Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween!!

It was a beautiful day for a walk, so I took advantage of that this morning, heading toward the site of the Boston Tea Party. On the way, I stopped at two lovely parks, Eastport Park and Martin’s Park.

Martin’s Park is intended to be a climate resistant park, with plants, stone and wood to connect children to nature.There is a climate stripes project designed by Professor Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. Each stripe represents a year, starting in 1850 and going to 2023, with colors that represent the average global temperature for that year. As you can see, the stripes are progressing from blue and dark blue to light blue, coral and red.

As I walked on, I noticed several delightful sculptures along Seaport Boulevard, plus a campaign sign for Seaport’s First Ever Dog Mayor, election to be held tomorrow. May the best pooch win.

The Boston Tea Party took place at Griffin’s Wharf, now named Independence Wharf, located in front of the Intercontinenal Hotel.

Returning to the ship, I came upon some “pop-up” shops. This site will host a Holiday Market – Snowport, with shops that will be up between November 8 and December 29.

The ship is getting ready for a Halloween Party this evening. Some of the crew have created Jack-o-Lanterns for us to vote on. Hard decision!

We left port at 4:00 pm today, heading next to New York City.