Freedom Trail

     It's a rainy night and we are tucked into our snug RV sipping a little whiskey. I can see the rain gathering in puddles and am happy that we made it back to our “home” before the rain started in earnest. Rick has finished the 600 pages of Winds of War and is working on War and Remembrance. I am working on my photos. We are quite happy in our little cocoon.

     We went back to Boston on the ferry today and finished our trolley and walking tour. The ticket included a boat tour of the Boston harbor which was also rich in history – including the site of the Boston Tea Party. The clouds over the Bay were low and threatening, but no rain.

     After landing back at the pier we took the trolley to the Old State House where on July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed from the east side balcony. We then followed the Freedom Trail to a multitude of other Boston landmarks. The walking tour of Independence sites is marked with a double line of bricks as it makes it way through the city. Dozens of tourists clutching their guidebooks walk through the city stopping at cemeteries, buildings and churches. It is a great way to be reminded of the events leading up to the War of Independence.

     The last part of the trolley tour took us across the Charles River to Cambridge – home of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology –MIT. Then we went back across the Charles to Back Bay home of the “Cheers” bar and lots of fancy shops and high end hotels.
     Our greatest success of the day was to drive back from the Ferry parking lot without getting lost. After 4 days of driving here it was our first direct point-to-point drive. Tomorrow we leave for Cape Cod. Well at least we did it once!