Salem, MA

Today we drove up to visit Salem...of the infamous Salem witch trials. We went to the Salem Witch Museum, visited the Old Burying grounds and the memorial to the 19 people killed during the three months of the crazy accusations in 1692. We ate lunch at the "Witches Brew"

They told us about the Wiccan religion practiced by the "witches" today. Part of their belief involves three stages of womanhood: The Maiden, The Mother, and the Old Crone. On a side note I took care of a patient in Seattle whose parents were Wiccan (with a free love, open marriage apparently, since there were two women in the threesome)---they were strange beans. I wonder how that baby is doing now.
Sawyer the Witch! Did you know in Wiccan religion men and women are called witches? Only bad witches are called warlocks. Well now you know that useless bit of trivia too.

This is the Friendship docked in Salem. We relaxed here for a bit on the grass by the shore.
The kids gathered seashells and rocks.
Sawyer found a tiny crab...so cute!
Then we visited the House of Seven Gables of the famed Nathaniel Hawthorne novel fame.
We drove up to Gloucester, MA to see a lighthouse. It was a beautiful area too. I love sea ports!


We finished the night with a late dinner and headed back to our hotel (in Billerica).