Boston

Look Out Boston - Day Four – August 11, 2009Our little adventure today started with our trip to the Library to try to blog again……this time we were successful except that we ran out of town before we could get everyone signed on and posting….so Terry and I posted our first day as you have already read. We decided that we would type the postings out in the evening on the laptop and then go to the library in the mornings and just cut and paste our entries…..so on to the trip to Boston…..we stopped in Orleans for breakfast at the Hole In One…..scrambled eggs, bacon and pancakes…..hmmmmm good….ready for Boston. I didn’t realize until last night that Carole had no clue where we needed to go in Boston, after all she lived there, you would think she would know where some things are…..but no that wasn’t to happen. If I had known that I would have been better studied in the roadways of Boston. So I quickly got together a plan using maps and my IPhone……what a life saver that little jewel is. I had a route all mapped out and in my head. We would take a little side trip to Plymouth to see the historic Plymouth Rock, a very important part of our American history, something I really wanted to see on this trip more than anything else in the whole stinking state……I was going to see Plymouth Rock……WOW. Well, we missed the turn and our two hour drive ended up being a 5 hour drive down the worst side of Boston……and then Carole proceeds to inform me that Plymouth Rock is over rated, its just a dirt rock in the water and not even marked. I was crushed! I had a imagined a gleaming rock protruding from the waters, a beacon to all who came that this was the promised land, home of the free…..but no its just a stinking rock and I didn’t even get to see it. We finally arrived in Boston and went right to the Quincy Market with no trouble at all……Shopping at Quincy Market was like shopping at an outdoor North Star mall…..I did find a few gift items for family and friends but otherwise unimpressed. The building were awesome and the cobblestoned streets full of history. We walked to Cheers and had dinner (everyone didn’t know our names, I was yet again disappointed) and Norm wasn’t there……so we said goodbye to Boston and drove home in the fog…..this time it only took 2 hours instead of 5, glad to be back, it is much cooler tonight.