Off to Belchertown! Home of our very old and weird apartment on the town's common. We spent some time walking around looking at the beautiful old library and dumpy laundromat and talking about how poor we were.
Here we are back in 2003 with baby Parker on the town's common.
As we were driving east towards Boston, we stopped and talked about the
Quabbin. Which has a super interesting history. They flooded towns to create the reservoir to bring water to Eastern Massachusetts. The towns have been gone a long time but people still feel sad about it.
And here we are back in 2003 at the Quabbin with Grandma Shauna!
Visiting the North Bridge, importation to our nation's history
Next Salem. Mimi's 6th grade teacher has an ancestor who was one of the people accused of being a witch. This is the memorial built in 1992 to those that were killed.
And here we are back in 2007 with aunt Jill and aunt Tina. Look at that little Mimi and Parker!
Of course we visited off-season so lots of things were either closed on a Monday or closed until April.
So we found a cool light house to take a picture with. It was a beautiful day!
One special request was to hit an amazing seafood restaurant. My chef-friend Kimberly took me here long ago, so it's my go-to seafood place. (Yoda had grilled cheese that so, so amazing!)
We ended the night with our visiting some friends who made us some yummy brownies. We wish we could have visited more people but time just didn't allow.
Here's Parker with is long-ago friend. They might not remember each other very well, but I do!
And here they are back in 2005 at a Thomas the Tank Engine Birthday party. Look at those cheeks!
More to come!
Another hit with the pictures. Always so glad to go on your vacations with you.
ReplyDeleteI loved revisiting the Belchertown apartment and the common, what fun memories. Am I remembering right, that teeny, tiny kitchen. you had to pass through it with everyone working on dinner to get to the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteSo many fun memories!
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