Gas House Beach,
End of Gas House Lane
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Redd's Pond,
Pond Street and Russell Street
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Stramski's Beach, End of Stramski Way |
Grace Oliver Beach,
Beacon Street and Crowninshield Road
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before going on a hike at the Steer Swamp. The paths I took here to explore all the viewpoints here are shown below in pink.
Only Black Joe's Pond was worth looking at, and thankfully I was able to find my way after getting a little disoriented in the top half of the area.
I could not get onto Crowninshield Island, as it was still high tide at this point.
Thankfully, I was getting hungry by now, so I headed into the downtown area to try to find something to eat. I first went to The Muffin Shop, where I decided to just get a Peach Muffin, which was actually pretty tasty and Crispy.
Not satisfied, I went next to Haley's Wines and Market Cafe close by, where I settled for a Breakfast Burrito (black beans, egg, pepperjack, housemade salsa, bacon)
The food was just okay though.
I resumed my sightseeing afterward,
St. Michael's Episcopal Church |
Grace Community Church |
Old North Church |
Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead |
Tedesco Country Club |
Marblehead High School |
Fort Beach,
Franklin Street and Front Street
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and at Fort Sewall.
I then went on a hike at the Hawthorn Pond area, where the path I took is shown below in pink.
The pond itself was nothing to look at though.
After leaving the museum, I headed to lunch at the Flying Saucer Pizza Company in Salem. This cafe like place is Sci-Fi themed,
I decided to go with a Creamsicle Float,
The Ender was pretty good, although the Silurian tasted downright weird.
Overall, this pizza place is worth checking out because of its quirkiness. Just don't get mac and cheese on your pizza.
I headed back to Marblehead at this point, hoping to be able to get onto Crowninshield Island while the tide was still low, and thankfully it was. Pictures I took here while on the island follow.
It was interesting to find a decorated christmas tree along the way.
where the Marblehead Light Tower is located as well.
After climbing the rocks at Castle Rock Park,
I headed for a hike at the Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, where the path I took is shown below in pink.
Unfortunately, there was nothing much to see here.
Once again, nothing too impressive, but at least better than Hawthorn Pond.
Finally, I decided to call it a day for sightseeing, heading into Swampscott for dinner at Nguyen's Vietnamese Cuisine and Sushi Bar. This place has to be the nicest Vietnamese place I have been to to date.
Overall, not a bad place to eat at in Swampscott.
At this point, I decided to head into Boston to join my friends at the New Year's Eve fireworks on the Boston Common.
Unfortunately, by the time I parked my car, the fireworks had already started, so I had to take pictures from where I was in South Boston.
I finally headed to Hei La Moon, where all my friends were waiting for food to come, but as it never did, we decided to give up after an hour or so of waiting, and headed to New Golden Gate instead, where we got our food much faster this time around.
After dinner, a group of us went to my friend's place, where we waited for the fireworks at midnight.
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