Boston by Bicycle

We stealth camped at an undisclosed location on the streets of Boston last night, at a little park not far from Harvard. It was a wonderfully quiet and relaxing street camping experience, and so welcome after seeing how campground prices jump from $17.00 for residents up to $55.00 for non-residents (that’s us).

This morning we found bike lanes on the streets and bike paths along the Charles River that led us to the Public Garden, home of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and their eight ducklings Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack from Robert McCloskey’s book “Make Way for Ducklings” one of my favorite young childhood books and (I hope) one of our kids’ favorites too.

The Public Garden did not disappoint (well except for the buskers with their amplified music performances – I wished they were acoustic instead so they didn’t permeate the entire park). But it was so good to see everything Mr. and Mrs. Mallard saw.

Who knew Boston was such a bike friendly city? One of the roads along the River was closed to car traffic and was instead enjoyed by hundreds of bicyclists all out for a ride on a gorgeous Sunday.

We made a wrong turn at one point but found a silver lining in the form of Commonwealth Avenue, a street with east and west lanes separated by a park of its own down the middle with bike lanes on either side.

And we made a new friend at the Capital Burger restaurant too – (Hi Lisa! ) – great burgers along the lines of D.C.’s Capital Grill. Just might be the best burger I’ve ever had – or maybe I was just really hungry but wow that certainly was delicious.

Love this town!