2 New Locations, 2 old ones for the Essex NHA in Massachusetts

To keep my perfect record for all the stops on this NHA, went to the three new locations added since last year, Marblehead and Rockport, and revisited the Maria Miles location and Newburyport as well.  Pretty seaside towns...

Maria Miles location, just over the state line

Marblehead VC- almost drove right past it!

Newburyport VC

Rockport VC

Quick run down to Charlestown Navy Yard- Boston National Historical Park August 12 2013

Weather was nice today, so I decided to run down to the East Side of Boston National Historical Park, and stopped in at the Charleston Navy Yard to pick up three stamps I was missing, got all three! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revisit to Salem Maritime National Historical Park Salem, Mass Aug 7 2013

While on my Northern Boston area swing today, I decided to drop back by the Salem Maritime NHS to hit a couple of places I had not been to before, even though I visited the site twice before. 

The main goal for this trip was a visit to the Friendship of Salem, a replica sailing ship that is housed in the port part of the park. 

 

The Friendship of Salem is a 171-foot replica of a 1797 East Indiaman, built in the Scarano Brothers Shipyard in Albany, New York, in 2000. The ship usually functions as a stationary museum during most of the year, however the ship is a fully functioning United States Coast Guard certified vessel capable of passenger and crew voyages, and will set sail during various times of the year. The first American National Historic Site is run by the National Park Service and is the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, this is where the Friendship of Salem is docked.

            

Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Career
Name:	Friendship of Salem
Namesake:	Friendship (1797)
Owner:	National Park Service
Builder:	Scarano Brothers Shipyard
Launched:	November 1996
Acquired:	September 1, 1998
Homeport:	Salem, MA
Status:	in service
Badge:	Woman in classical dress offering a bouqet of flowers
General characteristics
Class & type:	Full rigged ship
Length:	171 feet bowsprit to spanker boom
Beam:	30 feet
Height:	20 feet keel to deck at midship
Decks:	main deck, 'tween deck, and holds
Installed power:	onboard generators
Propulsion:	21 sails, twin diesel engines
Speed:	7.2 maximum / 5.8 average knots
Boats & landing craft carried:	1 jolly boat

 

I also got around to touring the Custom House, which is across the street, a part of the park I hadn't seen before-

The orientation shack portion of the park was closed due to sequestration, pretty stupid idea, the other Visitor's center is about a 10 minute hike away.  No new or different stamps here today- Already had a pin, and there was no hiking staff medallion.