Thursday we spent the day in Boston. It's a beautiful city with wonderful buildings and so much history. It is so interesting to us to see so many structures from the 16 and 1700s. It was a sunny day, and we had a great lunch in an area of downtown waterfront condos.

There is a tight race for governor here in Mass. There are several tight races for senators and governors in New England. We have been bombarded with all the ads! It is interesting to hear this without a frame of reference as to the candidates and issues. It seems the republicans say the democrats are soft on crime and will tax and spend too much. The democrats say that the republicans will pander to special interests and give tax benefits to the rich. They both say they should work together, but the other guy is not. We decided we don't need to know the names - some things are just the same everywhere.