A Saturday trip to Boston

To get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early; (Walt Whitman, 1854)

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there. (Fred Allen) JUST KIDDING!

I DID get up early to got with the young women/men to the Temple in Boston. Which was really quite fun. And the ride was beautiful. I drove on RTE 2 which is in "northern Mass." I know, I know, with such a little state how can there be a NORTHERN? Well, the terrain in this little state is so variable, once again, not like CA or UT, but enough that I can see why people here refer to "Western Mass" and "Northern Mass." Even if it weren't prettier than I-90 (or the Mass pike), it is my route of choice to get to Boston....FREE!!! Another day, I will take more time for myself and go to Walden Pond, Lexington and Concorde, and a few other "sites" I saw signs for. This time I continued into Framington, nearer to Boston to visit a friend with whom I went SLOT CAR RACING. I had never heard of it, but it was pretty. The track is right by my friends house and he apparently used to go down there as a kid all the time. There were a few young boys there and they were into it just as much as the men were. It was really kinda fun, but I'm not sure how people could get so into it. There are magazines, championships, and more "upgrades" for the little vehicles than for third generation Jettas....crazy stuff, but a good time.

Speaking of signs, I saw this sign on my way. I tried to get a picture from the internet of one, but no one else must see this as interesting. There are signs on RTE 2 just before the crest of a few hills: Solar glare in AM. Ok I don't think the message is funny, I think it is intelligent and really helpful to help drivers prepare for what is over the hill, but "solar glare?" I think that is a funny way to say "Drivers, the sun will be in your eyes when you reach the top of the hill." Obviously, the sign is much more direct, so I can't really think of a simple way to put it, but it caught my funny bone as I was driving.

I've had a few incidences since I've been here that could fall under the category of "things that make you go, hmmmm?" The following is definitely one of them. As I found a parking spot at the temple I was pretty excited to park next to another Jeep. It was dark blue and a Cherokee, but there was a little part of me that was thinking "it is a Jeep thing, you just wouldn't understand!" Then as I got out of my car and walked around I noticed it had Idaho plates. I know, at the LDS temple...ooooo, like that is hard to understand. But a Utah and an Idaho plated jeep parking next to one another in BOSTON! The timing, the coincidence, the situation, all stars in the proper alignment....hmmmmm!