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NYC / Boston Trip 2013

Itinerary NYC / Boston Trip  June 27-30, 2013

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Thursday – June 27
sunset 8:31pm

9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial

 

Taxi – Check in at5:40 – AMERICAN DREAM HOSTEL

168 East 24th Street New York, NY 10010
Check-in: June 27

Check-out: June 29

Type of room: Single Person Private

Number of nights: 2

Total amount due upon arrival: $194.50

6:00 – Taxi – B&H Photo 420 9th Ave. at 34th St. New York, NY 10001 (open to 7pm) 1.4 mi from Hostel

7-15- 7:45  Penn Station AC line to High Street in Brooklyn then walk to park

Walk across Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Bridge Park

 Arrive 7:45-8:00 at  Brooklyn Bridge ParkMain Street

Sunset / night skyline photos at

40° 42′ 16.19″ N  73° 59′ 25.67″ W

77 Plymouth St

Brooklyn, NY 11201 ‎


Friday – June 28 NYC
sunrise 5:27am – sunset 8:31pm

Showers early then scattered thunderstorms developing later in the day. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High around 85F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

Empire State Building

Empire State Building

7:30-45am meet Rachael ?????

Brunch 8:00-8:45am
9am – Chinatown
10am – 9/11 Memorial Visitor Pass

By Subway

  • A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4 or 5 trains to Fulton Street: exit onto Fulton St. and walk west to Church St. Walk south and turn right onto Thames St.

2pm – Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
West 46th Street & 12th avenue New York, NY 10036

(National Debt Clock near by 110 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036)
.6 miles 11 minutes walk to MoMa using 6th Ave and W 53rd St

5:15pm Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

11 West 53rd Street (between 5th/6th Avenues), New York

8pm – Rachael leaves

Top of the Rock, sunset and night photography.

Possible other ideas – American Museum of Natural History

Grand Central Terminal


Saturday – June 29   NYC, Cape Cod, Boston
sunrise 5:28am – sunset 8:25pm

Depart 7:30am (19 minute ride)  Taxi to

Highland Light, Cape Cod

Highland Light, Cape Cod

Budget – 501 Kennedy Boulevard,  North Bergen, NJ 07047

Economy Car

Pick-Up :
Drop Off: Boston – Logan Intl (BOS)
20 Tomahawk Drive,  Boston, MA 02128
Pick-Up Date & Time: Saturday, June 29 2013 – 8:00 AM
Drop-Off Date & Time: Sunday, June 30 2013 – 4:30 PM

3 hour drive (178 miles) from car rental to TAPS – 2362 W Shore Rd. Warwick, RI 02889

31 Spooner St, Providence, RI 02907

10am leave for Highland Light  – cape cod lighthouse 42°2′22.282″N 70°3′39.377″W

124 mi, 2 hours 27 mins

Leave 1pm for Pilgrim Monument   8.2 mi, 16 mins

2pm – Arrive  Province Lands Visitor Center 42° 4′ 46.59″, -70° 13′ 5.00

Leave Province Lands Visitor Center for  Plymouth Rock, Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Mayflower II  76.8 mi, 1 hour 35 mins  Address: near 70 Water St, Plymouth MA 02360

If you are driving, go right (north) along waterfront to Rte. 44. At lights go straight for about 200 yards, then take a right onto Allerton Street. Forefathers Monument is at the top of the hill

Cape Cod

Cape Cod

approx. 100 yards on left.

.5 miles to Clam Chowder in Bowl – Cabby Shack
30 Town Wharf Road Plymouth, MA 02360

4:45pm leave for Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA 02215
6pm 1.4 mi, 7 mins leave for  the bombing memorial area for 651 Boylston St Boston, MA 02116 Between Fairfield st and Dartmouth

7:00 – 42.354604,-71.091231 walk roughly halfway down this bridge (Harvard Bridge) Massachusetts Avenue and get some nice panormics (the other side is Cambridge)

8pm – Skywalk Observatory – Prudential Tower

Possible sites – skyline from Boston Science museum and along Memorial Drive, Harvard University 1350 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02138

Arrive at hotel Marriott Boston Burlington

10pm – One Burlington Mall Road
Burlington, MA
01803
Phone: 781-229-6565

Check-In: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 – 04:00 PM
Check-Out: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 – 12:00 PM
Number of Nights: 1
Number of Rooms: 1

Room 1: Tabitha Hawk

Confirmation Number: 92474208


Sunday – June 30  Portland, ME to Boston
sunrise 5:03am – sunset 8:25pm

Leave Hotel 3am
Arrive 5am for sunrise at Portland Head Lighthouse  – 1000 Shore Rd, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107

Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine

Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine

Portland Skyline shots at Bug Light

Portland Breakwater Light
S Portland Greenbelt Pathway

South Portland, ME 04106
5:30am Depart for Bug Light Park / Panorma of Portland, ME  (3 miles, 10 minutes)

43 39 20 N

70 14 06 W

Bug Light Park

South Portland, ME 04106

6am Depart for Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Lighthouse Road, Tremont, ME (183 mi, 3 hours 23 mins  I-295 N and I-95 N)

9:30am Arrive Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse,

Leave 10am – Cadillac  Mountain  44.352731,-68.224466 (21.5 mi, 43 mins

ME-102 N)

11:00am Leave Acadia National Park for Boston, Logan International (284 mi, 4 hours 59 mins)

Arrive 4:30pm at latest to drop off rental car get to  Boston, Logan International by 5 at latest