Our last day in the Boston area started early since we wanted to get the Adams National Historic Park before they opened. You can visit the park only by guided tour and they sell out early. In fact, there was quite a crowd waiting by the time the doors opened. We were first in line, of course :-)
We boarded a trolley that took us first to John Adams birthplace and home for his early years. This reminded me a lot of Williamsburg and the tour guide brought the time period to life very well. This stop also had the house that John Adams lived in when he married Abigail and was the birthplace of John Quincy Adams.
We then boarded the trolley again and visited the Old House at Peace Field which was a fancier house that the Adams lived in later in life. We ended at the Stone Library where the books of many generations of Adams have been located.
All in all, this was a wonderful experience of early American history - including both lifestyle and politics.
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