"Visiting Heather in Hull, Massachusetts........"

Here I am with Don's sister Heather as she points to parts of Hull, seen from the end of her street. Hull is an unusual town in that it is on Boston Harbor and most of the towns residential area is no wider than 3 blocks (Heathers street is only 2 blocks long)........it consists of a string of hills connected by strips of land. Heather lives on one of the strips of land.

One of the hills........

Another couple of hills on the Boston Harbor side.....the one on the left is all condos and is a gated community. I hope I have this story correct, but the condos are built on an old military facility. The concrete was so thick, etc., that after trying to remove it to build the condos, and failing, plans were changed to include the military base structure as the foundation of the construction. How is that for a local story, eh?

Here we are on the Atlantic side.

Here are Don and Heather on top of one of the hills. This one also has some sort of old military facility, but Heather was not clear on what it had been. It hasn't been preserved or anything done to it but tends to be a hangout for the young after dark. ;) It was being used as a background for a photo shoot of some sort by the 2 people in the background. When we arrived, a very tough looking state trooper was there watching the photo shoot and did not look amused. He stayed for a good portion of our time up there, as if on guard, but then just got in his car and drove away. He had quite a powerful presence............

An unobstructed view of the same scenery.........

The same view but from further back so that more of the old ruins can be seen. It literally takes up most of the hilltop, so it must have been an important tactical structure in its day.

A "whimsical" part of Hull in tomorrow's posting......