An Unusual Day for Walking

Tuesday Feb 8^th walk was not my normal walk. I walked over fourteen miles. Which I have not done in a while. The unusual part about that was only a quarter mile was in Stamford. Two miles were at JFK Airport and the rest of the miles walked were in Boston MA.

Jet Blue Airlines had been advertising a fare of $29.00 one way to Boston and I thought why not try it. So, I flew to Boston spent six hours walking the streets and took the Acela Train back to Stamford that evening.

I arrived in Boston at 9:45 am and took the free shuttle bus from Logan Airport to Downtown Boston. It took about fifteen minutes to get to the South Street Train Station.

From there I walked to the Institute for Contemporary Art Museum.  The exhibits were interesting, and the view of the harbor from the museum was like a scene in a play

It was then time for lunch, and I walked to Quincy Market and had nice choice of food to pick from.

After lunch it was off to the Charleston Navy Yard where Old Ironsides (USS Constitution}  is berthed.  My Uncle Mark was assigned to Old Ironsides for a while during WWII. Because it is an active ship of the US Navy, they must have sailors assigned to it. There is also a museum about Old Ironsides right next door.  Definitely worth viewing.

From there it is a short walk to Bunker Hill.  The monument was closed so I was not able to walk up to the top of it. It was still worth the visit

I retraced my steps to downtown and decided to head to the Boston Commons.  I passed by the Old North Church and Paul Reveres house along the way.

At the Boston Commons there was a young man standing on the walkway with a sign saying portraits for one dollar.  I decided to see what he could do. Here is

the portrait of me. The hat and scarf are certainly me. I definitely  got my money’s worth.

Time to head to the train station.  The Acela train took less that three hours to go from Boston to Stamford. I barely had time to finish my book on Kindle.

Today I traveled by car, train, bus, airplane and of course walking.