Had a lovely spring vacation driving thru N.E.
(a 7-1/2 hr drive from home, to my son's apt in Lowell. MA)
Saw Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Mass, Upstate NY.

Drove to Kinnebunkport Maine to have lobster-roll for lunch
(and lobster dinners, are everywhere). sea-food galore -
mussels, clams, cod, shrimp, sea bass, salmon, haddock,
swordfish,, and on & on.... (don't wanna even check my mercury levels)

Seaports, towns, Historic Sites
(Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was awesome )
Took a total of 332 pix on my digital camera,
and 10 on my cell phone


.......and one day in Boston that was the most painful,
miserable day I've spent in years!

We took the train from Lowell, Mass
(my son's working at an Equity, Repertory theatre there)
to Boston (45 mins) and relied on public transportation (bummer)
tour trolley (big waste), subway (packed like sardines-SRO),
and must've walked at least 3 miles in one day (a lot-too much for me)- all in the cold (45-50 degrees), windy, and wet (rain, all day) and every cab we tried to hail, passed us by.
So we walked, & walked, & walked, & walked &......
Legs hurt, feet were on fire and hurt galore, empysema was terrible, hip arthritis was painful, barometric pressure caused havoc with the PN. The only plus was a rest-stop (there were quite a few, for me), to have a pint of Guinness.

A day I'll try to forget, but doubt that I ever will.

But the other 7 were just lovely (after recuperating from Boston)
And I'm back, being irascible and annoying, as ever.