Wednesday 19 June
We left Salem this morning about 8am after breakfast, looking at a couple of memorial statues on the way out of the town. One was a Bewitched statue, as we learnt yesterday that the tv series was filmed in part in Salem, MA. After our visit to the witch museum, we have talked a lot overnight about the effect of false accusations, and the fate innocent people have suffered through history as well as in Salem in 1692.
Today was another big driving day as Niagara Falls is 480 miles from Salem, and involves crossing Massachusetts and New York State. We decided to travel as far as Ross could manage, and being well stocked with food I could serve meals on the road rather than us taking time out to find somewhere to eat.
Just before lunch Ross asked me could he take a detour to the town of Lee, Massachusetts, which had a large complex of premium factory outlet stores. We knew these complexes were all over the country in each state, and had been hoping to find a day towards the end of our trip to do some serious shopping before we went home. I want it on record that it was Ross’ idea to stop there today, and just quietly I think he wanted some retail therapy after yesterday!! For his sake, I just didn’t feel I could object to the plan…;)
After 3 hours shopping and lunch, we returned to the RV with several bags of shopping and pressed on towards Niagara. I found an RV park in a town called Farmington, NY, an hour and a half away from Niagara, which gives us the goal for the morning. The park was great, with a games room, three playgrounds, rock climbing wall and adventure area including a zip line, treehouse, and obstacle course. We pulled in at 7pm, and decided to try all of the above before we settled down to the usual nightly routine of dinner, showers, and laundry loads. It gets dark so late we had time to try it all!