Month: September 2022

Had a great day in Boston, even though the skies were overcast. We did a bus and harbor cruise tour and got a great overview of Boston. We had been in Boston a number of times by it was great to sit back and take in an overview.

The harbor cruise gave us great views of downtown Boston and we got to see Fort Independence, the Nantucket Lightship and the Constitution and Bunker Hill Monument.

The bus tour took us to Copley Square. We saw Trinity Church and the New Old South Church. We also saw Fenway Park, the Boston Common and a lot of other sights.

We just learned that we will end up skipping the Bar Harbor stop. We are very disappointed as this was one of the places we wanted to see on this cruise. We are not sure if we will end up in New Brunswick tomorrow night. More tomorrow. We hope we will be close enough to the coast to see some of the many lighthouses that dot the Maine coast.

Small craft warnings prevented the tender operation at Newport, RI and we spent a relaxing day at sea. Fortunately, we had already been to Newport, but we would have like to seen a few new things. The weather at sea was very pleasant and we sat outside both on deck and on our room balcony.

We watched some of the entertainment on board and had a very nice dinner. We will be docking at Boston tomorrow so we will have more to report off the ship. Our stop at Bar Harbor, ME is a tender operation and we are hopeful that we will be able to go ashore there. The weather does not look too promising, however.

Arrived in Brooklyn yesterday after a good drive the last two days. I-80 across Pennsylvania is very pretty and an enjoyable drive in spite of the large number of trucks. We also had an unanticipated drive thru the PA countryside as we were detoured off I-80 for a closure. It was a nice detour for us, but the truckers earned their pay as the roads were very curvy and hilly.

Had an enjoyable Mexican dinner at a local restaurant and had Mescal margaritas, yummy.

Of course we had to get tested for Covid using a proctored test. We both tested negative so we can get on the ship and get into Canada!

We will be posting after our Rhode Island stop tomorrow

Soon we will be driving to New York, NY to hop on our first cruise in five years. We are fully vaccinated and just got the new updated booster shot as well. We are driving because after the cruise we will be going north to New England to New Hampshire and Vermont (Linda’s last US State!!) to see some fall color and sights. Once we are on the cruise, going to New England (Providence, RI; Boston, MA and Bar Harbor, ME) and then on to the Canadian Maritimes (Saint John, NB and Halifax, NS), we will update this blog. The drive to NYC is not that interesting so no posts until we are on the ship.