Last Night on the Mass Pike...

Well, it was actually yesterday afternoon on the Massachusetts Turnpike...
The birthplace of the American Revolution offered many interesting sights and delicious foods. I walked with my parents around the Harvard campus which was riddled with the cryptic message VE RI TAS. Harvard's "official" motto reads "Veritas christo et ecclesiae" - Truth for Christ and the Church. Sometime in the last 300 years, as many institutions have, Harvard has turned away from it's christian roots, but split the word "veritas" into 3 syllables - My assumption is that this dividing up of Veritas is a subtle reference to the original motto. Harvard was a neat campus but I didn't snap any photos.
We drove by Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox, just so I could scope out the team we'll be beating in the W.S. (don't say the words, it's bad luck).
Friday morning I hit the road again. I decited to spring for the toll road this time instead of driving through Rhode Island (which, on the way to Boston, took only 45 minutes to drive through...) I took the infamous Mass Pike west out of Boston. Being so used to driving on E-470, the only toll road in Colorado, I neglected to obtain the toll road ticket when I got on the road. I realized this about 20 miles down the road, and panicked briefly, thinking I would get a harsh penalty.
But, when I got to the toll booth where I was to present my ticket, I told the lady "Uhh, I don't have a ticket but I've been on since Boston..." she replied, in a thick Bostonian accent, "Ooh that's alright honey, no problem. It's $2.65." These people are sure awfully nice here.
Microsoft Streets and Trips routed me through Queens. At 4pm. On a Friday. That was sure fun. I did see NYC from a distance, though. I finally got back to Jersey where I transferred my necessary goods to Jake's Benz and we trucked down to DC.
Long day of driving, to say the least.