The Exeter conference wrapped up on Friday morning and I drove down to Boston to meet my friend from college, Jeff O. I parked the car at the Riverside T stop (information for you Boston lovers) and took the T to Government Center and met Jeff. We camped on Lovell's Island in the Boston Harbor National Park Area. These glacial drumlins are small islands (ranging in size from less than and acre to a couple hundred of acres) that have been preserved as a national park area in which camping is allowed.
Jeff and I took a boat from Long Wharf to George's Island, the most built up of the islands in the harbor. From there we took a smaller interisland shuttle boat to Lovell's Island. During the early 1900's these islands were used by the military, as forts and gunsights were built to protect Boston from attack during the Spanish-American War as well as WWI. Since then, they have fallen out of service, but you can still see the remnants of these structures on the islands. We were about five miles away from downtown, but could see and hear the flights coming in and out of Logan Airport as well as see the fireworks that were being set off in the town of Hull.
After a night's sleep on what turned out to be mighty hard-packed sand, Jeff and I took the boat back to Boston. We ate in Boston's North End, which is now quite accessible given the freeway is underground due to the infamous Big Dig. After a great Italian lunch we had dessert at Mike's Pastry's. Order online and have fresh cannoli shipped to you. Yum.
It was a great way to spend a night in Boston with a dear friend. Lastly, here are three memorable topics of conversations revolved around three main topics. 1) alternative voting methods to plurality voting, 2) the death penalty and 3) how we both tend not to tell our mother's very much about our lives and why. But Mom, you have to admit that this blog is keeping you updated, huh?
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