Established in 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery spans across Cambridge and Watertown, just a few miles outside of Boston. It is celebrated as America’s first large-scale designed garden cemetery, serving as an active burial site, an accredited arboretum, and an outdoor museum. It was our destination this morning, where Jeanine, Kris, and Rob walked the grounds while I gave my knees a break, opting for photography instead.

The Wayside Inn in Sudbury is one of the oldest continuously operating inns in the United States, having first opened as Howe’s Tavern in 1716. It gained national fame as the inspiration for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Tales of a Wayside Inn”. In the 1920s, Henry Ford purchased and extensively restored the property, adding historic structures like a functioning grist mill and a chapel. Today, it operates as a historic site offering overnight lodging and traditional New England dining. We enjoyed a leisurely dinner there before returning home to watch the US defeat Paraguay in their World Cup opening match. We then drove into Cambridge to watch Maya perform with her dance troupe at Dante’s Salsa & Bachata venue.

Nico shared this photo from the Colorado Rockies of his exploits with Teddy. Apparently, his face was attacked by a caterpillar while hiking.