Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, true to its name, has some beautiful beaches.
On our first night, Eden, Josh and Atticus drove the 45 minutes from their home in Malden to the RV park to welcome us to their State and enjoy dinner with us. We had some nice flounder that we picked up in Maine the day before. But, Atticus, who slept through dinner, enjoyed a hotdog. I think, as you can see, from his filled cheeks in the bottom right photo, it looks like he ate the whole thing in one bite!
This stop was a great opportunity to spend some time with my daughter. One day Eden rented a zip car. For those of you not familiar with this concept, you can reserve a car online by the hour or by the day. When you get to the lot, of which there are quite a few in the Boston area, you just put your Zip Car card up to the card reader on the window and the door unlocks with the key inside. It also has an EZ pass for tolls and a credit card if you need to fill it up with gas. It is a great car rental solution and look at this cute yellow mini cooper convertible we got to use to spend the day outlet shopping!!
How could we be in the area and not make a visit to Babson College to see Mark's twin nieces, Hailey and Harmony. We went to lunch at "Not Your Average Joe's" and truly enjoyed the opportunity to "catch up" with these two beautiful ladies. Its hard to believe that they are now college seniors when we remember them as young girls and the many birthday parties they celebrated at our lake house!!
We have both visited Boston numerous times. So we took the opportunity to visit Minuteman National Park, that includes the historic landscape along the road between Lexington and Concord. It has, without a doubt, the best visitor center video and we have seen a lot. It has three viewing screens placed in the stylized setting of revolutionary times.
While in Minuteman park we visited Hartwell Tavern, an authentic period home and tavern typical of the period. This is on Battle Road which serves as a reminder of the dramatic events of April 19, 1775 when a struggle between the British troops and the people of Massachusetts became a war for independence.
We made a stop by Wayfair house in Concord, the only home owned by Nathaniel Hawthorne, where he did much of his writing. It is said that this is where in the 1800's authors kept the spirit of the Revolution alive by helping to create a uniquely American literature. Before Hawthorne owned it, Louisa May Alcott spent some of her childhood here and Margaret Sidney also lived in this house. Thus making Wayside the only National Historic Landmark lived in by three literary families.
And, as a huge fan of Louisa May Alcott's
"Little Women," I had to stop at Orchard House, the site at which this famous story takes place.
We made the mistake of leaving Minuteman National Park just in time to hit Boston rush hour traffic - this photo is for those of you who have never experienced big city Rush Hour traffic - think of sitting in this stop and go for a few hours - not much fun!
We ended our trip with a "goodbye brunch" at the RV with Eden, Josh and Atticus as well as Josh's parents, Dan and Jean. Sadly, I did not get a photo of everyone. But here is a collage of Atticus' goodbye to "the bus."
It's time to move on to our next stop: East Lyme, Connecticut.
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