Day 20 – 6/9/2019 – On to Boston

First things first – Kim fixed my iPad! Actually she remembered how to hard-boot it and that did the trick. We’re back in business. So…if you’ve read the sans image version of Day 19, and don’t have a particular need to be assulted by images of great art, you’re good. If, however, you have a burning desire to check out the images of cute grandkids at the zoo, feel free to pay a return visit.

Now…on to today.

We began the day with the normal “pack up and check-out” routine. On our way out of town we stopped by Prospect Terrace to get a photo of the capitol – our 5th in the series.

While we were there we also saw the Roger Williams statue

And of course there was the mandatory frolicking.

OK Everyone…Get in then car and QUIT HAVING FUN!

On the way out of town we circled the First Baptist Church.

Literally the First Baptist Church in North America – founded by Roger Williams in 1638 (though this building dates to 1775).

An hour or so later we were stuck in Boston traffic and headed for our first stop

Brings new meaning to the concept of making your bunk

Sailors were stationed around the ship to answer questions and provide interpretation.

Not sure where we’re going, but with them in charge I’m sure we’ll get there.

Eventually it was time to say good by to Old Ironsides and head across the navy yard to lunch.

After lunch we headed back to the car – some of us walked on the ground.

You can see the spire of Old North Church in the background. We didn’t see any lamps burning.

We had a bit of time to kill before our 2:00 appointment so we stopped by the Bunker Hill monument.

Check out the gas streetlight. They’re all over the neighborhood.

Making our way across town we arrived at the Taza Chocolate factory for a factory tour/chocolate tasting.

To get from the car into the building some of us walked on the ground.

Our tour guide was really cool.
She walked us through the whole process from harvesting the cocoa to the finished process.

This machine separates the hulls from the nibs.

We got to taste chocolate from various stages of the production process – including the raw, freshly husked, nibs – no sugar added.

Taza uses a stone grinding process so their chocolate has a unique texture.

Following the tour she served up samples of real actual (with sugar added) chocolate.

After we had tasted and purchased a sufficient quantity of chocolate we moved to our next event – checking in to our apartment. This one is on the third floor of a three floor walkup. We don’t plan on making too many trips back and forth.

We. Got settled, sent Chris to the store with our final grocery list and Kim and I returned the rental car.

Saying Good Bye to the MCOGA (magic chariot of gettin’ around).

Then it was back to the apartment for dinner, blogging, reading, TV, and…

Though this apartment is minuscule, it does have the advantage of a rooftop deck.

Just the thing for catching up on blog posts in the cool of the evening.

So that’s today. Tomorrow we’re gonna do some freedom trail walking. Wish us luck! Also, if we can scare up tickets there’s a possibility that Kim, Jesse and I will take in a baseball game. If so, tomorrow’s blog probably won’t get posted till Tuesday. We’ll see.

TTFN, R

Traveling Light

Day 20 – 6/9/2019 – On to Boston

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