Day 65 Salem We were up and on the road early today so we could fit everything into our day. We left the state of Maine and crossed into New Hampshire. From New Hampshire we crossed into Massachusetts and arrived at the town of Salem. The town is most well known for its Witch Trials over a 9 month period in 1692. Nineteen people were hung and one was pressed to death. The latter would not confirm or deny being a witch as this would mean his family would n...

Day 56 Amherst to Rochester Carolyn made us a lovely breakfast to get us on our way. Audley mentioned a few more places for us to see on our way to Rochester. The day started out rather overcast but it improved as we headed north. Heading off we went to the look out on the outskirts of Amhurst that Audley mentioned. Being an overcast day the views were not as good as it might have been on a sunny day. The next recommendation was Yankee Candle Village. Thi...

Day 55 Boston to Amherst After packing up we put our bags into the locker room whilst we walked down near the harbour to pick up the rental car. After picking up the luggage we headed south for Plymouth (the opposite directionto what we will be going later). In Plymouth we saw the replica of the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock. The rock is about a third of its original size. Over the centuries it has been cut in half with the top half put on display, painte...

Day 54 Boston We woke to more grey skies but at least there was no rain. We enjoyed the breakfast provided by the hostel and then we set out for a day of sightseeing. Our first stop was the Boston Public Garden. These gardens are next to Boston Common (otherside of Charles Street). Skirting the northern side of the garden is Beacon Street. This is part of what is known as the Back Bay area. Not far down this street we came to the Bulfinch Bar, more common...

Day 53 Boston We arrived in Boston to overcast, drizzly weather. Disembarkation went smoothly. We had filled in yet another immigration form and had ticked that we did have some seeds (Vince had 2 packs of seeds from the Halifax Citadel). As we walked off the ship a border patrol officer took our form without looking at it and we just kept walking (we are not sure why we needed to fill in a form if no one was looking at it!) With the drizzling rain we w...