Feeling at home in Hull Bay across from Boston

After saying goodbye to Laurie and Mike and getting back to our moored boat we found Priority coming a bit close to the moored boat behind us.  We met Mike's friend, Frank, who is also a very good friend to us now, too. Frank offered his nearby mooring which has worked well this week. Thanks, Frank.

From our mooring, we are close to the end of the Hull peninsula with a ferry dock to all the Boston Islands and to downtown Boston and the giant Hull #1 windmill (there are two).

Taking a ferry to Georges Island we visited Fort Warren built in 1850 using granite from nearby Quincy.  Fort Warren never saw battle but trained thousands of militia soldiers, held Civil War Confederate soldiers, sailors and political prisoners. Visitors must come by ferry or private boat. We decided to take the ferry since we were not sure of docking conditions and currents run strong through the islands.

Traveling on a faster Harbor Express ferry we visited downtown Boston on Wednesday.  We shared a bench on the ferry with a couple who have been commuting to Boston to work on this ferry for the past 16 years. We landed near Quincy Market, walked the Freedom Trail, visited the USS Constitution (sister ship to Baltimore's USS Constellation) and climbed the Bunker Hill Monument.  It felt like the summer in the Chesapeake Bay being hot and humid with threatening thunderstorms.

We did a little downtown Boston shopping to get Jay some new boat shoes.  He lost his old ones.

Thursday we walked to Ft. Revere high on the hill here in Hull.  The Boston Lighthouse flashes every ten seconds out on the island behind Jay. It is the oldest active lighthouse in the US shining bright!  Boston was well protected with lots of forts and they did a good job.

We have had a great visit to the Boston area but time to move on northward. Happy 4th of July!