Gloucester, MA...

Fishermen's Wives Memorial...
Many of the tiles surrounding the memorial are carved with names of victims...

Fishermen's Memorial...

Rows & rows of name of men lost at sea...

Along the coastal look-out...

And if you need a closer look

Hammond Castle...

A great castle built in the early 1900's in the style of the old medieval castles...
This one is now a museum which they were setting up for Halloween, so we just checked out the grounds.

Creepy...

In the back garden...

A window that looked out to the ocean...

Isn't this beautiful?

The view along the coast...

In the garden...

Chilly Mr Bumblebe sittin' on a daisy...

The nasty stairs that picked a fight with Kari & won!

Salem, MA...

This old town was well known for its "witch trials"...

The town is a huge attraction for locals & tourist for Halloween - they go all out!
And for being one of the oldest (or maybe the oldest) shipping ports...
This was an old rigging shed...

An old ship at the dock...

Which some painters were painting...

And here they sat, having lunch, takin' a break...

Along the side of the rigging shed...

Inside the customs house...

And again...

An old anchor...

The back of the customs house...

West India Goods Store - one of the oldest stores - its profit goes to a historical society.

It had great, unique gifts & history books for all ages.

Witch's Brew Cafe

In a Pig's Eye Cafe

Ye old Pepper Companie - the oldest candy store in America and it's still open!

Marblehead, MA

The road ahead on our way to Rockport...but first stop was Marblehead
A beautiful coastal town, quite hilly with old, old houses...one said "Built for Ambrose Gale - Fisherman - 1663"
With no front yards...

You open the front door & step onto the sidewalk quite literally... and so colourful - I loved it!

A pretty view from a little park we stopped at...can't recall it's name.

More of the view...

And again...

I couldn't help but notice these RED vines on one of the stone buildings...

And this charming "cottage" on the rock ledge, which was right beside another house labelled "Dock Ledge".

Buildings of Boston...part 2

Back at Quincy Market and the surrounding shops...
Lori's favourite - the clock tower bldg - as seen from the market...
The statue of Samuel Adams...in front of Faneuil Hall...

Inside Quincy Market...

Which offers a huge variety of options for food...

And more...

And more...

More of the shops around the market...

The Charter House Restaurant on Long Wharf...

Such a neat old building...

"life in the hub" was an awesome condo unit, downtown Boston...

Ever patriotic...

The State House on a warm fall evening...

More vines...and stairs...

And this Floral gift shop which was so picture perfect!