The kids and I packed up the car and drove to the nearest T station. After one near miss we got on the correct train. One connection later we were headed out of town along the race route. I met a really nice woman on the train who is from Burlington, CT. It turns out that she works and works out at the tennis club where I taught swim lessons and preschool! Small world! She knows peoe who I worked with and promised to tell them hi from me. It was so great. I love it when those things happen. She was so kind and gave me great advice about marathon watching. So we followed her out to Newton. It was actually the closest stop to the race route so it saved me miles of walking with the kids. What a blessing it was to run into her! After a couple of hours of waiting we finally got to see Lewis!
After giving everyone a quick kiss he was off again
The first half of his race was super fast and even though he went a little hard he was able to hang on for a great finish. As soon as he passed we hopped back on the T and hurried to try and see him finish. We got off at the convention center and ran right into Kip's friend Carol Anne who was hoping to meet us. It was another huge blessing because she knows the city well and we ended up needing her expertise to find Lewis. In years past you have been able to walk right along the race route up to the finish line. After last years bombings, they majorly tightened security. We were able to watch as Lewis run out of the tunnel at Massachussets Ave. They wouldn't let us walk any further along the race route though, they only let a certain number of people in and then that was it. We probably had to walk a mile or two to get to where we finally met up with Lewis.
Stonyfied farms was giving out yogurt to sample and Abby wanted a picture with the cow.
As soon as he was ready, we took the T to Kip's house for Lewis to take a shower. When we was done we loaded up and headed down to Westerly, RI to spend the night with our friends the Capalbos. They are the greatest friends and had pizza and oysters ready for dinner. Lewis loved learning how to shuck oysters and the kids loved playing with Luca and Leo.
Tuesday morning we packed up and headed home with a quick stop at the Book Barn in Niantic, CT. It's such a great little stop.
It was a quick and fast paced trip, but we had such a great time. We are a road tripping family! We love to be on the road exploring this great country. I'm so grateful that my kids our happy travelers. Even though it was a fun trip we were all happy to be home and in our own beds after 5 nights in 5 different places.
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