<< May 26, 2007 >>
end of the line

for a while now, i've been meaning to ride to the end of all the subway lines here in boston. i've been to quite a few, but had never been past reservoir on the D line. last night, to kill some time, i rode out to riverside. sadly i didn't take my camera.

while i was there, i noticed a little display for the museum of science community solar system, which was something i had wanted to do for a while, but hadn't quite gotten around to doing.

i ended up visiting 6 planets today (two are temporarily(?) unavailable, and the other was in a library that had already closed for the day). it was quite strange, i have to say, to go looking for these in places i've been quite a few times over the years, such as the galleria and south station. but i think it makes for a fun day of riding the T, and maybe showing around a newcomer to the area.

here are some tips, in case you're interested:

1. You do not have to pay for museum entrance

it turns out you can get the passport forms near the planetarium which is not in the for-pay part of the museum. i didn't know this until too late, but fortunately it's free museum month for bank of america customers, so it didn't end up costing me a month and a half of overdrawn fees.

2. Bring a pencil

you don't want to buy one at the museum.

3. Venus is hot

it's up at the top of a glass-enclosed stairwell, and in the summer it is excrutiatingly hot up there.

4. Walk to Earth

it's right around the corner from the museum parking garage; no need to take the train to lechemere.

5. Bring a camera to Riverside

they have a bunch of the recently retired boeing lrvs and they love being photographed:

it's too bad that neptune is closed; i was really looking forward to taking the bus to saugus. maybe i will anyway, just for fun.