I told you I took a plane to Maine last week. When I was in the air I was busy looking out the window trying to identify places we had sailed past to see if I could recognize anything. Of course, recognizing New York City or Boston is easy. In New York you just look for the Statue of Liberty, the East and Hudson Rivers and lots of Big, Big Apples. In Boston you just look for confused and downcast liberals, Red Sox Stadium and beans.
Here is a picture I took out the window while I was over Long Island Sound. We sailed through this area and the three pronged thing at the top center of the photo is Saybrook Manor, Connecticutt. The island at the bottom is Orient, New York. The latitude and longitude are 41 degrees 12 minutes north and 72 degrees 18 minutes west. See if you can find it on a map. See if you can tell if it's closer to New York or Boston. If you get it right, the teacher will give you a pat on the head! Man, it doesn't get any better than that. Usually. Which is no ringing endorsement of this life we lead, but get used to it.
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