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[shamupilot]

Hey guys, so I took a trip for a music thing to Boston, and these are the photos from our flight to Boston:

WN 3217 LAS-MKE-BOS

Leg 1: LAS-MKE
Departure: 3:05 P.M. PDT
Arrival: 8:40 P.M. CDT
Gate: C23
Terminal: 1

Southwest Boeing 737-700 At Gate C23



Neighboring Southwest Boeing 737-700 at Gate C22




Taxiing to the Runway



Passing the D-Gates and Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200WL Skyteam Livery



Passing by a UPS A300-600



Take-off from Runway 25R



Anyone want to guess this Airport?


Lake Mead I assume? Maybe the Colorado River?




Above the clouds



Continuing climbing above the desert.


Above the Snow-capped Rocky Mountains


The Great Plains



Above the clouds cruising at FL 370


Sunset




Extremely rainy and misty approach into MKE


Sorry guys, no other pictures of the gate or landing, it was much too foggy.


Pitch Black Take-off from MKE


Boston Lights




Hope you enjoyed! Part 2 Coming soon.

[Cortez]

Ah my old base...

[Aharon]

fantastic photos!!

Aharon

[UnitedGuy]

Great photos! And I'm sending a virtual fist-bump your way for being smart and choosing Southwest! Yay for free bags!

[davie18]

Good photos! Looks like you were fortunate not to be there for the absolutely awful events of today.

[Cactus]

Wikkid pissa

[shamupilot]

Hey guys, today was our flight home, and our group had just missed some of the streets that the explosions happened on. Although, we had walked by them the previous two days. But, I'm safe and back in Vegas, and I'll get around to uploading the photos after I get some sleep.

[UnitedGuy]

Glad to hear you made it back safe!

[shamupilot]

Day 2: Friday April 12th,

Friday was a very cold day, windy and rainy, but we went on a ferry tour of Boston Harbor and went to see the USS Constitution as well as the New England  Aquarium (in place of our Walking Tour). We also ate Dinner at the Chicago's Uno Grill, which was very close to the site of one of the bomb blasts.


Clock tower in Boston



Boston Skyline from the Ferry



The USS Constitution. Anyone want to guess its nickname?



Stingrays from the touch pool



Same clock Tower, different angle



I believe this is the tallest building in Boston



Hotel




Next Up:
Part 3: Salem Visit

Part 3: Salem


Lovely Beach side house



Old Essex Institute



Church In Salem



Another old building




Statue outside the Salem Witch Trials Museum



Salem Witch Trials Museum, very small...



Salem Waterfront Hotel



Graveyard in Salem





I would have taken more photos of the areas outside the Museum, but I was a bit pressed for time


Part 4: Walking Tour of Boston along the Freedom Trail

[Heeshung]

Looks like Nellis.

[Gunfighter]

Airport is Nellis, and the Constitutions nickname is Ole Ironsides

[shamupilot]

Heeshung, on 22 April 2013 - 10:04 PM, said:

Looks like Nellis.

Correct!

Gunfighter, on 23 April 2013 - 10:10 PM, said:

Airport is Nellis, and the Constitutions nickname is Ole Ironsides

Correct!

[shamupilot]

Part 3: Walking Tour of Boston
Today was a nicer day than Friday, which was extremely cold (to us Desert Folk, that is) and rainy, so our Tour guide took us on a walking tour of Boston.

We started at the Monument to the 54th African American Regiment:



Across the street was the Massachusetts State house:



We then walked to a grave yard where Paul Revere's Grave, John Hancock's Grave, and Benjamin Franklin's Parent's graves were.


Paul Revere's Grave. Anyone on the East Coast know why Pennies are placed on his grave?



Benjamin Franklin's Parents Grave.


Site of the Boston Massacre:



We then took a bus to another site where we walked to Paul Revere's House:



We then walked over to the North Church. Anyone know why it's so famous?




Inside the Old North Church. The lady giving us a speaking presentation told us the story about the Four Angels on the balcony. Apparently a French Ship headed for Quebec was carrying these Angels. However, it never made it to Quebec because it was captured by an English Pirate who went to this Church. I guess he felt a little Pious that day and donated them to the Church. The clock is actually one of the nation's oldest clocks that still ticks to this day...



Passed by the Union Oyster House, the nation's oldest operating restaurant.



Passed by the Holocaust Memorial.


That's it for the Pictures. I shall put the pictures of the return flight in another topic, so keep your eyes peeled. Thanks for checkin the photos out guys! Hope you enjoyed them!