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Love that dirty water

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The drive up from Jersey was lovely. We opted for the Sawmill River Parkway, huge trees, narrow lanes, then northeast to Beantown. We walked the Freedom Trail past many historic sights and ended the day with a Duck Boat tour. Across from the Granary Cemetary is a pub whose claim to fame is the only place where you can drink a cold Sam Adams while gazing over a cold Sam Adams.  The colonial tombstones were nearly always decorated with skeletons or skulls. Buried here are also Crispus Attucks, a free black man who was the first to die at the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere and John Hancock. His servant, with no last name, lies here as well.  The skull with wings motif is called a "soul effigy." This tombstone, one of the very few with an angel, was for a girl who died at the age of four.  At the bottom it says... "Look on this babe and learn to die Here you must lie as well as I" We actually love cemeteries and usually find at leat one to visit on vacations. They are an

Blissfully cool, verdant and we're working on calm.

Very late July, 2014 After a completely chaotic race to the finish line involving the courts, clinics, vaccinations (doggie style), replacing bumpers, faking out property managers and exhaustion, Mark arrived in NJ, where I have been at work, and tomorrow morning we hit the road for Boston with a case of water, olive flavored corn chips and a six pack chocolate donuts. (Our days of grapefruit and pineal gland being so far in the foggy past, we can't recall...)  Will post photos as they arise and details on the delights of NOT using air conditioning and driving 4 states in three hours.