And so with this post I will bring our Boston trip to a close. It was a great vacation and one that already feels like it was an eternity ago. My summer goal is to get the photo album organized before school starts. I have about 6 weeks. Surely I can do that, right?
Ok. So. An eternity ago (10 years) I interned in Gloucester/Rockport aboard a whale watch boat. My fellow interns and I would scrape together money for a few weeks and then treat ourselves to breakfast at Lee's. Naturally I made K take me there. Yum.
Boys agreed. Maybe because they had neat kids to-go cups, and the boys got two each! Water and juice.
This dude wanted to play with his waxy things from the lobster place. Thankfully I kept them in the backpack.
Bellies full, we moved on. Since I had been there G'sta added three wind turbines. Two owned by the city, and one owned by a private company. Or so I think.
We needed to walk off a little breakfast, and Halibut Point State Park was the place to do so. Let the record show that it was hot, steamy steamy hot. A shaded path took us right into the inferno.
K telling the boys all about the granite quarry.
Further down the path we went.Mostly to enjoy the shade.
With an occasional look back to reflect.
And other occasional pauses to use a picture as an excuse to rest. Lee's was sitting heavy on the belly here.
And at the end of the trail was the ocean! Oh how I love a rocky ocean front.
And so many tidal pools in which we could search for critters!
Not everyone wanted to partake in photo opportunities.
We thought we saw a crab, but the crab was both faster and smarter than we were.
The ocean breeze was cool and relaxing, but we had places to be and unfortunately the hot steamy trail stood between us and the car. Back to trudged.
The place we had to be was a dear friend's house for a cookout and reunion with whale interns. And those interns' kids.
And no whale watch intern reunion is complete without blowing up Nile, the inflatable Humpback.
There she goes. She's got the markings of Nile, a female whale, but she's the size of a male Humpback, if you're taking notes.
She's really quite photogenic.
And she's enter-able. I opted to stay outside and document. Its cooler out here.
K went in, and took a beer to keep him cool.
We had a great afternoon, in the whale, out of the whale, and all around the house. The boys were worn out, and got a special book reading from Ms T. I hope this is the last time I walk in and found both boys in a bed with a girl. Fingers crossed.
That's it, folks, our whole trip, all done.
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