Sat 11/8 – 5629 steps
Songs: All CCR songs I could remember.
David found some trails for a bit more of a training ride.
I looked for a campsite near Boston. Boston has a lot of very narrow roads and low bridges and strongly recommends you do not drive an RV there. I had already booked for 3 nights at the Boston KOA, but I discovered it was almost 2 hours to the south of Boston. Luckily, they agreed to cancel 2 nights and use my deposit for the third night only.
While searching for a closer venue, I found a place north of Boston called Beverley and they were advertising a “Live Album” show with music of CCR. So I found a hotel, the Wylie Inn, that had parking which could accommodate our RV and booked. It was a good call. It was raining heavily and I started getting warnings on my phone about flash floods in our vicinity. Driving was hectic in the traffic as many roads were closed.
While we were packing our overnight bag a lot of cars were parking and we saw men dressed in suits. I am sure this was a first since we got to USA. The ladies were dressed up too. Clearly our hotel was attached to a wedding venue.
We dressed up too, ie, wore jeans not shorts. It was the first time David had worn long pants the whole holiday. We took an Uber into town, walked down the main street, admired the many churches, (I think I counted 5 in about 3 blocks), had a bottle of wine and delicious seafood for supper and then went to The Cabot for the show. A real date night!
The Cabot is an historic vaudeville/movie palaces built in 1920. It has survived, been restored and is now used for live shows. The Classic Albums Live group are from Canada and they play the music off a chosen LP, track for track, as if you were listening to the record. They do not talk to the audience, and some of them have music sheets in front of them. They call themselves a modern orchestra. They choose singers who sound most like the original. Tonight they did CCR’s Chronicles, all tracks of the double LP, note for note. They were excellent and so were the audience. We were among the youngest there, but they danced and cheered and gave standing ovations. It was a lovely evening.
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What I learnt: Sometimes you need a holiday from your holiday.
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