In Search of Witches

Our first view of the Boston Skyline.
Tobin Bridge crossing the Charles, heading for Salem
Only Mel could find a car show in the middle of no where. The Corvette is like the one Mel bought on his graduation from high school. Wishes he still owned it, of course.

My Dad owned a '55 Chevy in yellow. I was 10, when he bought it and he let me pick out the color. Wish I still had it, too.

Today was a travel day. We moved from Plymouth, MA to Salem, MA. Mel did a fantastic job of driving through Boston. However, driving through Salem was even more harrowing. We are staying at a city park that is located right on the water. It is beautiful but we had to travel through the narrow streets of historic Salem to reach the park.

While the park is beautiful, the sites are not what we are used to. We are on a grassy site on a hill, but they are like wide parking spaces with RVs parked right next to us-no trees for shade or privacy. To maintain privacy, all windows and blinds are shut. Since it is warm and humid, we need air conditioning anyway but it will be a long week unless our neighbors move. Of course, they probably weren't thrilled to see us arrive either.

In spite of the parking arrangement, we are delighted that our satellite dish, the Internet and our phone work well here. In Plymouth, we were in the deep woods, in a valley and the service was sporadic at best. We had no cable or satellite and had two workable stations, CBS and NBC, that were at best snowy. We like our creature comforts.

Once we were settled in, we drove to Reading, MA and had dinner at Macaroni Grill. We always love to find familiar places on the road. Then, we meandered back because Mel was in search of a movie theater. He wants to be ready for "Pirates" on Friday. When we first arrive at a new location, we like to ride around to get oriented to our new surroundings. We look for familiar places, like Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, etc. We just like to know that our needs can be met even if we don't need anything immediately.

On this ride, we found a Supercuts, so we got badly needed haircuts. We were getting pretty shaggy. Mel asked where a theater was and the stylist gave us good directions. When we were finished with the cuts, we went in search of the theater, but found a car show instead. I was the one who insisted that we stop and walk around. While there, one of the car owners walked up to us and we started talking. We explained that we were in search of the movie theater and he gave us more directions. After the car show, we found the theater, so we are set for Friday. One thing about Massachusetts is that there are so many little towns in clusters around the state, so you move very quickly from one place to another. That makes it fun and interesting.