Boston Trip: Part II

Our second day in Boston we decided to do the famed "Freedom Trail" - which I (erroneously) thought would be a nice trail through shaded woods, rather than a grueling walk on cobblestone-paved roads through the city of Boston. It was actually fun to see the different sites, including the USS Constitution "Old Ironsides". Link is ready to set sail:

At the other end of the "Trail" was Boston Common; Boston's attempt at Central Park. (I have to say NY wins that one hands-down) Lincoln wanted to chase the pigeons around. Here he is planning his attack:

Then we went to Walden Pond. It was beautiful, but the unexpected thing was that now it is largely a beach/swim area - not quite what Thoreau had in mind, I'm guessing. Lincoln had fun playing in the sand.