(Peabody Essex Museum)After the museum, we got takeout lunch and ate in a local park. We then continued to walk around downtown. Salem is full of witch shops - some of which promoted witch tours, some sold witch t-shirts and other souvenirs, some sold pagan accessories. Salem has a rich "witch history" after all. And for a Wednesday afternoon, we were surprised at how many other tourists were around.
(Witch on a pole with Witch's Brew Cafe in background)
We continued our tour of the city by walking to Salem Commons via the Witch Museum (which we didn't go in since the line was out the door). 
(Salem Commons)
Bill and I decided to take a detour and walked around several neighborhoods in search of the oldest house we could find. Most of the homes in downtown Salem are designated historic sites. The oldest we saw was the Derby House built 1762. We decided to skip the House of Seven Gables since the line was long there also and we were able to see most of the home without paying the admission.
(Derby House)
We ended our self guided walking tour with an antique shop, which had several old and rare books for sale and which was on the downtown waterfront where we were dropped off by the water taxi. 
(Rare books at the antique shop)
We came back to the boat and played a little backgammon. We are currently sitting topside, continuing to talk about and plan our next destinations, and watching the most incredible sunset AGAIN. The sky has literally been every color in the rainbow in the last 20 minutes or so. Bill will spark up the grill in a few minutes and we will settle in for dinner and a movie. We are back to cruising.... Tomorrow's destination - Gloucester, MA.
(Another beautiful sunset)
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