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MAINE COAST & North East corner road trip

HOW TO GET THERE The main purpose of this trip is to experience some of the best of the coast and nearby places in the North Eastern corner of the United States.  We flew into Boston, and then headed up towards the top of the Maine coast with just a couple of overnight stops. You could head up rapidly in about 5 hours but it would be a shame to miss out on some of the places and sights you can enjoy along the way up there.  ROUTE BOSTON (MA) Boston is a destination in its own right, and at the end of the trip are some suggestions for a stop there of 2/3 nights. DANVERS (MA) From the airport it’s about a half hour drive out to Danvers,   where we had a 1 night stop. This  is a quiet and pretty town with a perhaps unexpected link to a major event in American history. The town was originally called Salem village like the town its namesake 5  miles away. A local woman was tried and executed in the famous witch trials in 1692, and you can visit her preserved home, th...