Boston Harbor July 4 from George's Island
Boston Harbor on a holiday is this total crossroads--ferries to Provincetown and Salem, Hingham and Quincy, tiny water taxis speeding to the airport, boats headed to the Harbor Islands full of folks with gear to picnic, swim and hike, and some headed far out to the Boston Light or to whale watch, tour boats chuffing round the harbor with folks just laying back to see the sites.
The old battered wooden hull of the U.S.S Constitution (THE older commissioned vessel in the U.S. Navy, thank you very much) being hauled out by tugs for one of its regular turnarounds so it doesn't rot at its mooring, slender sail boats leaning far into the wind on this breezy fourth,
An enormous Death Star of a cruise ship, talller then the convention center, looming at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, shining superyachts tied up at the Boston Harbor Hotel, white with the useless gleaming white of celebrity teeth, unweildy Duck Boats, three masted wooden ships out of a time machine beginnin to arrive for Tall Ships week, police boats and working tugs, and a few battered fishing boats, still.
Take the boat out to one of the islands, and the city skyline fades to a peaceful, blue, toylike vision in the distance, and all the hubbub of the port quiets to the island docks and the quiet wakes of sailboats. A great place to gain some perspective, and look at the city where people began to take the actions that launched a nation.
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