So Reveille sounds, and I bound out of my hanging cot. I get my toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash and hairbrush and off I go to the ladies room. It is still mostly dark in the sleeping quarters. Since I slept fully dressed, it was easy to run. Somehow the mother above me actually got down and to the ladies room before me as I soon found out as I bumped into her . Oh well, there is room enough in there for the two of us!! I clean my face and do my teeth. AHHH...much better! I look at my hair...not bad. Looks almost the same as when I went to sleep. Wait, did I sleep? No...not really. But I am pretty sure I had to have dozed off at least once or twice. Only waking up in pain when my skin touched the ice cold bars or my hands fell asleep because of the awkward positions I was in during the night. I have to tell you that it was hard not to move around much but you tried to avoid the "squeaking of the cots" and tried not to hit the person above you. Anyway, I felt much better now that I had gotten freshened up. Next I will go and get my clothes to get changed into for the days events. On the way back to the sleeping quarters I run into a father from the other group who proceeds to tell me that I am "way to perky for having slept on this ship last night". I just laughed and high-tailed it back to my cot for my clothes. By the time I get back to the ladies room, there was a line. Not really a big deal since I already freshened up. So I patiently (yes I did just said that I was patient) waited my turn to get changed. By the time I get back to the room, my husband had managed to have our son ready and was already packing up our stuff (have I mentioned yet how much I love that man!!!). I helped pack us up knowing we only had a few more minutes to get to the mess hall for breakfast. Once again, the food was decent (an outside company caters for these overnight ventures). The parents look "haggard" and the children are all still "wired". We put our orders in for the "bag lunch" they will also be providing for us. Then off we go again to finish the "scavenger hunt". At least it is a little warmer today, or are we just used to the cold by now? It's hard to tell. We finally finish by early afternoon. After going completely through all the ships. The den leader now turns these books in for the prize that they are supposed to get. Do you want to know what we went through all these ships for? A pen! Not even one with the ships name on it. A pen with an elephant on the top that lights up when you push the pen against something hard. HELLO...these are 9 year old BOYS!! They want military items, or at least something pertaining to the ships they have been on for 2 days. We are not happy, but we take it and go back to the ship to collect all of our gear to take back to the cars. We have other things we would like to do today.
We move on to the gift shop and museums. We see more ships that were commissioned at one time in one museum. The other, just a marine museum containing a conglomeration of things including a whole section on...the Titanic. Why? I am not sure...the iceberg was nowhere near Massachusetts, am I missing something? Did they not have anything else to display? Did I mention that they originally closed the doors because the only person running the museum went to lunch!! There is only one person in the museum on a Saturday morning? Someone saw our group pitifully standing outside the closed doors and came and opened up the doors for us. Then just left us in there, trusting don't you think? In NY, no one would have left people unattended in a place like that. After we did a walk through which took a total of maybe 15 minutes we sat down to wait for the speaker of the museum. We soon decided that we didn't really feel like waiting another half an hour for someone to speak to us so we just left. Off we now go to the city of Boston.
Our intention for going into Boston was to go on the "Ghost Walk". For some reason unbeknownst to me, we didn't do it. We visited what we were told was the "Central Park" of Boston, and what did we do? Froze our butts off while the kids played on a playground, watched tourists tossing up leaves while taking pictures of themselves, watched people ice skating (the boys had no interest in doing that), talked to the mounted Policemen and had free Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate. Soon we decided to go to eat...another lunch (we ate our "to go" lunch on the ship for some reason before we left). OK, so we find a nice pub. Good food, nice spirits. Caught a good buzz for the first time on the trip (I know it's a boy scout trip, but we all drink...some more than others). By the time we left, I think the other patrons were happy to see us leave. I don't know why, we were not loud, rowdy or anything. Well we were finally just warming up with the introduction of alcohol. However, as soon as we walked out of the restaurant..."buzz" be gone. At least for me, I really didn't have too much to drink in the first place so my buzz was barely there to begin with. So off we go to do some sports memorabilia shopping for the boys and to buy a bathing suit for one of the boys that forgot his at home (yes, in winter and in Boston we attempt to buy...a BATHING SUIT...plain shorts it is!). After walking through the city for a little while longer we finally decide to go back to the hotel which is actually about an hour away.
When we finally arrive, the boys don't want to do anything but go in the pool and hot tub. They all run in the rooms and change as quickly as possible. You cant imagine how fast they can move when they want something. It is AMAZING!! We sign in with the lifeguard and let the boys play and the parents relax with...MORE drinks. SURPRISE!!SURPRISE!! I must say, we had a great time because normally my husband and I cannot drink at the same time because someone always has to be the "responsible person". Finally the evening comes to an end, the pool is closing and everybody is getting tired. So we head back to the rooms.
Showers are getting done when suddenly there is a knock on the door, they decided to order pizza and now we are having a pizza party. We did not have any pizza, We were still full from dinner. But I did hear that the pizza was not half bad. Considering everybody always says..."outside of NY...pizza, bagels and Chinese food are not good options". So I guess Massachusetts pizza was OK...5 pies later I would assume it was more than edible.
We however, showered and relaxed knowing that we were off and running by 7 a.m. the next morning. So...lights out on day two.
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