Sunset Cruise in Boston Harbor |
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On Saturday night Laurie and I joined her mom and dad for a trip into Boston. Walking from South Station along the waterfront, we came to Long Wharf, where we met up with Bill and Lauren and went for a quick supper. Laurie, her folks and I then proceeded to take a ferry ride on one of "Boston's Best Cruises" boats for a sunset cruise. |
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| It was a beautiful evening, and lots of boats were in the inner harbor, including this beauty of a schooner. |
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| Laurie with her parents looking out over the inner harbor. |
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| Deer Island Light, an efficient if not very romantic replacement for the lighthouse I remember from summers on the harbor as a kid. |
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| Long Island, with its lighthouse and boats passing; we're right between this light and Deer Island light. |
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| We proceeded out the main channel past Nixes' Mate between Gallops and Lovell islands and on out to Boston Lighthouse. |
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| Hull, directly across the harbor from the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island. |
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| We headed back through Quincy harbor, passing by Hull gut, the narrow stretch of water between Hull's tip and Peddock's Island. |
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| Laurie and her mom while we are off the east end of Peddock's. |
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| George's Island, home to Ft. Warren. |
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| The sun setting over boston, as seen from the channel between Thompson Island and Spectacle Island. |
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| The setting sun is behind us in this photo as we look at the Boston skyline. |
| We ended the evening at the USS Constitution, for the firing of her cannon at sunset. |