| 20th June 2009; Cambridge to Cape Cod MA |
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Alison woke me up at 7.35am and I noted that she had put most of the stuff back in the car barring my change of clothing. It was then that I noticed a message from Rhiza informing me that he was in Cambridge and not Boston proper. I got an address where he was at so there was no problem getting there and it would take roughly the same time to Boston. At least the sun was out as we made our way to Cambridge but when we got to the Inn where Rhiza was supposed to stay, they couldn't find him on the register. Rhiza must have heard us talking as he peered out of the window only to see us trying to get him on the phone. The Inn is a listed building and looked very nice inside and out, a pity that the reception staff was a bit slack. When Rhiza finished packing, we walked towards Harvard Square but I stopped half way there to get my haircut. I waited 15 minutes after the haircut before Alison and Rhiza came back and I suggested that we have brunch as we never had breakfast this morning. Adrian was complaining about his foot hurting him and Alison found a small red mark on the inside of his foot, probably the start to a blister. Rhiza was in a bit of a panic and rushed off to arrange for a cab to the airport while Alison had to struggle carrying Adrian. We waited for about 15 minutes before the taxi came and sadly said our goodbyes to Rhiza. We then drove towards USS Constitution museum but could not get near enough without parking Tuah and with the exorbitant parking charges we decided to see where the Boston Tea Party museum was situated. By this time Adrian decided to sleep and we couldn't get down to see anything unless we woke him up. This led us to drive south towards Cape Cod passing the Town Hall and Boston Common on the way. We almost had an accident in the suburbs of Boston due to lack of attention on the road and went through a red light without even realising it! At Quincy Alison asked me to stop at a shopping centre to get Adrian a toy as he had been behaving himself. At the same time Alison managed to get guide book to camping in the USA which gave us the our next destination, a campsite in Shawme-Crowell State Park. At USD14 it was the cheapest campsite listed around the area. We got to the campsite fairly early and Alison started cooking immediately as we had doubts if our lights were going to work. When we finished our dinner the mosquitoes were so bad that hey drove us into the tent early.
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