Boston, Massachusetts

On Friday the 10th of August we left home at 6am to catch a commuter train into Boston that  left at 7am. The train ride was about 60 minutes, the train was comfortable, and it sure is good for folks that need to go into Boston. The traffic back here is horrendous, any time of the day.

When we walked out of the South Station, we saw many food stands including fresh fruit,  vegetables and multiple different kind of bread products throughout  the downtown.

Our first stop was the " The Old State House" we were there when it opened at 900am and within 20 minutes it was standing room only. We decided that we had seen enough of the "Old State House" and left for our second mini adventure of the day.

After a lot of investigation and a subway map, we hopped on a subway and headed toward Fenway Park. (Home of the Red Sox)

The subway is used by many people to get around the Boston area



This is the oldest and smallest baseball diamond in all of baseball.

 It celebrated their 100 year anniversary on April 20th this year

The gentleman wearing these beautiful World Series and League Championship rings was in his 80's and has worked for the Red Sox since the early 90's. He started our tour with corny jokes about the towns people in our group came from. "Seattle, they have to tell the people

 that the bright thing in the sky is the sun". Etc.

Our tour started in the Red Sox merchandise store. 

 

Ted Williams hit the longest home run ever in Fenway Park that landed in this seat, 502 feet from home plate. It knocked out the spectator and put a hole in his straw hat. He had pulled his hat down to shade his eyes from the sun. This year his family members were invited to throw out the first ball at the 100 year celebration on April 20th.  

Last; but not least we toured the capital, it had several unique features, but the person wielding the camera (Kathy) was having issues with the camera operation. So I was not able to use the pictures I took.

 These stained glassed windows hung in the main hall of the capital.

In down town Boston some of the street lights still operate on gas and go 24 hours a day. It is cheaper for the city to leave them on than to pay someone to light them and turn them off.