Today we went into Salem, Mass. Dad's always got funny comments about how that's where Grandma's witch coven is from. ;) Our first stop was on the sight seeing trolley that showed us lots of cool houses and buildings and gave us the history on them. After that we hopped off the trolley and found ourselves taking the tour of The House Of Seven Gables. (Kenzie's reading the book we bought in the gift shop now as we speak.) It was a really neat house, complete with a hidden staircase behind the fire place! The house is 330 years old!After that we wandered around Salem some more, ate lunch at a place on the coast and had probably the best food we've had yet on this trip, then walked to the memorial/cemetery of the 19 people that were hung and one that was tortured after being accused of witch craft.
The bench looking things behind the kids were actually memorials of the people who were accused of witch craft, their names, date of death and how they were killed..
These quotes were inscribed everywhere around the memorial, they were the victims last words before they were hung.After we were done sight seeing, we wandered into the visitors center to wait for Grandma, and Kenz found this..
There was a Captain Stephen Abbott of one of the ships and this was to honor him.. We'll have to see if we can trace him when we get back home!!
Before we left, we insisted the kids stop in this photo place and get pictures as witches. (And a warlock!) The pictures turned out hilarious, I'll have to post them on Facebook when we get home. :)
He kept telling us all how much he loved grilled cheese. :)
They all then took to messing around with and stabbing the lobster I'd ordered.. I don't think any of them are huge sea food fans besides Hayden..
The kids were shocked at how many sky scrapers there were.. This picture actually has the buildings they used to keep immigrants in when they first entered the country back in the late 1800's to make sure they had no diseases. 
The start of July 14......Ohio,
and Pennsylvania. The camera deleted Maryland, and West Virginia.
Grandma and Kenz said this looked like an Angelina Jolie or Kate Gosselin picture with all the kids flocked around me walkin down the street. :) 
The kids in front of the White House.. 
While we were taking pictures in front of the White House the president flew away in one of these two helicopters.. One was sent with him actually in it, and one was sent as a decoy. 
Slade was pretty impressed by the sniper/look out posted up on the roof before and after the helicopters left. As we were walking towards the Washington Monument we passed two or three cops in the park with a couple military tactical guns.. We didn't have dad with us to give us the exact names of them..
Slade figured out a new system of washing his own hands at our rest stops!
We drove passed this school in Kansas and Kenzie made us go back.. It was the name of her Junior High, and the Mascot of her High School! And it was in the ghetto just like her schools. ;)
The kids took to blowing bubble gum to stay entertained for a bit.
I got sucked into the gum chewing/bubble blowing only seconds after they started. :)
That night for dinner we stopped at this place called "Ted's Montana Grill." It was seriously probably one of the best burgers I've ever had! Grandma got a buffalo steak and she loved it too. The kids had homemade macoroni cheese and they said they loved it as well. I wish they'd open one back home!!
Kenzie made me take this picture of St. Louis as we were driving into it.. I think it was the first city with sky scrapers we'd seen since we left home!
Kenz was really upset when we saw that the state marker for Missouri wasn't one we could get out and take a picture with.. They started referring to it as "Misery." ;)
Kenz took this as we were driving the old cobble stone back streets in "Misery." The Missouri river was so full that it was flooding everywhere.
The kids were super hot as we were looking at the arch in Missouri.. They aren't used to how humid it is here.
The arch in Missouri... That black lump standing under it is the kids. :)
We drove right passed the stadium where the Cardinals play and Kenz had to snap a few pictures for the baseball fan Dad back home. :)
We missed the tiny Indiana sign on the road, but thankfully a rest stop just over the border had this one.. Thank goodness for those rest stops!! :)
I gotta say though, we stayed in the most gorgeous valley yesterday, I couldn't resist taking a picture before we left the hotel.. 
Lets just say.. We're hoping tomorrow won't be as long of a day as today was, that's for sure.
The girls couldn't have done it without our fans though. ;) Including our Mascots!
After the game and medal's ceremony we tore off and made it all the way to Glenwood Springs, Colorado! We're staying in a hotel with enough beds for EVERYONE and the kids are just happy to be out of the car for the day. We've already had some pretty entertaining experiences.. They make it all the more fun!
Kenz's bruises she got from a girls cleats.. Very proud of those. :) 
