Rebecca found some clothes through craigslist, but they were in Salem. Lucky for us, Salem is about a 30-45 minute drive away. While we considered the merits of driving out to Salem for a pile of clothes, we reminded ourselves that the best restaurants and cutest stores are always in touristy towns. Those are the only places with enough active money flow to sustain interesting places which would go out of business in any other town. So we drove out to Salem on Saturday morning, primarily to pick up some clothes but also to visit some witch sites and walk through downtown. We met Camilla and Cameron for some seafood lunch, but then had to go home so I could write a talk for Father's Day.
Earlier in the week, Paela and I also took Camilla and Cameron to the zoo for free. Our library offers free passes to the New England Zoo, if you can manage to request them before someone else. We got really lucky and the weather was wonderful. Paela got to hear a lion roar several times and pointed out many animals that she knew. All week long she has been talking about the animals she saw.
There isn't much to do in this small town. A large part of our week is visiting the library daily. They have a large library network which permits us to reserve movies and books, as well as a large playground with swings across the street. Paela enjoys running up and down the stairs in the library and when she gets dirty looks from the librarians, I take her home.
All our evenings were busily taken up working on our chair project. We are building a 7 foot long bean bag chair which is almost finished. Trying to sew in three dimensions with slippery fabric is tricky, to say the least. After hours of frustration, we have wondered if saving 500$ was really worth it.
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