A Whale of a tail

Hi again:
We decided to go whale watching today. Our whale watching cruise started from Long Pier in Boston Harbor at 10:30. It was 50 degrees out when we left the motorhome so we took extra outer wear. They warned us in their literature to do so and we were prepared. The sky was mostly clear and with the cool air, it made for a nice day. It was very breezy going out to the area were the whales were. I believe they said it was 20 miles off shore. It took about an hour to get out there; an hour to watch the whales; and another hour to get back to the harbor. You could still see the Boston skyline in the background but it would have been a loooong swim back.Ha!

We got to see three pairs of whales. One of the pair was a mother and her calf that I believe were humpback whales plus another pair of adult humpback whales. The third pair was of a different breed. We got some fairly good video and some pictures. I'll upload the best video for this post. This area is feeding ground for the whales and they are usually here from April to October before they head down south. For being such large animals, they are sure graceful in the water.

After we got back from the whale watch, we went to visit Cheers (from TV fame) and have lunch. You walk downstairs and through the door just like on TV but everything else is different. We had to go to a different floor for our meal. The menu and quality of food was about like Applebee's. Nice meal. There is another Cheers a few blocks away that is set up like the TV show so we stopped to take a look. They had a square bar like the show but that was about all. It was in a big glassed-in area in a market area. A lot different than the show.

We got home about dark and ready to call it a day. It was a good day and we both enjoyed all the sites. We are not sure what direction we will head off into tomorrow so stay tuned. We think we will have two to three more days of sightseeing here before we move on. Having a great time and we'll write more tomorrow.