MY WIFE & I STAYED AT WINTER ISLAND NEAR SALEM IN OCT 2001 CAMPED FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS .THE LIGHT HOUSE & GROUNDS WERE SOMETHING ELSE ..NOTHING IS BETTER THAN SALEM MA. IN OCT.. THE HAUNTED HAPPENINGS CELEBRATION IS SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD PARTAKE IN AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME ..IT WAS WELL WORTH DRIVING 2000 MILES TO SEE ..PLANING A RETURN TRIP IN OCT 2008 ...WOULD NOT MISS IT FOR ANYTHING .PLAN TO STAY THE WHOLE MONTH OF OCT.