Sail Boston

My friend Maria and I went to the harbor to see the ships at Sail Boston. Many navies use old style ships to teach their young sailors how to sail, because the older ships are harder to operate and require a greater skill set. Kind of like when you learn to drive on a manual transmission - you will always be able to get into anyone's car and drive it. The ships sail around the world every few years, and they were recently in Boston.

We boarded the Kruzenshtern, from Russia.
Is this what 18 looks like these days? This sailor's a baby!

Busy Boston Harbor

More Stinkin' Rain/San Diego Here I Come!

I normally roll my eyes at San Diego's consistent 72 and sunny. But since Boston has been consistently cloudy for weeks, I'm really excited to be able to escape for a visit to America's Finest City. Check out this forecast, San Diego on the left and Boston on the right:
Pitiful, you can't even see the top of the Prudential Tower.
Greg and I were heading out for a run on the Fourth of July. I was putting my shoes on when the sky opened up. Thankfully, it was just a sun shower, and passed quickly. Blue sky and rain; weird.

Check out Hampton Beach, New Hampshire:

A row of houses, most of them clapboard style, then a street, parking, a sidewalk, a wide seawall that some people sit on or lay out on (you could go to the beach without setting foot on the sand), then the beach.

The highways here are lined with tall, thick, green trees. "Dogs and cats, living together - mass hysteria!" What are these turkeys doing with these geese?

Billy isn't the only cat in town who likes watching pigeons.

Some apartment houses

It Wasn't Just Me!

June was one of the gloomiest in Boston's recorded history, based on wetness and coldness. I like the rain and the cold, but I need a day or two of sunshine in there somewhere. Thankfully, it's been sunny and warm for several days. It was up to 80 today, and I didn't mind the heat, much.