Eeks, today was the big one. Today I am a full fledged senior, 65 years old. No pretending that being a senior is a few years away, this is it!! Oh well, I better get on with enjoying these "golden years". Today we toured Boston, we waited until after 8 AM to leave so we could avoid commuter traffic. We programmed the GPS to take us to a public parking lot. But the GPS units do not work well in a town of high rise buildings as they cannot get the signals from the satellites. However we did manage to find the parking lot which had a sign stating "No Motorcycles Allowed". So we had to go searching. Eagle eye Linda had spotted one previously and while we negotiated the famous Boston traffic searching for that one we found another and pulled in. Good news, motorcycles were allowed. We then looked for a tour bus that allowed us to get on and off which we quickly located. And away we went on a tour of the city. There are lots of historic sites and lots of historical facts from the bus drivers which differ from driver to driver. We also got a harbor cruise with our tour ticket which we took to the landing where we could see the USS Constitution which is also called "Old Ironsides". We stepped off of the cruise boat and onto a somewhat modern destroyer exhibit and it immediately started RAINING. All tourists were asked to leave the destroyer for their safety. The closest cover was the USS Constitution museum which we hurried to as it was really RAINING. Good exhibits and they sold plastic rain slickers. When we finished there it was time to catch the next tour boat so we missed seeing Old Ironsides. Back at the original dock we searched for a little food which we found in the form of lobster rolls and some fish for Linda who is allergic to shellfish. Then it was back to the tour bus and the old North Church where the lanterns were placed notifying the minutemen (early militia from before the revolution) that the British were coming. We looked inside the church, saw the old graveyard with headstones from the 1600s and finally headed for the bikes. We did not want to be in the Friday night commuter traffic even though the rain had stopped for awhile. But our wants were in vain as the traffic had already started or as I should say it had stopped. Finally we got away from the city, found a gas station and then headed for the motel. 11 miles from the motel we stopped to buy a Subway sandwich and saw the big, black clouds so we ate our sandwiches there while the new rainstorm covered the parking lot. When it finally subsided we hurried to the motel and celebrated my birthday. Tomorrow it is on toward New York City where we will split up for a couple of days. Clint and Charleen will go to New York while Linda and I will be going to Philadelphia. We will meet again on Monday.
Eating lobster in the rain
Linda and the old North Church
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