Boston

Wednesday, 17 June (Boston):
Again, we got a late start and headed to the commuter train station for our ride into Boston. Even at 9:30am, they had plenty of parking available at $4.00 a day. You just shove four ones into the little slot below your space number and you’re good to go. Our train was pretty neat, with a second level with lots of windows. The trip cost $7.50 one-way from Middleboro to South Station, Boston and took about an hour to get there. We’d planned on eating clam chowder at the same place we had many years ago, but it was a bit early and I wasn’t sure just where it had been, so we decided to walk along the Oceanside towards the Faneuil Hall. After browsing the stores a bit and seeing all the yummy food vendors, we decided to eat somewhere nearby. We asked one of the non-food vendors where the best clam chowder was and he assured us that Legal Seafood had the best. We backtracked a bit, found the restaurant, and even though it seemed a bit upper class, we checked out the menu and after seeing that their award-winning chowder was only $6.50 a bowl, we got a table out side. Their chowder has been served at the Presidential Inaugurations since 1981, so we each ordered a bowl and then a small plate of fried clams to share. Everything was fresh and delicious and the service was outstanding. With coffee, the bill only came to about $27.00. After lunch, we returned to Faneuil Hall and Quincy’s Market to browse a bit, then on to the Old North Church and Paul Revere’s House. The Old North Church is where the famous signal “one if by land and two if by sea…” was given. Admission was free and a young guy gave a very informative talk about the occurrences there. Next, we walked back towards the Boston Common. After stolling around a bit and J.C. posing with one of the frogs at Frog Pond, we decided to ride the famous Swan Boat. It was only $2.75 each and was a very pretty and peaceful ride. Leaving the Common, we decided to check out Chinatown. Chinatown was ok, but no big thing like apparently it is in San Francisco for example, so we crossed the bridge to find the Boston Tea Party ship and see if we could locate the restaurant we’d eaten chowder in before. Well, unfortunately, the Boston Tea Party ship is no longer there, but we did find the restaurant for sure. It’s called the Barking Crab. I remember they were a rather run down looking place but had awesome clam chowder. We didn’t really feel like chowder again, and being only 5pm or so it was a bit too early for dinner anyways. The return train we’d planned to catch was at 6:52pm, so we strolled around a bit, then returned to South Station to wait for the train. About 6:30, we got some Chinese food to go from the station’s Master Wok restaurant and boarded our train back to Middleboro/Lakeville. We had a pleasant trip back, eating our Chinese food along the way, then back to the KOA. Tomorrow we leave Boston for New Hampshire, stopping for a bit in my birthplace of Wolfeboro, Laconia to visit my mother’s grave, then on to the Littleton/Lisbon KOA for a few nights.

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