Duck Tour

It’s Sunday in Boston! What to do, what to do? Well if you’re a complete tourist (and who isn’t when they’re visiting a strange place), you eat and do silly tours. First the silly tour! Eating later!

quack quack, whooooo!
Boston Duck Tours (apparently there are Duck Tours all over the world) is a tour of Boston’s touristy parts in a duck. Well officially a DUKW. WWII surplus that’s still in use today. And still seaworthy. But instead of crossing the Charles River to invade and liberate Cambridge from the forces of the politically correct, we just swam around in the river. Fun! The Duck Tours here are extremely popular and the weekends are usually sold out. Fortunately DSD has a concierge in her hotel who was able to swing some tickets. “the concierge is yr fren!”

A tip of the hat to a WWII phenomonon
The tour itself takes you around downtown and much of the tourist areas that are accessible by road. Of course, if you’ve got time, chances are you’ve seen much of these spots already on foot. But if you’re pressed for time, this is a fun alternative. You also get to see things that don’t have the same impact if you were to see them on foot.

The fancy cable stayed Charles River Bridge.
When we were in the Charles, we went under several bridges and learned about various buildings on the waterfront. The most fun thing was that the guide asked for volunteers (first kids then kid like adults) to steer the boat.

The approach to the river where the duck began to swim…
I didn’t step up BTW. I behaved myself. Although it looked fun…

Somehow things look nicer when seen from da water

See what I mean?