They awakened at 4:00PM. LT quickly went downstairs to brew coffee (set up the night before by Eli) and concoct a 4 egg cheese omelette. At 5:15AM, faithful,devoted, alert, eldest daughter Hillary drove them the 8 miles to LAX. With their American Airlines Gold Priority 1,000,000 mile pass, they danced through the security line and boarded Flight # 222 to Boston at 6:20AM. Eli had purchased every magazine and literate newspaper available at Hudson's. They sat in 15A& B. Having survived the 9 hour flight from Rome to Charlotte, NC, and then the 4 hour flight from Charlotte to LAX, the relativelyl short 5 hour flight to Boston--Logan seemed like a catnap.
Once they deplaned in Boston, at 3:15 local time, they took the shuttle to Thrifty. Logan has expanded so much, that the shuttle took 15 minutes to drive them to the actual Thrifty car lot. They were given a big Chevy. Eli checked out the controls, LT picked a good PBS radio station and they took off for Rockport.
They found 1A, and patiently followed its meandering until it eventually hooked up with 128. The entire drive took an hour and a half. Along the way, they stopped for bottled water and pretzels for sustenance. From then on it was relatively easy to find the Captain's Table at 69 Marmion Way in Rockport. Eli had also purchased some white wine on the way,so as soon as they checked into their room, they screwed off the top, and toasted the Atlantic seacoast outside their windows. The have a clear view of Thatcher Island, with its two lighthouses--both of which they and their children climbed on a previous tirp--from their second story window. It was rainy, but the the atmosphere reminded them of Cabot Cove in the best "Murder, She Wrote" Angela Lansbury mysteries.
Shortly after 6:00PM, they walked half an hour along the Old Garden Path and reached the town. They saw all the beautiful vistas of the coast along the way as the path wound its way past expensive houses and beautifully flowered paths. Once in town, they checked out the posted menus at 3-4 restaurants, were not impressed, and returned to "The Fish Shack" where they had eaten 3 times before. It did not disappoint. They ordred fried clams, a huge garden salad with Blue Cheese dressing, and 1 boiled lobster with fries. It was all wonderful. The clams were crisp and fresh and garnished with lemon and tartar sauce. The salad had plenty of fresh lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and loads of Blue Cheese dressing, and the lobster behaved admirably as LT applied the pliers to its claws and tail. All this washed down with a Crane Lake Chardonnay made for a perfect arrival dinner.
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