Winter Break Trip - Day 2

[everyone slept in until almost 1000 - we ate a late breakfast (bagels, toast, English muffins, cereal) - at around 1045, Katie drove us from her house to Salem, hoping for a scenario where the NPS Passport Stamp could be obtained at a gift shop (sometimes possible) for the Maritime NHS - one of the Visitors Centers was closed but we walked around in the old district and located one of the first houses built in the town (Narbonne House, bui;t in 1675), a lighthouse and several other exhibits that described the history of the seaport - we also stopped at Waite & Peirce (a gift shop), which turned out to be another Visitors Center, and Mollie got the stamp she craved and some souvenirs (1220) - our next stop was Brodie's Seaport Café, where we ate a delicious lunch and Katie watched her beloved Patriots playing the Buffalo Bills (done at 1320) - we finished eating at around 1345 and then went to the Salem Witch Museum (relatively unchanged since the 1970s), walked around on the Old Common and, later, the Old Burial Point - it was cold and windy but the sun was shining brightly - everyone seemed happy to be outdoors and Mollie had fun with her cousins - after we were done, Katie drove us home by 1615 and went to church with John - meanwhile, I took Mollie, Johnny and Ella to visit one of our relatives - we got gas in Hanover (1730) and drove to Gerard's house in Plymouth (1800) - we ate dinner (pizza) there and had a nice visit with him - at around 2030, we drove back to Hanover and watched a movie (“Elf”) - Mollie and Ella decided to make sugar cookies and Katie also helped them make her special peanut butter with Hershey Kiss cookies - I went to bed at 2230 but Mollie stayed up for another hour]