Day 114

Another really laid back day, having a holiday from our vacation!

It started with a bang,……..and I promised to say no more about that!!!!

10 minutes after Larry left for school this morning, he called to let us know the bank he was at was being robbed!!

We later found out that a blue bath-robed robber got away with lots money, and Larry was almost in the thick of things. He was lucky not to get arrested as an accomplice, since he was dressed for his school, in his chef’s uniform! Luckily, he was not detained, and off to school he went.

We decided to go to Old Town Salem, which dates back to the late 1700’s. This place is touristy, but in a very well done manner. All the buildings are as they were originally, there are no gaudy signs or billboards or glitzy gift shops.

The town has a lot of residential properties, and the owners are not allowed to have any modern day items in the yards. So things like kids toys and barbecue grills are not allowed, and if they have vegetable gardens, they are required to grow only what was around when the place was first built.

So, lots of red brick and timber buildings, all with copper downspouts, red brick sidewalks and lots of shady trees. There were few people about, so, a thoroughly enjoyable morning, followed by a nice lunch, served by wait staff in period costume.

This evening, we went over to brother in law Larry’s culinary school. The class he attends for chef school had an evaluation evening, for food and beverage service, where first semester students waited on guests, and the whole menu was prepared by second semester students. We were charged the ridiculously inexpensive price of $ 7.50 each, for the three course meal. The food was excellently prepared and served, and the menu was very varied.

A very enjoyable evening.

Wildlife watch was a pigeon and a frog that Larry squished.