Iceland Part 1

Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017: Our trip to Iceland actually began with a day in Boston. Marv and I stayed the night near DTW so we could fly out at 7:30AM, rented a car at the Boston airport, and picked-up Kris and Heidi at the motel where they stayed at the end of their one week driving tour through Canada to Boston. We had “done” Boston and the Freedom Trail on our way back from The Azores in 2012 so all agreed it would be nice to see Lexington and Concord this time. We spent the day at Minuteman National Historical Park with a nice lunch at an outdoor café in Lexington before Marv and I returned the car to the rental place while Kris and Heidi parked their car in airport parking and we all met at the Icelandic Airlines gate to take the all night flight to Reykjavik.

The Visitors Center near Lexington at the beginning of the lineal park.
Here we saw "The Road To Revolution," a multimedia theater program that provides an excellent introduction to the park story. The program depicts Paul Revere's Ride and the battles at Lexington Green, North Bridge and along the Battle Road. The visitor center exhibits include a forty-foot mural that portrays the fighting between Colonists and British Regulars.

The master of the house greeted Kris and me and showed us around.

Whittemore House master greets a visiting neighbor.

Firearms demonstration

Walking the Battle Road Trail was my first chance to see how the crutches and I
were going to get along on this very active trip that would require lots of hiking. 

The Minuteman Statue stands near The North Bridge, down
a long hill below the North Bridge Visitors Center.

The Concord River and the North Bridge have been restored to
their 17th century bucolic settings.

The North Bridge site of "The shot heard 'round the world".

An informative Minuteman talked to us on the Concord Green
where a lot of action took place.