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| Hiking at the Salt Pond Visitor Center |
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| Salt Pond Visitor Center |
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| This is the largest rock bolder on Cape Cod (18 feet tall) |
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| Nauset Light House |
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| Three Sisters Lighthouses (these 3 tiny lighthouses used to be perched on top of a steep beach dune, but had to be moved further inland because of erosion) |
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| Salt marsh view |
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| Well-deserved ice cream! |
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| All excited about a trip! |
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| Lowell used to be a major cotton mill (cotton factory) in the 19th century. The kiddos are exploring the children's section with an imitation loom and toys. Katherine mainly just munched and drooled on books |
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| On a boat during canal tour of Lowell. The canals were dug to facilitate cotton production and delivery |
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| Going through a set of locks to elevate the boat to a higher level in the canal |
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| A flood control device |
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| The view of the factory (cotton mills) |
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| On a tram that took us to and from the boat tour |
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| Check out the work hours cotton mill workers had to do - terrible!!! |
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| Inside the mill, we had to put on ear plugs just to walk through an exhibit - that's how loud it was. Imagine working there every day |
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| Can't get enough of national parks! |
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| Bunker Hill Monument - built on a site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 |
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| Bunker Hill museum |
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| Schematic of the Bunker Hill battle |
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| USS Cassin Young, a ship from WWII |
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| Inside the ship in the officers area |
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| Aboard a different ship - USS Constitution |
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| Sam doing a scavenger hunt in the USS Constitution Museum |
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| Building a ship from wood parts |
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| Puppet show |
