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We had one last day in Boston on our own after the tour ended.
We decided to take the Boston Harbor Islands cruise.
We caught the Boston transit silver line from the airport to the Courthouse stop along the harbor.
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The Boston Light Tour is a 3-hour trip through Boston Harbor National Park. A park ranger describes the history of the harbor and 34 islands. Then we disembarked on Little Brewster Island to visit the first light station in America and only working US lighthouse still maitained by a US Coast Guard keeper.
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Above you see the Boston World Trade Center with a Portuguese navy training ship docked outside.
On the right you can see some famous landmarks of Boston,
from left to right: Zakim Bridge, Old North Church Spire & Bunker Hill Monument.
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Lighthouse keeper, Sally Snow, greeted us. Sally is the 1st female keeper on Little Brewster after 69 male keepers. Her husband explained how the Fresnel lens in the lighthouse works.
Their tiny island home is 1.5 acres at high tide and 3.5 acres at low tide.
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Butterflies were flying all
over this tiny island.
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A sailboat regatta was going on
that day in the harbor. It was
wonderful to watch all the sailboats.
Here they pass Graves Lighthouse
in the distance.
The captain had to change our route
back in since we were in the middle
of the sailboat race.
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After the cruise we did
some more Boston siteseeing.
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We decided to walk the rest of the
Freedom Trail - north past Copp's Hill
Burial Ground, past the site of the
Brink's Robery, over the Charles River
and to the USS Constitution Museum,
and the Bunker Hill Monument.
This marks the site of the first great
battle of the American Revolution.
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Afterward we returned to Long Wharf
and ate a delicious finale dinner
at Legal Seafood of baked stuffed
lobster, & one last bowl of chowder!
YUM!
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Click the links below to see the days of our trip.
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