leebee
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 14, 1999
OK, I have to ask: Where is everyone from? I grew up in Peabody (lived there for 28 years) and also lived in Salem for 2 years. I now live outside of Bangor, ME.
I would say do Sturbridge Village and Salem. In Salem, I'd do the Peabody Essex Museum, the Witch Museum (the one in Washington Square), maybe the Witch House (Jonathan Corwin house), and head for Derby Street. You can tour the House of the Seven Gables and check out the Salem Maritime National Historic Site (https://www.nps.gov/sama/planyourvisit/things2do.htm), which has a junior ranger program. Here's a link to stuff to do in Salem: http://salem.org/about
There are no more tollbooths on the Mass Pike; you just go under a huge metallic arch-like thing that takes a picture of your car and the Commonwealth sends a bill. If you are renting a car, I believe they send the bill to the rental company and then the company charges you. In April I picked up my daughter at Logan Airport and drove her home to Hartford, CT, going right by Old Sturbridge Village. I believe the Commonwealth charged me somewhere in the vicinity of $11 in tolls, but that included tolls for the Ted Williams Tunnel IN Boston because I was coming from the airport. Mass. DOT has an online calculator to help you figure out the tolls on your routes (https://www.ezdrivema.com/TollCalculator)
I would say do Sturbridge Village and Salem. In Salem, I'd do the Peabody Essex Museum, the Witch Museum (the one in Washington Square), maybe the Witch House (Jonathan Corwin house), and head for Derby Street. You can tour the House of the Seven Gables and check out the Salem Maritime National Historic Site (https://www.nps.gov/sama/planyourvisit/things2do.htm), which has a junior ranger program. Here's a link to stuff to do in Salem: http://salem.org/about
There are no more tollbooths on the Mass Pike; you just go under a huge metallic arch-like thing that takes a picture of your car and the Commonwealth sends a bill. If you are renting a car, I believe they send the bill to the rental company and then the company charges you. In April I picked up my daughter at Logan Airport and drove her home to Hartford, CT, going right by Old Sturbridge Village. I believe the Commonwealth charged me somewhere in the vicinity of $11 in tolls, but that included tolls for the Ted Williams Tunnel IN Boston because I was coming from the airport. Mass. DOT has an online calculator to help you figure out the tolls on your routes (https://www.ezdrivema.com/TollCalculator)