Spent day walking through the town hoping that the next day would be fine and we could enter park. Had a nice dinner and Allison finally got her first New England crab cakes - they were very good!
Woke up to a sunny day but blowing a gale. The Inn we were staying at supplied a great gourmet breakfast and we were off.
Started the day at the Park’s visitor centre and saw a great film on the history and the aspects of interest in the Park. We picked up an audio CD that would guide us around the Park which was a good idea. The Acadia National Park is on Mt Desert Island and the Park contained great outlooks of what I imagined as the typical Maine coastline, very rocky with the Atlantic Ocean crashing into the rocks, forests and mountains. Went on some lovely walks along flowing streams, lakes, rocky coastlines and Mount Cadillac. The Rockefeller family had a particular interest in the Park and had engineered and built a Carriage Road all through the Park which included a number of great stone bridges that added to the look and feel.
The windy conditions added to the spectacular crashing waves and was so strong on the top of the
Mountain that it made it difficult to stand on top of.
Spent the whole day in the Park, it was a great day.
Next day started our drive to Massachusetts, it would be about a 5 hour drive, another perfect opportunity for Allison to sleep all day. She awoke when we arrived at the Factory Outlet stores of Maine. Each state has a centre of all brands outlet stores . This was an area of about 100 stores and we picked up some cheap cloths from places like Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike etc.
After shopping we decided to head further south to Boston. Arriving after dark, we were unsure where to stay. We thought we might stay just a little North of Boston in Salem. The famous town where the Witch hunts were conducted in the late 1600’s. To our surprise the whole town’s accommodation had been sold out due to Halloween. Apparently in the month of October they hold a festival which attracts all the ‘nutters’ of the US who believe in ghosts, ghouls, haunted houses etc. No accommodation to be found.
Remembered someone mentioned a town near Salem called Marblehead so we ventured there and arrived after dark and found an Inn with one room left.
Marblehead is a Boston suburb on the coast where all the rich Bostonian live or have their summer cottages. In the morning we woke up and went for a walk and found a beautiful old historic town on the coast. While we were out walking a local walking her dog befriended us and filled us in on the area and what to do, very lucky.
The town (like a lot of areas around New England) has an incredible history of revolutionary war importance. Incredible architecture that Allison has loved.
Spent last couple of days in Marblehead and Salem, walking through historic houses, driving amongst modern mansions.
Marblehead is filled with houses orginally built in the 1600's and then renovated in the 1800's and they all carry a sign at the front door indicating their age and origin of ownership.
We spent the afternoon in Salem a town that has a genuine history of witch trials and hangings which we saw a great film on in the visitor centre which was very informative and then the festival of all the locals dressed as witches and warlocks, palm readers etc. all celebrating halloween - Evie you would love all the costumes and the house decorations.
After shopping we decided to head further south to Boston. Arriving after dark, we were unsure where to stay. We thought we might stay just a little North of Boston in Salem. The famous town where the Witch hunts were conducted in the late 1600’s. To our surprise the whole town’s accommodation had been sold out due to Halloween. Apparently in the month of October they hold a festival which attracts all the ‘nutters’ of the US who believe in ghosts, ghouls, haunted houses etc. No accommodation to be found.
Remembered someone mentioned a town near Salem called Marblehead so we ventured there and arrived after dark and found an Inn with one room left.
Marblehead is a Boston suburb on the coast where all the rich Bostonian live or have their summer cottages. In the morning we woke up and went for a walk and found a beautiful old historic town on the coast. While we were out walking a local walking her dog befriended us and filled us in on the area and what to do, very lucky.
The town (like a lot of areas around New England) has an incredible history of revolutionary war importance. Incredible architecture that Allison has loved.
Spent last couple of days in Marblehead and Salem, walking through historic houses, driving amongst modern mansions.
Marblehead is filled with houses orginally built in the 1600's and then renovated in the 1800's and they all carry a sign at the front door indicating their age and origin of ownership.
We spent the afternoon in Salem a town that has a genuine history of witch trials and hangings which we saw a great film on in the visitor centre which was very informative and then the festival of all the locals dressed as witches and warlocks, palm readers etc. all celebrating halloween - Evie you would love all the costumes and the house decorations.
Harbour Light Inn where we stayed in Marblehead for 4 nights
Marblehead Harbour
Looking at Marblehead Lighthouse
Adrienne you'd love this florist shop
Evie they are very dog friendly here in Marblehead
Tom & Micheal your Dad thought you'd like this piece of artwork
Houses are decorated for Halloween everywhere you go!
Historic House in Salem
Historic House is Salem
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