a walk in Boston

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Skippy and I went for a different route today for our walk. Boston is only a couple miles away, but not usually our destination. Today I had a little business nearby, so we walked from MIT along the Charles River, up by the Museum of Science and then down the Boston side, over the Longfellow Bridge and then back to our starting point. Yes it was chilly, cold, windy, brrr.

The river is mostly frozen over now after a couple weeks of bitter cold here. There are big sections of ice in geometric patterns pushing up against each other. And there are a few areas of open water where massive water pumps below are forcing turbulence.

In the open water are plastic wrapped yachts and flocks of ducks. Amazing that the ducks hang out here. Toes in the water. I'm cold just watching them.

The icy wind blew Skippy's ears almost off his head, and my hair was blown everywhere. And there was also the noisy T (train). Back and forth every few minutes and LOUD!

Skippy enjoyed a little park on the Boston side of the river, behind the fields by MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital), where he could run free and check out the water. He's a true water dog and looked at home scaling the icy rocks on the banks.

Skippy has a thick long winter coat now. I have been marveling at it and tell his groomer to let it grow a bit more. Shiny, warm, velveteen and black as night. Beautiful. (I just had my plain old red fleece....)

Well, it was a fun walk. Maybe we'll check the river out again after it warms up....