Visit to Lexington and Concord

It was another beautiful day in Boston. This morning Ira picked up a car and we drove out to Lexington and Concord. We left about 9:30 and didn't get back to the hotel until about 3:30.

In Lexington the first stop was Lexington Green, a triangular plot of lawn where the first shot was fired and the first deaths occurred in the Revolutionary War.

The statue is of a Minute Man.

Another stop was along the trail to Concord where the National Park Service has an interpretive center. We were in time for a half-hour multi-media presentation about how the Revolutionary War started. It was very well done and clearly showed the both the British and American troop movements. It showed how Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to alert the Minute Men that the British were coming by sea.

There is a long trail along the original road from Lexington to Concord and many people were hiking along it. We stopped at another spot where a family had turned one room of their house into a bar. There happened to be a "reenactment troop" of British Red Coats camped there and demonstrating how things would have been. They are all volunteers and go to various places on week-ends from April through October. That was a fun stop.

One of our last stops was at the famous bridge in Concord where some of the Minute Men met a small group of British troops - all of this in 1775.

It was after 1:30 when we headed back toward Boston, stopping in Charleston for lunch. Back at the hotel we had to say good-bye to our good friends and great guides, Iran and Fran. They planned such a marvelous trip for us and they enjoyed the trip as well. Many of the places we went were new for them as well.

The rest of the afternoon was spent resting, packing, and getting ready to head back to Green Valley tomorrow. We went out for some dinner at the California Pizza Company, close by. They were very busy so we took a seat at the bar. As it turned out, it was a better show than the football game. The small young gal who was making the drinks was interesting to watch. She was very fast and efficient and very busy. The pizza and salad were good. It has turned very cold and windy and is expected to get into the 30s tonight.

Our flight in the morning isn't until 10:30 so we don't have to get up too early. Next post will be from Green Valley.

That's it for now. Grace and Paul