Special Bonus Post -- Part 3: From Boston

DJ was so fast in uploading pictures that I am able to share a special bonus post tonight of how we spent our day today in Boston. After schleping our 8,000 pounds of crap from our hotel room into the rental car, we drove into Boston and went on the famous Boston Ducks Tour. We were familiar with the Ducks from our time in Seattle, but for those who are not, the Ducks are huge amphibious vehicles made popular during World War II. Nowadays, many major cities honor the noble history of these crafts by painting them strange colors and packing them full of tourists who make quacking noises when commanded to do so by the tour guide. (See below. We were on the orange one.)

We had fun taking Roxie on the Duck, and she managed to stay awake for much of the history portion this time. We learned interesting things, including the fact that Boston had the first public borrowing library, and that our tour guide thought the movie The Departed was "awesome," but "had a lot of swears." Here's Roxie taking it all in.

We also went to the "Top of the Hub," which is local slang for visiting the observation deck on the top of the Prudential Tower. It was really cool to see everything from above. In the pic below, you can see the big green space that is Boston Common above DJ's head toward the top of the picture as well as the Longfellow Bridge (named for the poet) that connects Boston and Cambridge over to the left. Once more, Roxie was so enthused, she fell asleep in her carrier.

DJ also put together this awesome panoramic -- it's pretty small here, but you can see Boston on the right, Boston Common, the Charles River, and Cambridge across the water.
We're back in the RV tonight, and if all goes well, we're going to spend the day in Cape Cod tomorrow. I'm looking forward to sharing some fun cod-related facts then!

P.S. Our passing through town seemed to have a negative effect on the post-season hopes of local baseball teams. The Chicago Cubs were eliminated shortly after our visit, and the Red Sox had an error filled game that they lost in extra innings last night. However, please do not riot and tip over our trailer, Red Sox fans -- we got out of town and the Red Sox won tonight, so we took our bad luck out here to the suburbs.