Rainy Sunday/Sunny Monday

Monday, Oct. 3rd.   We packed up the motor home, hooked up the car and drove down to Salisbury Beach in the rain.  Have I said how not fun it is to be doing all the disconnecting/connecting in the rain?  Well, it's not.  The drive was in very heavy traffic.  Lots of folks returning from a weekend in Maine back to Boston and New York.

Our campground in Salisbury Beach is a Massachusetts state park.  It's located right where the Merrimac River dumps into the Atlantic.  It wasn't really raining as we set up there...just a light mist.  On the recommendation of a neighbor, we had dinner at the Hungry Traveler restaurant.  Diane had a wonderful shrimp and crab in a lobster sauce casserole and I had prime rib and stuffed shrimp.  Very good restaurant!

Presbyterian church

George Washington statue 

This morning we awoke to mixed sun and clouds.  But the clouds soon gave way to a beautiful sunny day. We took a drive over to Newburyport, just across the Merrimac from Salisbury.  Newburyport is full of history.  It was the first port established...before Boston.  It is also where the Coast Guard began.  We took a walking tour around the town.  Lots of houses have been preserved in their 1600's and 1700's style.  And lots of old churches.  The downtown had lots of shops, restaurants, galleries and museums.

We came back to the campground and took Buster to the beach for a sunny, relaxing afternoon.