The first house was where John Adams' parents lived and where he was born. The second was where he lived as a young man, or, more accurately, where Abigail lived while he was off in Philadelphia. This is the first house:
Those are totally God rays. Woot! The new camera gets pretty grainy in low-light conditions, but outside on a sunny day, you can get some pretty cool shots.Unfortunately, you can't take any pictures in any of the houses. This is mostly because Peacefield (the big house) is full of the actual period stuff that is worth millions and they don't want you to case the joint to come back and rob it. The security doesn't seem very high on the house, and you could probably walk off with precious artifacts. Even the copies of famous paintings were made in the 1800's and are valuable. John Adams wasn't exactly a popular president at the time, and a lot of the stuff from his life is still in the house. John Quincy Adams also has a bunch of stuff there. Basically its full of priceless artifacts.
The other houses are full of replicas, but they're being consistent and just not allowing photos anywhere.
This is Peacefield:
So named because Adams sought to live out his post-presidential life in peace. Also possibly because he sacrificed his second term in order to keep the peace with France when all around him were calling for war (it's the French-American war that didn't happen, and it probably saved the country).
Abigail Adams had a stroke on that porch. It's still very nice to sit there and watch the traffic go by.
On the way back we stopped at Wollaston Beach and the clouds were amazing. The beach was nice too.
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