Final night in Boston

The Hub has really changed in the 30 years since I lived here. They buried the central artery, built a new bridge out of town, a new tunnel to the airport and tons of new buildings including a new Garden and building more. We've visited here in 2006 and 2008 for a few days but being here on our boat in good weather has been really great!

Amekaya in the marina.

I'm sitting here in the cockpit with some warm breezes blowing (finally) and listening to the buzz of the City and the lights illuminating the horizon. I would prefer to be in a cove but sitting here in this marina in one of the greatest cities in the world is way cool. Tomorrow we are sailing to Duxbury as we continue our way south and will meet up with some friends for a few days of enjoyment before pushing on.

We've met lots of great people here in this marina, Everyone is friendly and if we were going to be here a few more days we probably wouldn't want to leave. Tonight I took our sun cover down and went to fold it and spent an hour talking with folks down the dock. I'm sitting here looking up at the Bunker Hill monument, one of the shrines to several thousand brave men who died to make this country free. They lost the battle but proved that the American Army was a force to be reckoned with.

Last night we had a friend over for dinner who was my college roommate the second semester of my freshman year. Stanley Greenwood who retired from the Army Reserve a few years ago as a Full Colonel and took care of her until she died at 101 looked great and enjoyed coming over to our humble abode. It was great catching up since the last time we saw him about 6 years ago.

Today we played tourist and roamed around Boston, a city where I went to Law School and worked in for several years. But, we moved from the area in 1984 and hadn't been back to since with the exception of a few days.

Tomorrow we move on to Duxbury and plan to sail with whatever wind we have. The forecast is for winds on the nose but we plan to sail.