Mom's Visit: June 22 - 26, 2000
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Saturday, June 24th
 

One thing my mom wanted to do while she was in town was go on a whale watch, so I got tickets for the New England Aquarium Whale Watch. I decided that this would also be something that my little brother, Jerry, would really enjoy, so I invited him along as well!
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A picture of Jerry and me at the start of the trip.  Jerry is sporting his new sunglasses.
Here is a picture of all three of us, taken by a very nice young lady.
Jerry, inside the the boat, while we were waiting for it to leave.
Mom and Jerry waiting for the boat to leave.
A picture of the harbor, as we were heading out to sea.
One of the lighthouses in the harbor.
Jerry, at the front of the boat as we were heading out to sea.
And another.
Here is one of me and Jerry at the front of the boat.
We finally got to where the whales were. Here is a candid shot of mom as we were looking for the whales.
She spotted me.
I wasn't quite used to the camera yet, and didn't realize it took a second or two for the camera to focus and take the shot.  Afterwards, I figured out I should have set the focus manually.  Oh well,  I got a lot of shots of water.   :-)
The best shot I gout out of about 18.   At least you can see the whale in this one.
And gone.
Heading back in.  When the boat is at speed, the wind on the water is quite something, so mom borrowed my sweatshirt.
Jerry on the front of the boat as we head back into Boston.
And one of yours truely.
A plane landing at logan.  The boat took us right under the flight path.
Boston, from the water.
And another.
One of the ships in the bay.  This was just a small one. If it had been a few weeks later, mom would have got to see a whole bunch of tall ships as Sail Boston came into town.
The Boston skyline as we docked.
After the whale watch, we headed over to Quincy Market, where there was a puppet festival going on.  Jerry tried his hand at being a puppet.
After the whale watch, we got tickts for Shear Madness, the longest-running play in the history of the American theatre. It was fun.   :-)


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