THE BOSTON MARATHON!!

Ladies and Gentleman, hammies and kitties, We are now officially opening our summer Boston tours beginning with THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!! which took place today.Sit back and enjoy the tour!!!!!!! Now the city over the last 3 or 4 days has swollen in size due to the hundreds of thousands of people who came for the marathon, and you can hear all kinds of languages being spoken!!! It is held on Patriots day( a holiday commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord,the first battles of the Revolutionary War. We did have a bit of role in that) The whole city has an electric feel to it.....because it is the marathon of all marathons... the one to run in.... the only course of its kind....THE..............It is a pretty grueling course with the hardest part being a section called Heartbreak Hill which is actually a series of hills that the runner hits after running downhill for a long time and then BLAM....has all these hills to go up at the end.......

We are only about 2 miles from the finish line..........that is when people are getting very very tired and we have to really cheer them on.....

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The thing we love about the race is that of course we love to see the world runners ( they finish in about 2 seconds because they look like gazelles) but that there are people running to raise money for causes, and people who run for family members who are sick.There is a Dad who pushes his son in a wheel chair.His son has cerebral palsy and they have been running the race for 28 years and the son is now 47 years old and his Dad 68 It is the most touching thing to see( PL2 always cries...) It is people who have a personal goal..... It is people in their 80's....It is everyday people .....it is a collection of people from all over the world getting along...it is wonderful.....
There are drink stations all along the route so the runners don't get dehydrated.....

Not only are there a gazillion people from all over the world running but all their families watch as well( we took this for Sophie in case she knew anyone)

OH LOOK AT THIS KID!! He is an Italian Spumoni (really Spinone)named Luigi...PL2 has been dying to see one.He was the sweetest kid ever and was loving the race and cheering everyone on. He also said he has a blog so we are going to have to try to find it....

One mile more.....crowds are getting really thick.........

Now look closely at the next picture....do you see lights on?

There, can you see them now?????? Any ideas???

Here is a clue( and we know Joey will get it....)

Can't figure it out?? It is the lights on at FENWAY PARK!!!! Every year on the day of the race the Red Sox have an early morning game that lets out RIGHT WHEN THE BIGGEST CROWDS ARE COMING THROUGH( and are only about 1/2 mile from the finish line) SO THEY CAN CHEER THEM ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Here are the crowds beginning to pour out of the park........

Ahhhhhhhhh our beloved Fenway Park( this ones for you Fenway!!!!)

That is the back of the Green Monster ( Monstah)which is a big green wall at the back of the field...... and is very famous to baseball aficionados..... Lots of balls are hit over that wall...Kids stand here when a game is going on with their baseball gloves hoping to catch a ball hit over the monstah.........

(" way back ,way back., it's outta here...... A HOME RUN OVER THE WALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

And Big Popi(one of our favorite players) had a good game today( that was for Big Pupi)

This is a good way to watch!!

What a great day.............And so ends our first summer(well really spring) tour....Agatha is just soaking her paws after running the marathon while I think up the next training event for her....( part of my training program.........for her E!!!!!)