New England Watercolor Society

One of the art associations I belong to is the New England Watercolor Society. Their gallery in Plymouth is a bit of a trek. We don't often get south of Boston; the traffic through makes an effective barrier. I was glad I had left the dog with my son when the trip to retrieve an unsold painting took me twice as long as Google predicted. I was also glad when on a whim, I decided to visit the Mayflower. I have seen her before. She was in shipyard an easy row in the dinghy from my mooring. I think I might even have seen her under sail when the tall ships came to Boston when I was young. And I visited with my children when our Texas cousins were in town. I thought this trip would be a lark, something just for fun, but it turned out to be very educational. With no one else's needs to consider, I could take the time to ask questions. Lots of questions. I happened to have a tour guide who was well versed in the economics of the voyage. This is something very far from my normal interests. I ignore economics whenever possible. As a complex system, it is vaguely interesting, but there are lots of complex systems that are a lot more interesting. However, when someone with a lot of patience who finds the subject fascinating is telling you about it, and you don't have to memorize anything, economics is actually interesting! I enjoyed my tour very much. I certainly didn't feel like complaining about sitting in traffic for hours on the way home. I can't help thinking that I would have died of seasickness on that voyage.