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These vintage World War II vehicles are amphibious and allowed us not only to travel through the city of Boston, but also down the Charles River as we enjoyed the beautiful city of Boston from the river. These Duck Boat tours are designed to be a lot of fun as well as informative. For example, our driver’s name was Dr. Quacken Stein. He combined humor with history extremely well and we had a wonderful time. Our group was so large that we had to be divided into two different vehicles. On our vehicle, a 10-year-old boy had the chance to drive the boat on the river. On the other boat a middle-aged children’s minister about the same height as our 10-year-old boy had a chance to drive their boat down the Charles River. We won’t mention any names… but Tina Corn had a blast! After the duck boat tour, our group was given a large part of the mid day to exploring downtown Boston around Boston Common and Boston Public Gardens. We found places to enjoy lunch and unique spots of interest. We met together for transport on our bus down to Fenway Park for a private tour at 3:30. Our tour guide at Fenway, Barry, was wonderful! We learned a lot about Fenway Park, the oldest baseball park in the United States. Many of us were surprised to learn that Fenway was purchased in the early part of the 20th century by a South Carolinian who owned the park and the team for over 60 years, the Yawkey family. After our tour, we met back with members of our group who opted not to go to Fenway Park. Someone suggested that we order sub sandwiches and share a meal together at the hotel rather than going out to dinner. Subway delivered six trays of sub sandwiches with chips and all the fix-ins. We had a wonderful time sharing the meal together and probably saved a substantial amount of money. Ben Nimmer led our devotion immediately after supper and did a fabulous job sharing his love for the anthem “Be Thou My Vision.“ Since yesterday marked the 23rd anniversary of Justin Bray’s death, we spent time after our devotion sharing memories of him and encouraging Carol Bray and the way she and Randy have demonstrated a strong faith in the midst of their tragic loss. It was a beautiful time of remembrance and encouragement. Several of us met in the hotel lobby to watch game #5 of the NBA finals. Of course we were pulling for the Celtics since we’re here in Boston but they lost to the Golden State Warriors 104-94.