One Last Fling

Well, I just returned from one last trip to Boston before Melanie returns home. For anyone who does not know, Melanie is leaving Boston to pursue medical school. Her last day at work is today, Friday, July 13. She should be back in Greenville sometime around July 20. So, while I was in Boston we tried to cram in as much as we could. She attended a wedding in Hyannis on Friday evening so we spent the night at Cape Cod. Saturday we went to Plymouth Rock. I must say it was a bit of a disappointment. Kinda small.... We visited two beaches while I was there. We picked strawberries. Massachusetts has smaller strawberries than SC. I went to church with her. I think she will miss her church friends. Her pastor is awesome. On the Fourth of July we climbed 294 steps to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument. That was tough. Some genius thought it would be a good idea to number every 25th step. No way to get around knowing how many to go! I guess if I climbed 294 steps every day I would be skinny and have nice looking legs! We also got to see the USS Constitution go out....they take it out a few times a year. It was absolutely beautiful. But, the very best part of the trip was Fourth of July.....Boston Pops and fireworks.....patriotic music and fireworks. I must say my July 4th was wonderful!! Melanie and I took about 280 pictures of flags all around Boston. We decided we could publish a nice coffeetable book of flag pictures. Actually we started talking about coffeetable books a few years ago when we thought we should publish a book about how NOT to decorate for Christmas....things you shouldn't do. Then another idea came up for a book with pictures of steeples. Then another idea for a book of doors.