We spent a week in Salem to visit some of my family, and a friend who used to live in Florida. The town itself was okay, not somehwere we’ll put on the list though. We met my aunt and uncle and took the kids to a local kid museum. They had a great time. We hiked behind a waterfall in a state park. We went to a cool, hand-carved wooden carousel, which I loved. Went to the Iris Festival and local iris garden. The garden was wonderful, such gorgeous floweres. I want some irises now when we settle down. The festival itself was pretty lame and small, we thought. Apparently its a big deal there though, it was packed when we drove by it again on Saturday. We went to my aunt and uncle’s house on Sunday, visited cousins, kids played with their 2nd cousins, then it was time to pack up and move to the coast.
