We pull in the narrow channel and the captain turns the ship around to back into our pier. We are secured to the dock a few minutes earlier than planned. The first passenger off is loaded into an awaiting ambulance. Once the ambulance has left the rest of the passengers can disembark. It is only a few hundred feet to our awaiting bus.
The skies are dreary and rainy. The forecast over the past day has deteriorated from partly sunny to 50% chance of rain to presently a 100% chance of rain for the next 6 hours.
Our bus tour takes us to signal hill, the point of land closest to Europe, the geo center, a geology science center, and a sightseeing tour of the town. We manage to stay mostly dry.
By 2:00 PM, in addition to the continuing rain, fog has settled in. Just a gloomy day, something we have gotten used to on this cruise.
When it is time to leave, two passengers are missing. Whether they manage to get on the ship without having their cards scanned, or really missed the ship I will never know.
The seas remain slight as we head towards Boston in the fog and rain.