Witch Trials and Fall Colors

The fall is just beginning to change colors in New England. This morning we drove up to Salem Massachusetts to see the witch trials and museums. Here is a picture we took through the window so the colors are not truly as brilliant as they are in real life

This is the view we woke up to from our hotel in Quincy. We thought we were in for a day of rain, but we lucked out once again with gorgeous weather and blue skies!

This is a reenactment of the witch dungeon, complete with gallows and what the actual dungeon looked like. It was very depressing, the size of your jail cell depending on what you could afford. Some were just big enough for you to stand in and were called the "coffin cells" It was very dark and hard to take pictures so you will have to come out and see it for yourself someday.

Here is a close up of Grandma all locked up in public. Everyone in the town was required to show up for public hangings. If you did not show up then you must be a witch. The youngest one to watch was a 4 year old girl whose mother was being hung. Very very sad.