We are still the same people but oh so different, it seems like yesterday and it seems like another lifetime ago that we were two stupid youngsters foolishly stepping into our life together. Sometimes I look at him and think “I don’t even know who you are” and then other times he seems as familiar as one of my limbs.
Happy Anniversary to us June 30th, 2019! It’s also our golden anniversary being 30 on the 30th. It was my year to plan our adventure to celebrate. I was consulting the Google for romantic getaways and Maine kept popping up. We’d never been to Maine and B placed an embargo on traveling anywhere over an ocean and out of the country this year. I don’t believe he wanted to travel that far across the country either when he he found out where we were headed. Yet, I had three friends mention having flown into Boston and drove up to Maine while I was thinking about it. I felt like it was a sign! That’s where we were supposed to go. I’m writing the memory of it, so that’s the story I’m sticking with.
We left on June 26th and flew directly to Boston. We rented a car and quickly figured out that it is almost as challenging as driving in NYC, at least I imagine (I’ve never actually driven in NYC). We had a very challenging time finding our hotel and honestly went in a circle three times before figuring out how to get in to the parking garage. We stayed in the Boston Harbor hotel. I also made reservations at a highly rated restaurant from Yelp. It was definitely the power business crowd hangout, we were slightly underdressed but had delicious food.
Sadly, I only spent exactly enough time on this balcony to meditate and take a few photos but the views were pretty spectacular.
The next day we headed out to walk the Freedom Trail. 2.5 miles of historical sights that seemed way longer than 2.5 miles. On the way, we found an east coast version of the Falafel King.
The Capital Building.
I’m pretty sure that the Rhino below is a symbol of “The Rhino Principal”. B found that principle early on and has always claimed that was his mission statement as an entrepreneur. If you aren’t familiar with it, here’s an explanation I found in Forbes magazine:
“The rhino is not a particularly subtle or clever animal. It’s the last of the antediluvian quadrupeds to carry a great weight of body armor. And by all the rules of progressive design and the process of natural selection the rhino ought to have been eliminated. But it hasn’t been. Why not? Because the rhino is single-minded. When it perceives an object, it makes a decision–to charge. And it puts everything it’s got into that charge. When the charge is over, the object is either flattened or has gone a long way into cover, whereupon the rhino instantly resumes browsing. This principle can be applied to many other things, particularly business. When an entrepreneur has an object in his line of vision, he should dismiss all other considerations from his mind, abandon all other activities and charge directly at that object, continuing to charge until the object has been secured. All kinds of qualities are needed to make a great businessman. But aggressive single-mindedness is by far the most important. Indeed, it is indispensable.”
We walked through Paul Revere’s house. I had no idea what a great entrepreneur he was or that he had so many children – 16!
But the most interesting thing of the day was B dropping his wallet somewhere along the Freedom Trail and a very honest person finding it and turning it into the Ranger station. They called American Express and American Express called B before he even realized it was missing. When we got back to the hotel and went to pack up and head to Maine, we told the valet about it. He absolutely could not believe it was returned at all, let alone with everything in it. Lelu said it was probably because honest people are interested in freedom and history and I tend to agree. B’s explanation was that things just always work out for him. I’m just really grateful for the good samaritan and am sending blessings to him or her. Off to Maine.