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It was one of those days when the tulips in Boston's Public Garden were exploding in color......
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.....and recent college graduates in robes and mortarboards were wandering for pictures with their respective families.
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The pedal-powered swan boats had lines of tourists waiting to ride around the lagoon in the Public Garden.
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The pedestrian walkways in the Public Garden were thronged with people out and about.
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Did I mention there were tulips everywhere?
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The George Washington statue in the Public Garden.
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Walkers and snackers on the Boston Common.
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An iconic view of the Hood milk bottle adjacent to Fort Point Channel and the Children's Museum.
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At the end of my 14,000-step wandering in Boston - including a vegan Indian lunch in the Seaport District, it's time to catch the train from South Station for the relaxing ride back to Kingston and then the short drive home. I am liking this train routine as my new preferred method to visit the great city of Boston - especially since I was side-swiped by a high speed hit-and-run auto driver on the Southeast Expressway a few weeks back, narrowly averting disaster.
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