Blogs from Salem, Massachusetts, United States, North America

If you love Halloween, history, costumes, and great makeup artists, Salem is a trip you must make at least once in your life. After spending most of the day in Salem, I took the train back into Boston for their famous celebration. Happy Halloween!!! (Written a few Halloween's ago) A few years ago, in a land, far, far away. . . . . Not Oregon and certainly not the cigarette, but Salem, as in Massachusetts is my destination. Salem is a big tourist destination for the entire month of October for their Halloween festivities, and the witches. Witches you say, perhaps due to the Salem witch trials back in 1692. Even the cop cars here have witches as part of their logo. The local high school team carries the nickname of "The Witches." And I would ... read more

This morning we head out of the parking lot where I bid my "see you later" to Sabrina just a few hours ago, with NJ and her friend in leader van, allowing an additional rider to be on the road today. Despite having more of us on the road today, I ride a date day with none other but Dillan. Though its strange to not ride with any of my teammates, all summer I have been averaging riding with whatever alums join us for a day or two, so its not different than previous patterns. A few miles in, an alum from Beth Haley's P2S08 ride meets up with us on the left side of the road in an empty lot in Westin with popsicles and pups :)) We stop for second breakfast pops, pup pets, ... read more

Blogging from another platform since the blog I started (Travelpod) is going to be closed down. Scouts is good for more than just the boys! Another scout mom and I went down to MA for a couple things. The first one was another Minuteman reenactment. Since the weather was expected to be lousy some events got moved around to the point of where we did more self guiding, but that was okay. Exploring at a much less rushed pace than the last time we visited. It amazes me that buildings were made so sturdy hundreds of years ago so some parts of them still last today. I took a video of an original chimney/fireplace that was covered so things (people/weather/animals etc) wouldn't destroy it. You can still see some burnt wood in it. Among the places ... read more

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Arrived in Boston and drove to Salem. We went into HOuse of the Seven Gables this is the site of the famous author Nathaniel Hawthrone. We then went to the Salem Witch Museum. We saw old snow on the ground, but more exciting was that it started to snow.... read more