Points North

We next spent about a week in the Boston Area. The first day we drove into Boston in the car. We had to pay $37 to park. We took the Hop On-Hop Off Bus to get an overview of the city. It was money well spent. We also did a narrated boat tour of the city. It was interesting also. On Saturday, we got a little smarter and took the commuter train into the city. We did the 2 1/2 mile Freedom Trail and toured the USS Constitution. On Sunday, we drove to Quincy and toured the USS Salem. Gary was aboard the sister ship off Vietnam so he was able to give us a great tour with anecdotes along the way. We then toured the John Adams and John Quincy Adams homes. The trolley managed to have a blow-out, but we still got to do the tour on a replacement trolley. The next day we again took the train into Boston and visited the JFK Library. The building is beautiful and the exhibits were great. Our weather has been very pleasant.

Yesterday, we drove to the Bar Harbour, Maine area. It is raining today, but Gary and Lynn braved the weather to see one of the tall ships,the L’Hermione, a replica of the 32 gun frigate that brought Lafayett to America with news that France would support us during the Revolutionary War. This is her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. The crew is in period costume. If the weather clears, we may go tomorrow. We went to dinner at a lobster restaurant that served 1 1/4 pound lobster with corn on the cob, coleslaw, and a dinner roll for $14.95.

Well, the rain did not clear. Instead we went to the Tidal Falls and to Bar Harbour for dinner (lobster again). The next day we toured Acadia National Park. The area is beautiful and Cadillac mountain is the tallest mountain on the east coast. (a little over 1,500 feet).

On the 17th we left for Canada. We stayed in a gorgeous city park in St. John, NB. We sat out on a lake for drinks and attended a festival downtown. We ate fish and chips in downtown watching the people out the window. On Saturday, we drove a route that featured lighthouses. We had lunch at a little pub on an inlet, where we saw $4oo,000 boats. The pubkeeper said that one local boat called “Waterfront Property” cost 1 million 2 thousand. We ate at a not so good Mexican restaurant downtown. Today, it is raining. We are going to a movie later. Tomorrow we head for Moncton.