Today we took the T south of Boston to Quincy, birthplace and home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. We walked all over Quincy and L earned a Junior Ranger badge from the National Park Service for filling out five pages of a booklet about the Adams' houses. The one pictured above was John Adams' "retirement home" but he was elected president while they were living in the house so it hardly counts as retirement. He was living there at the time of his death.We were exhausted when we got back to the hotel, but Andy wanted to see if we could go to a Red Sox game. We found some tickets through a broker online (about $12 each, I think) so we bought them. We were really high up in the bleachers (though they were actual seats) and it was really windy. B said the ballgame was his favorite thing during the entire vacation. He likes watching ballgames, but I think the cotton candy he got had a lot to do with Fenway Park being his favorite vacation stop.
L wasn't sure who to root for (we were amid a huge amount of serious Red Sox fans so I suggested she cheer for the home team) so she just clapped and yelled when everyone around her did. She was dancing and cheering - what a funny kid. 
The Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 13-9. We let after the sixth inning because we were cold ... and really, really tired.
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