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Fourth of July weekend 2006 featured a nice trip to Boston. Maggie and I both took Monday off from work, so
we each had a 4 day weekend, thanks to the holiday on Tuesday. We took the opportunity to visit Boston, which is one
of our favorite places for repeat visits. It helps that we usually have a free place to stay when we go there.
My buddy Dan Valentine (friend from college) lives in Waltham, not too far away. So we left to drive up to his place
Saturday morning and arrived early afternoon.
 
On Sunday, Maggie, Dan and I took the high speed ferry to Provincetown. P-town is a very interesting place.
If you don't know why it's interesting, then you probably don't want to know. But it has some nice shops and restaurants
and such, so it's not a bad place to visit. I just don't think I'd be able to handle staying there for too long.
Unfortunately, the weather wasn't great. It was mostly cloudy and quite windy, as evidenced by Maggie's hair in the
third picture. (Another advantage of being bald is that there's nothing for the wind to mess up). Anyway, we had
a nice time, and took the ferry back to Boston in time for a late dinner on Newbury St.
While Tuesday was the actual July 4th holiday, we spent that day in the car on the ride back to NJ. Overall, it
was a fun, relaxing trip. It's always nice to see friends that I don't get to see very often. And if I ever get
around to it, I'll post more pictures from the weekend. I'm intending to eventually open a new page on my web site specifically
for use as a photo album of all our trips. We'll see if I ever get around to that...
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The first thing we did was head to Faneuil Hall, where we then met up with another college pal, Scott Aftuck. The
four of us took in some food and adult beverages at various establishments in the area. The first picture shows me,
Scott, Dan and Maggie at the Salty Dog at Faneuil Hall, which was our dinner choice for the evening. The next picture
is just a shot of Maggie with my blueberry beer at the Boston Beer Works on Canal St later on.
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On Monday, we basically spent the day road-tripping. First we drove to Salem, MA (of witch trial fame) and took
a brief look around town. Then we hit the road again and headed north. We ended up making stops at the outlets
just over the border in Maine and at one of the New Hampshire state liquour stores. (Cheap booze!). And we made
back to Boston in time to meet up with Scott again for another meal and some more adult beverages.
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