DH and I are on a little vacation this week. We left Saturday for a tour through the New England states, and will be home this weekend. For 40+ years I have wanted to see New England in the fall, so now that we are both fully retired - no part time jobs - here we are! Of course, our hope was to see the fall color, but fall is coming late to New England, it appears; we are seeing much the same thing we have in Ohio - plenty of green with rare pops of yellow or red.
Next to seeing fall colors, the primary goal was to see Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. This came about from our daughter and son-in-law, who go there for occasional functions with his paternal side of the family. All their raving about the beauty and splendor of the place coupled with our long-held desire to see fall color in that area culminated in this trip.
I will simply share a few key photos and include a brief caption for each. We still have three days of touring ahead of us!
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| Saturday: Niagara Falls in New York. |
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| Sunday: scenic drive through Adirondack Mtns. |
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| Sunday: cross into Vermont on ferry across Lake Champlain. |
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| Sunday night: close encounter with a moose in New Hampshire. |
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| Monday &Tuesday: touring Lake region. |
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| Lake Winnipesaukee from an scenic vantage point. |
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| Lake Winnipesaukee from boat cruise on lake. |
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| Seaside resort on lake. |
Today we left New Hampshire and drove into Maine, setting our sights on the coastline between Portland and Bar Harbor. We always try to take scenic routes as opposed to interstate highways; this sometimes results in our not making it to our goal destination - such was the case today, for example. We made it as far as Camden, ME, and called it a day. We will continue to Bar Harbor tomorrow, head up to Bangor, and then turn our car westward in the general direction of Ohio. It won't be a straight stretch, though. We plan to sight see a bit more in New Hampshire and Vermont before making that concerted effort homeward.
Am I sewing, you ask?? Well, I have a nicely packed bag with a couple hand stitching projects, but I haven't opened them yet. *grin* Good intentions, but the sight seeing has won out.
Happy Fall, Friends!
With all those beautiful places to see it's best keep your eyes roving rather than looking down at stitching! The names of places fascinate me. I wouldn't know how to pronounce the name of the beautiful lake but Bangor is a town in Wales, UK and I can pronounce that! :-) And I'm writing from 'old' Hampshire in the south of the UK where Autumn colour is also hard to find although the temperature has dropped significantly over the past few days so the colours will be popping soon.
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