15,000 Steps, Downtown, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

This day was one of those unseasonably warm mid-December days we don't often see. I took advantage with a 15,000 step walk through parts of downtown. It amazes me how much area I can cover sometimes - just keep putting one foot in front of the other - no big plan usually, just see where the whim takes me on any given day.

This skate park is located beneath the Zakim Bridge and was bustling with activity.











A surprising number of young folks were wearing face masks - not everyone but, quite a few of them.

Even joggers were wearing masks.



So too, this T. Rex at the Museum of Science had on a mask!



But, no masks on Acorn Street - doesn't make for good portraits.



I am surprised that the ducks at the "Make Way for Duckings" artwork had not been fitted with whimsical masks.



This very talented busker regaled folks in the Public Garden with Christmas carols.



Winding back through the Boston Common, folks were hanging out in the fading daylight. A few days after I was here, this gently sloping hillside in the Boston Common became a popular slope for snow fun as the area experienced it's first major snowstorm of the winter season.



The Downtown Crossing area is decked out for the holiday season.

As always, it was a great day to wander about the world class city of Boston. It never ceases to amaze me at the range of humanity one encounters in a big city - from sane to crazy and everything in between.

On this day, I walked from Post Office Square up Congress Street past Faneuil Hall, then the Greenway, then the Zakim Bridge, then past the Science Museum, along the Charles River and Storrow Drive, along Charles Street through part of Beacon Hill, to the Public Garden, the Common, Downtown Crossing, and finishing up back where I started about 15,000 steps later at Post Office Square.