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Happy travels, Phill, Shellie, Bix, Brooke

Boston - Day 5

Boston - Day 5


Today we are going to go on a whale watch and to the Science Museum.  If we have enough energy we're going to do a Charles River Cruise.

We took a cab to the wharf and got there right when the 9am cruise was leaving.  So we were first in line for the 10am cruise we had reserved.  That way we could get primo spots on the aft deck.  We met two other groups in line and hung out with them on the cruise.  Miranda was from Boston and she had a lot of tips, having been on the whale watch before.

After about an hour drive toward Cape Cod, we saw our first humpback whale.  It was all alone and kind of far away, so after a few minutes we journeyed onward and found a whole bunch of them.  Several people including Bix saw three whales breaching (jumping out of the water) and we all saw them repeatedly surfacing and showing their tails as the dove for food.  Towards the end of the tour, we got very close to them and could really appreciate how large they are.  Shellie even saw two more jumping out of the water.

We went in search for lunch, but the place that was recommended was outside-only seating so we caught a cab to the Science Museum and ate there.

We could have spent hours there - there were so many interactive exhibits - here's just a sampling of things we could do and did:

  • Shellie saw a live chicken hatching from a group of eggs
  • Brooke measured how efficient her stride was
  • We saw an exhibit on spiders with huge blown up parts of the spider and closeup pictures
  • We went to a math exhibit that showed the history of mathematics
  • We saw an exhibit that showed a sampling of 20+ people from around the world and what they ate every day
  • We saw a life-sized t-rex
  • We saw a giant Van der Graaf generator (but missed the show where they create lightning)

And we still didn't do everything.  We took a cab back, but instead of going to the hotel we went to the nearest store to pick up beer and breakfast items and then walked about a mile to our hotel.  Kind of a bad move, but we made it.  To top it off the kids ordered delivery pizza which had NO SAUCE - Otto - not recommended.



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