This is basically how we both felt after this trip -- so happy and blessed by all the sights and FOOD that we ate. We ate scrod, cod, clams, shrimp, lobster, halibut, sole, mussels, scallops and more. Fabulous food. I highly recommend Boston for an eating tour.

Here is the actual monument. It was very tall and I am afraid of heights, but decided to go up anyway. I had a panic attack at the top and had to stop to breathe for awhile and crept around the top by holding on to the stone. Kathy got some great pics from up top. The pilgrims first landed at Provincetown, then they went to Plymouth to find a more suitable landing spot.

Odd view from the base of the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Mass. What fabulous salt air to refresh the soul. This is the tallest granite monument in the universe, I believe. Next shot will actually be the monument.

This makes me look like Gabriel in Alaska, but is actually me on the high-speed ferry to Nantucket. The breeze was so cold that I pulled out the winter hat Kathy bought me to keep myself warm. What a thrill.

45 mph on the ocean was smooth sailing on this boat. A highlight of the trip. I was actually happier than I look.

This was a pretty humorous exhibit at the JFK Library and Museum. The first space suits were not the most secure looking outfits -- basically the shoes were hightops covered with tin foil. Glad it wasn't me!

Me at the Old North Church, which happens to be an Episcopal Church. Disturbingly, my left hand has become a giant club and dwarfs my right hand.

Great image of what used to be a crab taken by Kathy at Provincetown.

Charles River sailing students

This shows a group of sailing students being towed back from their daily lessons on the Charles River. We were told that any kid in Boston who wants to take lessons only pays one dollar for six weeks of sailing lessong.

We were on the "Duck" tour -- WWII era replicas of amphibious vehicles (basically boats with wheels) that drove around Boston giving humorous historical tours, then plunged into the Charles River to give a floating tour. I actually was allowed to drive the "Duck" for about 20 minutes in the river.

The bridge in the background is the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world.