Day 12, Friday Sept. 29, 2023 At Salisbury MA
It Definitely was a low activity day as we pretty much stayed in the trailer all of the morning and part of the afternoon, getting out to make a run to the store into short trips to some marshes that were nearby. We did find that along the Merrimack River there are dozens of yacht clubs, boat basins and marinas on the sides of the Merrimack River. That would be in Newburyport and Salisbury is well. A drive through that area and you begin to realize how old these towns are, with Newberry Port being established in 1637. These are among the first communities even before the colonies were established.
I thought that my "four great" grandfather came early when he landed late in the 1600s in New Amsterdam but these settlements had already been established some 75 years before. He was Dutch being named Van Norman or possibly Van Naaman, before the crush of the British moved them out to Pennsylvania and the Delaware gap Area.---how did I get going on this?
Anyway we spent the morning looking/calling using the Good Sam emergency line,for a repair shop so that we might get our brakes attended before we went much further. We did find a place and if the suggestions mentioned by a number of mechanics work, then we will be okay.
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| A close read will explain why the lighhouses have to bemoved back at times. |
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| The small harbor at Rock Harbor holds a working fleet |
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| The line between the Sand Dunes and the Swamp...is forest. |
We did take too short rides to what Massachusetts calls State Reservations. (Public Recreation areas) I think they would be much like our state parks in the Midwest. They are owned by the state, and a flat fee is charged at the gate ($14/person) even for a daily visit. We decided not to enter. We saw very few birds today and I think six or seven. Yesterday was the big day of course as we mentioned with 35 birds sighted and identified.
That was pretty much it for the day and there were no new pictures taken. Hang in there, as tomorrow may be an improvement, and the rain should stop by AM.
We are still less than 1 mile from a coast where Salisbury has a huge, miles long, development of apartments, rentals and homes on the beachfront, like you may have seen in other places along the East Coast.
One of the things we found it was very hard-to-find here in Salisbury, was a hardware store. It seems they are many miles away from town. We had a need but it was not fulfilled so we will keep looking.
I did listen to the first half of the Lions game and when they had a big lead I figured they might hold it and they did. It was a big win for the Detroit Lions and their fans. Green bay looked like they didn't even show up in the first half. That's it... More tomorrow. Jim
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