Haunted Tour Day 5--Danvers State Hospital, Salem, MA, & Dogtown

     We spent our last full day in the Boston area.  We started off the morning with another oboe lesson for Carlie with the professor from the Boston Conservatory--whom we both liked so much better than the Manhattan professor--and while I stayed with Carlie, Chris and the others headed out to the nearby Boston Temple:

    

    Next we drove to what used to be the Danvers State Mental Hospital.  We were kinda disappointed because the city has actually refurbished/restored the entire site and turned it into a beautiful condo complex.  So not spooky at all, just quite beautiful.  But I think it would be interesting to interview some of the tenants to see if there are any crazy hauntings...

Dang...my kids are CUTE💗

    Then we headed over to Salem to tour and go through the Salem Witch Museum.  Once again, FASCINATING history.  It was kind of an interesting tour because a poor lady in our tour fainted and they had to call 911.  It added some time to our tour which we really didn't mind--and the lady was fine--but they refunded everyone in that group their full entrance fee.  

    "The Burying Point" is the oldest cemetery in Salem and is the burial ground o the judges involved in the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s and Revolutionary War victims.  There is a nice memorial garden with a bench dedicated to each of the 19 people who were killed as witches during this time.

The old Cemetery Caretaker's home

    We were once again disappointed as we headed out to what we thought was going to be a cool ghost town.  Dogtown is an abandoned settlement between Gloucester and the town of Rockport, MA that was first settled in 1693.  According to legend, the name of the settlement came from dogs that women kept while their husbands were at war.  The decline of the town came when fishing industry opened back up after the war and apparently, the people did not take the dogs with them.  So feral dogs were the last residents of the settlement.  But once again, the city has swooped in and made something useful out of something that could have been really spooky--it's a Christmas tree dumping ground😞. But oh well, it was a perfect evening for a little hike:)

Tatum's softball #!

Beautiful sunset

    We decided to end our last full day at a local restaurant.  We found one called "Passports" in Gloucester.  This was a little hole in the wall place that had great reviews and we were not disappointed.  Some of the best seafood we've ever had.  It was a great way to end the day.