Recent Weekend Adventures

July 28th was another adventure day for Ed and I. We went biking around the town of Lexington and Concord, MA and the Minuteman National Park. Ed likes to torture me by making me always go look at forts, battlefields or airplanes. So...historically, everything was great -- they had signs posted every couple of yards (we actually stood where Paul Revere was arrested by the British). We also saw several grave sites -- even a couple for British soldiers, which I didn't quite understand because they were imperialists at the time, but whatever... Biking around the battlefields and towns was tons of fun even though we were caught in two downpours (as evidenced by Ed's and my beautiful photographs). And I must say, that I loved biking in the rain -- the puddles were lots of fun! And yes, I do understand that the Massachusetts roads can be toxic -- not to worry, I bathed when I returned home:-)

August 4th, Ed and I decided to go to the Portuguese Festival in New Bedford, MA. Fortunately, we were only there for the day because New Bedford isn't the kind of place that you want to be stuck in during the night because in the morning you would be driving away on a couple of rims (if you're lucky). The festival was interesting, we paid $5 to some guys to "watch" our car. And yes, when we returned, all wheels were still attached to my vehicle. The festival was okay -- we ate some good Portuguese food and had to tolerate some poor US music. You would think that they would've had some sort of traditional Portuguese song/dance, but I guess my expectations were too high. The decorations on a few of the streets and the church were fabulous, but as for the rest of the festival, it has turned in the US version of a fair -- cheap rides and even cheaper games. It was kind of unfortunate. I guess that I was expecting too much from the festival. We also checked out some of the Whaling National Historical Park and historical downtown New Bedford. The National Park even had some pamphlets on the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska -- most Alaskans (minus Ed) don't even travel there much less someone in the Eastern US -- do you actually think that Bostonians know what an Inupiat is and mostly importantly, can they find Barrow on a map? In Ed's class, there are even some people who grew up in Boston and have lived here their entire lives that have never been to New Bedford (1.5 hours outside of the city).

Commerce Street - New Bedford, MA