The weather was windy but sunny & warm enough to keep us from getting chilled. We drove over to Southie first to visit Castle Island, a fort that was built to protect Boston's harbor. It juts right out into the harbor & now connects to the mainland. The north side looks across the harbor to Logan Airport & the cruise line terminals.
We ate lunch from Sullivan's - an old time fast-order stand where we got hot dogs, cheeseburgers & the world's best onion rings. We were going to get ice cream after walking around, but by the time we finished our loop the line was crazy long so we decided against it.
Then we drove over to Fan Pier where the Volvo Ocean Race festivities were in full swing. Hundreds of competitors participate in Pro-Am races in Boston Harbor from April 25 - May 16. The participants also crew the 7 sailing yachts that travel from Alicante, Spain to eventually St. Petersburg, Russia over the course of 9 months, covering 37,000 nautical miles. Boston was one of the eleven global stop-overs & the only one in North America. It was fun to get up close to the boats & watch the crew care for them.
After enjoying the music & merriment, we continued along the Harborwalk & made our way to the aquarium. We didn't go in, though, because the ice cream from Emack & Bolio's
was calling to us! Ice creams, root beer float & egg creme in hand, we made our way back to our car via the new Rose Kennedy Greenway, which now occupies the area the elevated I-93 used to be in before the infamous Big Dig tunnel project.
All in all, it was a very nice way to spend Mothers' Day with my mom & my family.
