I start late today. Passing by the Shrewsbury town common, I saw several Halloween dolls propped up on the grass, and decided to take a few pictures here.
Willy's Steakhouse is a really good restaurant in this area. I love the caramelized duck entree they have here.
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| Willy's Steakhouse |
I then went to Sudbury for lunch at
Lotus Blossom. This is a Chinese-Japanese fusion restaurant with really great decor. While the Gold Nugget Maki containing sweet potato was delicious, the soft shell crab dish was a little too sour for my liking. This is not to say that the food here is not good though, just that I did not get the right dish.
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| Gold Nugget Maki |
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Soft Shell Crab over Egg noodles
with Lemon Yuzu Butter |
After lunch, I started my sightseeing today by going to the
Punkatasset Conservation Land in Concord, the parking area located around 450 Monument Street. The route I took is highlighted in pink below.
The views of Hutchins Pond were nice, while the only interesting thing on Punkatasset Hill was an old ski slope.
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| Hutchins Pond |
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| Spillway |
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| Old Ski Slope |
The last place I visited in Concord was
Warner's Pond on the corner of Warner Street and Pond Street, where there is a trail leading to the pond's edge. It was pretty overgrown however, and there is a better view from the dam at the corner of Laws Brook Road and Commonwealth Avenue.
It was back to Lincoln then, at the
Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary. This place has a $7 admission fee, as it is like a mini-zoo, quite
like that at the
EcoTarium in Worcester.
The rough route I took is highlighted below in pink.
From the admissions center, I walked a short way before seeing some interesting sculptures.
From here I headed toward the Ice Pond, walking across the bridge there.
Heading into the Drumlin Loop, there were several great views up here.
Heading back down, I went to the Bird Hill and famland area, which was pretty much made of animals in cages. The views here of the surroundings were pretty okay though.
The next place I visited was the
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. This place was
pretty much like the
Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, with sculptures outdoors, as well as a museum with interesting pieces of art.
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| Interesting art pieces |
Views of the museum itself follow.
Some interesting views of the surroundings, including the nearby Flints Pond.
The
Minute Man National Historical Park visitor center is where I parked my car while visiting it. The rough path I took is highlighted below.
After walking for quite awhile on the route, I began to realize that while this was a great place for an evening stroll or a bike ride, There wasn't anything much in terms of nice historical buildings except old houses and some memorials. This might have been a historically significant route, but somehow I was not feeling very nostalgic, instead more tired with the distance I had to walk from place to place. Hence, I made a decision not to continue, and head on to the town of Wayland instead.
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| PArker's Revenge Site |
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| Wall picture inside the Visitor Center |
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| Paul Revere Capture Site |
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| Tunnel under Hanscom Drive |
With the sun setting quickly, I was only able to capture a few interesting buildings and monuments in Wayland.
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Sarah Pryor Living Memorial at
Hannah Willams Park, 69 Main Street |
With that, I was done for the day.
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