Salem, Mass.

So, needless to say - this trip to Salem, Mass was LONG awaited and soo worth it! My boyfriend, his mother, and I took off early Saturday morning to get a little taste of be-witching! :) I have been reading for the last year several books about the Salem Witch Trials and the overall sociology of witchcraft in general, from a historical standpoint - not present day practice. The trip was amazing and we got to do the typical tourist stuff such as seeing The House of Seven Gables, and the basic Salem area of the dungeon museum, the witchcraft museum, the town square, and all the old buildings and some awesome shops! We also go to eat at their brew factory where we had a delicious pumpkin ale rimmed with cinnamon and sugar - delishhh! We could not really complain about the food there. All of the local restaurants were great! Salem (from a historical or predisposed stand-point) was a little bit too modern to me - I was hoping they would have preserved more - but I know it's been 300 years so I'm trying to be realistic! So - that was a little disappointing - but still awesome! They also had a bizarre/fair going on which was cool!

I did not get to see the old Salem jail or Gallow Hill so that will be for next time! I am already talking about November of THIS year :). We also got to stop in the Boston Harbor on the way home so Eric could see the USS Constitution and the Cassin Young! It was pretty remarkable!

MORE exciting - we got to go on a paranormal investigation trip (Paranormal Salem) and actually use and handle all the equipment from 12am-2am through historic Salem (the actual haunted spots, not the re-creations!) It was SO creepy! If you check out my Facebook, you will see all the pictures and the distortions in the pictures that are believed to be from paranormal activity! There are blemishes and orbs and such which have no reason to be there other than the spooky! :) I got to use the EMF machine, but there were also pendelums and rods as well! It was so awesome and we had a small intimate group of 7 so that was great! We had some awesome encounters and some crazy things happen and overall it was the BEST part of the trip! I would definatly go back to Salem/live there! :) Crazy stuff.. but too much to blog about :)

The only thing that pissed me off was booking the Hilton! Okay.. so we get to the Hilton having booked two queen beds for our stay because we knew we'd barely be in the room... just enough to sleep, shower, and run. So, we check in - and this idiot says, "we have a king size and can give you a roll away cot," ... OKAY - did I miss something? WHAT THE F* ARE RESERVATIONS FOR if you are just going to give me something else anyway? I said, absolutely not! We would like two full-size beds! We did not travel 5 hours to sleep on a damn cot! Suddenly... something became available. How convenient! But nothing pisses me off more than reserving something - only to get something else. What the hell are reservations worth now-a-days!! I guess only as good as the company who you make them with! Needless to say I filled out the survey quite nicely ;)

Last night was the blood moon/hunter's moon.... Halloween is coming :)

will write more soon.. :D