We're hardly Mark Twain, here, but we did take a meander down a local river yesterday, renting a canoe and floating down the Sudbury River from the South Bridge to the North Bridge in Concord, MA. The diligent among our readers might recall that Kevin & Abigail took Kevin's mom, Michele, to Concord after graduation (pictures of that day are
available here).
Today's float was wonderfully relaxing, affording views of local wildlife, amazing homes (some monstrous new construction, others quaint memorials to a Revolutionary era), and the undersides of centuries-old landmarks. We passed the Old Manse, the home of a number of New England writers, and thus fulfilled our obligation to Abigail's mom to see "Some Old Author's House" with some regularity. We ended at the
North Bridge, the site of the first battle of the Revolutionary War, and the site of the writing and memorial recitation of Emerson's "
Concord Hymn." It is apparent that we can only go so many blog-postings without calling to mind some element of American history.
After our float, we wandered through the main streets of Concord, purchasing some fantastic bread and cheese at a local gourmet food-shop; on the way home, we stopped at a local farmers' market and purchased tomatoes and berries for dinner. It was one of those days that calls one to the suburbs, and we couldn't help but calling out the for-sale signs in front of sprawling old farmhouses along the path back to Boston.
All of our pictures from today are available
here.
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