Road Trip to Concord, Mass.

As part of a Christmas adventure treat, Johnny and I spent a few days in Concord, Massachusetts!

I’ve wanted to check out Concord for awhile. Probably since I first read Little Women. It was written here! Here’s the house where Louisa May Alcott wrote it. We toured the house and saw where she wrote the book.

This is the house!

We also visited the Old North Bridge, site of the start of the Battle of Concord. There’s so much history in Concord!

For example, did you know that this is the place where the shot heard ’round the world that started the Revolutionary War was fired? Or, did you know that literary greats like Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, lived and wrote here? See? Lots of history.

I wanted to ice skate, but Johnny thought that might be dangerous. Probably because the water wasn’t completely frozen.

He did think it would be a good idea to pose like a minuteman, though.

It’s not a trip with Aundra unless there’s a hawt yoga move or two. A bridge ON a bridge!

My favorite part of our trip? A visit to Walden Pond.

The concepts of self-reliance, questioning the system, and the illusion of progress intrigue me. I loved sitting on a rock alongside Walden Pond and thinking about Thoreau pondering these same ideas, with the help of visiting friends.

It wasn’t until I read (really listened to) Into the Wild that I started thinking about the pressure we put on one another to achieve self-reliance only to learn later that happiness is only real when it is shared. We can work toward independence, but real bliss comes from building a community and sharing.

I’m continuing to find and challenge my own bliss, and sweet adventures like this with people I love help me move toward it!