We moved the RV yesterday afternoon to the Saugus Elks. We drove a little over 30 miles. We are slowly moving around the outskirts of Boston, heading North. We were in the Bar-B-Que area of the Saugus Elks and had both water and 15 amps of electric. A nice change from dry camping. There was both trees and a nice grassy field. We were in the shade most of the day. Of course it rained once while we were sleeping, about 5 am, with thunder and lightning. Sure wish we could send some of this wet weather to the West Coast.
We were only a short driving distance from Salem, MA, so on a Sunday we toured the city of Witch trials. By the time we were up and out, the weather had cleared up and it was a beautiful day.
We took a trolley ride to see where we want to get off and investigate further.
A Widow’s watch is also on top of the house,but is enclosed. These were common in towns where there were high Merchant Shipping and Fishing.
Another interesting thing we learned was the extra little door on the side of the front door of this home. It is called a funeral door and was used for moving caskets in and out of the home when a member died. During the times these homes were build, funerals were held in the homes.
We stopped at the Visitor Center and saw the 30 minute film about Salem and it’s history.
Then we walked around the corner and went to the Witches Museum. This is quite a show, with dioramas that light up when the narrator tells the story of the Witch Trials.
Of course we have to spend time in the gift shop. We don’t buy much except post cards and thimbles. But I couldn’t resist trying on the sparkly Witch Hat.
Above is the second oldest graveyard in the USA. We drove by it in the Trolley, but didn’t stop.
After the Witch Museum, we headed to Pickering Wharf and had lunch with this view out the window.
We were within walking distance of “The House of Seven Gables” of Nathanial Hawthorne fame.
This book was Hawthorne’s 2nd most popular book. A Scarlet Letter was his most famous. These were books that were required reading in literature when I was in high school. So long ago, but even then these were old books!
He never lived in this house, but his neighbor did, and he based his book on the inhabitants of the house and the secret stairways and it’s unique architecture.
This is the home where Nathanial Hawthorne was born, but only lived here till he was four. Then his father died at sea from yellow fever, and his family had to sell the house and move in with relatives.
The view from the gardens outside of the House of Seven Gables and between it and Nathanial Hawthorne’s birth home. Love the duck statue with the marina in the background. The Hosta is blooming all over the town. It thought it was pretty, so took a picture.
Tomorrow we move to Salisbury Beach State Preserve, about 34 miles away. We have had our reservations at this park since Jan.!
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