From left to right: Madison Camp (Accounting), Lyndsie Beesley (English), Dylan West (Business Administration), Sidney Lewis (English), Allyson Gregory (English), Talor Stewart (Biology).
Thursday, March 9th, six ECU Honorables joined me at 2 a.m. to embark on a five-day, four-night adventure in Massachusetts. For all these Honorables, it was a first-time visit to New England, though three (Madison, Sidney, and Talor) also joined me on an Honors Trip to New York City in 2015. When we got back, I asked everyone three questions: What was your favorite experience on the trip? What was your favorite food? And did you experience any memorable firsts? Here are their answers:
FAVORITE EXPERIENCE
Madison: The Old Manse (especially the piano playing); Lyndsie: Concord to Lexington trek; Dylan: The Freedom Trail; Sidney: Walden Pond; Ally: Walden Pond and the Old Manse; Talor: The MIT Museum (especially the holograph section).
FAVORITE FOOD
Madison: goat cheese and baby spinach panini at Helen's cafe in Concord; Lyndsie: clam chowder and ribeye hash at Sonsie in Boston and salmon salad at Border Cafe in Cambridge ; Dylan: Cubano sandwich at Sonsie's in Boston and pepperoni pizza at Sorrento's in Concord; Sidney: panini at Helen's Cafe in Concord; Ally: cheese ravioli at Via Lago in Lexington; Talor: cheese pizza at Sorrento's in Concord.;
MEMORABLE FIRSTS and MOSTS
Madison: UberPool, clam chowder, hotel room with full kitchen, and coldest walk; Lyndsie: geocache search and hotel room with a dishwasher; Dylan: clam chowder and coldest walk; Sidney: Uber ride, clam chowder, coldest walk, geocache drop-off; Ally: cross-country trek (Concord to Lexington); Talor: shrimp.
Lyndsie at a replica of Thoreau's desk (in the same room with the real thing) at the Concord Museum.
Starting our walk through Minute Man Park between Concord and Lexington, where Colonial rebels attacked a retreating British Army on April 19, 1775. We ended up walking all the way to Lexington. Before our trip, several of us read Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick, which offers a blow-by-blow account of the battle.
Paul Revere was captured not far from this spot. According to my cell phone, we walked 9.24 miles on the first day of our trip!
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