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(Note: This blog entry represents a combination of writings and pictures already posted about our Cool Change II, Land Yacht Adventures 2021 through Cindy via Facebook and Rick via email. So for some of you, the following posts may be duplicative, but for others, this is the first time you are seeing them. We are repeating them here to centralize the record and share our experiences more broadly.)
RICK’S POST (with Cindy’s captions in italics):
Since we were flying home out of Boston, we planned to arrive there a couple of days ahead of our flight to have time to explore the city. Cindy had been there before, but I had not. We had a room at the Bostonian, a nice hotel in the city right on the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile path that winds through the city from Boston Commons in downtown Boston out to Bunker Hill in Charleston. All along it are the historical sites that tell the story of the Revolutionary War and American independence.
The next two days we spent our time mainly taking in the sights along the Freedom Trail, as well as trying out some of the restaurants various people had told us not to miss. In Charleston we went aboard the USS Constitution, which is the oldest active ship in the US Navy. It is a three masted heavy frigate that is nicknamed “Old Ironsides” because during a battle in the war of 1812, the crew of a British ship firing on her said that their cannon balls appeared to bounce off her sides so she must be made of iron.
Captain Rick 
Acorn Street on Beacon Hill, an iconic Boston neighborhood 
At one end of the Freedom Trail you will find Bunker Hill Monument, marking a turning point in the Revolution 
We offered to take a picture of some tourists who were struggling with a selfie, and they did the same for us
We saw the home of Paul Revere, still standing along an otherwise much younger city block, and the church where Revere had instructed the priest to illuminate lanterns high up in the church as a signal that British were coming. “One if by land, two if by sea!” We walked through the Holocaust Memorial, a moving tribute. We visited a graveyard where a relative of Cindy’s, John A Winslow, is buried. He was a Rear Admiral and a passenger to the new world on “The Fortune.” He was married to Mary Chilton, who herself was a passenger on the Mayflower! His portrait painting is hanging in Faneuil Hall, a public hall that over 275 years old and to this day has been a meeting place for political and city meetings, protests and debates. There is just so much history in Boston and they do such a great job of keeping it alive!
Gravestone of John Winslow and his wife, Mary Chilton 
Plaques on the gates to the King’s Chapel Burial Ground, 1630. My ancestors’ names are listed here too – they ranked!
My brother-in-law Barry had recommended a restaurant called “The Daily Catch” and we enjoyed a dinner there. It is a tiny place but like so many restaurants, during covid they had expanded into the street and now had several outside booths. Otherwise the place was so small they could only have a few small tables inside, which is mostly kitchen. They, like many of the restaurants in the Italian district, only take cash. We ordered, at Barry’s recommendation, the Lobster Diavolo, which is a huge dish of lobster, muscles, shrimp and Calamari served on house made pasta in a spicy tomato seafood sauce. We split this and also ordered an Aglio Olio Black Pasta with ground calamari and squid ink.
A disappointment in Boston was the Union Oyster House, the infamous and supposedly the oldest oyster house in Boston. They had not bounced back well from the pandemic, were understaffed, and did not have much of a selection of oysters. Just by chance, we found an oyster bar on a side street in the North End Italian district that was great and featured one dollar oysters on certain days of the week with a variety of different types to choose from.
In search of oysters, we happened upon this place, a block off the main drag of the North End, with really plump oysters at a bargain price! 
After dinner, a visit to Boston’s North End wouldn’t be complete without a cannoli
A last highlight of our time in Boston was that there was film crews in different parts of the city filming a movie starring Will Farrell and Ben Afleck. It will be a musical re-imaging of the the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.” We got a kick out of the fake snow they were putting out on the sets. The name of the movie when it is released will be “Spirited.” I really enjoyed Boston and could have easily spent more time exploring there so maybe we will return another day.
For now, we were on our way to the airport to fly back home for a few weeks before continuing the voyage.