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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 9:40:15 GMT -5
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 2, 2019 11:31:46 GMT -5
With all the uncertainty about the storm track we have decided that we will end our East Coast trip a few days early. We have tickets to the Red Sox game tomorrow night. After that we will probably leave before any storm arrives.
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Post by Ralph on Sept 4, 2019 12:43:08 GMT -5
Can't say I blame ya CB. Despite the track showing it won't hit us up here, with the whacky way this storm has been moving, I wouldn't want to be caught if it changes it's mind.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 4, 2019 13:31:29 GMT -5
Sunny and cool right now. Although it looks like the actual hurricane will stay the forecasts for Friday and Saturday are wind and rain. So I think the drive back will be tomorrow.
I told Barb yesterday that I have reached the point that after a day of walking I need a day of rest. Walking the brick sidewalks and cobblestone streets of Boston took a toll on my legs. The Red Sox game was very good.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 4, 2019 14:53:02 GMT -5
I always enjoyed taking charter groups to Boston. I feel your pain. I loved walking all through Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall. Always browsed several buildings around Quincy Market and occasionally walked to Haymarket where there was always a vendor selling freshly shucked oysters on the half shell. Those trips often included dinner at the No Name restaurant where they serve a seafood platter that few can finish. Yep, my dogs would be barking and my legs would be aching all the way back to Utica. There is so much history to be enjoyed in Boston. A few times over the years I took the walking tour with school groups that I took there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2019 16:44:29 GMT -5
I was in Boston many years ago and while there visited many old cemeteries where I did some tombstone rubbings.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 5, 2019 9:18:06 GMT -5
We took a walking tour offered by the National Park Service, free and the guide was excellent. I noticed that many of the sites that were free or low priced are now quite pricey.
I can't imagine driving a bus through Boston traffic. Living in Utica we have lost our urban driving skills.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 5, 2019 9:36:42 GMT -5
The drawbacks to driving in Boston are much the same as driving in Manhattan. Narrow Streets, double parked vehicles, and slow moving stop and go traffic. I once got into a situation that required a police officer to stop traffic while I backed out of a street when I found myself at a 90 degree L turn in the narrow street with cars parked on both sides of the street and too close to the corner for me to make the turn. I had dropped my passengers and thought I could simply drive around the block and find a place to park. I asked how a firetruck would ever get in there and the cop said that they come the other direction, the wrong way on the one way street when it becomes necessary. In NYC we always tried to make our way around town using mainly the wider avenues and streets, avoiding the narrower streets whenever possible because there is constantly a problem with trucks double parking to make deliveries. You can get stuck in the middle of a block for 15 or 20 minutes with cars backed up an blowing their horns at you. Those truck drivers usually just ignore you and the problem they are creating while they just go about making their delivery
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