home, and the like! I always have an internal debate about whether I should lug my camera gear around on vacations or just use my iphone4S. After looking at these photos (it was the first true test with the new phone), I think I’ll be leaving my camera at home more often! I love the look and it’s a whole lot less editing! I have one more post from our elusive fall foliage trip into New Hampshire (though you get a small taste at the end of this post) coming up later this week.

This fall is really kicking my butt! I think the fact that I’ve been traveling so much has been a contributing factor. I feel I can never catch up! Last weekend Anthony + I drove up to Boston to meet my parents to see the elusive fall in the Northeast. In years past, the weekend we were there would have been peak time for the changing of the leaves. Not this year, but I’m so glad we went the weekend we did, since it snowed the past one! Who knows if the trees will even turn the vibrant colors that is the norm! Luckily Anthony + I get to see beautiful trees in the Princeton area, but we did have high hopes for Boston + New Hampshire. Such is life!

One thing I did not know about the city of Boston is the shear number of tunnels and not only that but you have to pay at least $3.50 each time to enter! Praise be that we have an EZ-Pass (though looking at the bill – we racked up some serious damage!). That is your fair warning for those who haven’t been but are hoping to one of these days!

On Friday we took one of the double-decker bus tours that all famous cities have (as touristy as it is, it’s the best way to see an entire city and get history behind it all!). We went to the Harvard campus (though I don’t have any photos to show today, I did get one or two with my iPhone), saw many other sites and finally got off at the Occupy Boston stop. We all had to go to the bathroom, I wanted to get photos, it was the perfect stop!

I have no words for this gentleman, other than I had to shoot from the hip to get this photo! Total hippy!

Our very last stop was a quick walk to Paul Revere’s home and then the Old North Church. It was rushed as we didn’t want to miss the last bus of the evening, but beautiful nonetheless.

I will have another post or two with iPhone photos and then our trip into New Hampshire to pick apples and see the foliage very soon!