Two if by sea

As the famous poem about Paul Revere's midnight ride goes:

one if by land, two if by sea

we would have had to hang two lights from the Old North Church Tower (if you are not following me here, you need to review your American Revolutionary history) to welcome Jon's parents and sister, Megan. They were able to arrange a cruise out of NYC to Nova Scotia and New Foundland that had a port day in Boston that coincided with my day off - truly monumentous as my schedule seems to maximize the social engagements that I have to miss due to being on-call!

Although their visit was brief, we took advantage of the 80 degree September sunshine and toured the city via the famous Boston Duck Tours, which take full advantage of the WWII amphibious craft and include a ride on the Charles River.






Here we are in the reflection of the Handcock building. If you zoom in, you might just pick out Jon leaning over the side to snag this photo!



After a brief stop at our apartment and dinner at a nearby Belgian Pub which is quickly becoming one of our favorites, it was back to the ship for the seafarers and off to Maine.

Meanwhile, Jon and I are enjoying what has been billed as the best season in Boston! Warm sunny days and cool nights and just the hint of color change on the leaves has marked our first experience of fall in New England. Jon is hundreds of pages of reading deep into his course on the Pentatuch and I am enjoying a week of elective(aka a normal 40 hour work week, which explains why I'm updating you) sandwiched between my last four weeks in the medical intensive care unit and my three week tour in the emergency department.