A Day for Remembering

Memorial Day 2009. A day to remember all those who have represented us in defending our freedoms all around the world.

At the Boston Marriott Copley Place excitement was abuzz. And not just because there wasn't anyone going to work that day. The NCAA Division I Lacrosse Finals was being played that day. The final two teams standing after playoffs leading up to the Finals (gosh! what a novel concept!) were Syracuse and Cornell, two New York schools who had lots of fans in town, not to mention the Orange team staying in the hotel. (FYI: The Division II and III championship games were played the previous day. In case you're wondering...DII: C.W.Post over LeMoyne; DIII: Cortland beat Gettysburg. Hey, where else can you get such comprehensive reporting??)

Meanwhile upstairs in a 32nd floor suite your weary travelers were really glad to see the sunlight of a new day. Seems the night was pretty rough. Your boy here set a new PB...Personal Best. Most "trips" in one night. And we're talking on all fours, bowl-hugging trips. A variety of New England Beers certainly contributed to this little ordeal, but a variety of rich foods seemed to greatly help create this result. The last evidence...please turn away if you have a soft constitution...jasmine rice. The Barking Crab had the final bark.

Never was a $2 ginger ale in the vending machine so welcome. But, hey, they don't give these traveling jobs to a couple of chimps. We managed to get all our stuff packed and downstairs, and then took off to pickup a rent car that we would have the rest of the week.

Figured out how to get out of Boston - it helped that it wasn't a work day - and took off for Kennebunkport. Went through 3 states in 2 hours...but in all fairness...it's further from Dallas to Waco. Found the town - it's over the 25-ft. bridge from Kennebunk - found our B&B, and then went for a late afternoon lunch at Alisson's(not misspelled). No clams or 3 kinds of beers. Things were picking up and more fun yet to come as we enter Phase II of Larry and Cindy Do New England.

Stay tuned.