Blogs from New Hampshire, United States, North America - page 10

Autumn in New England is truly special. Every fall as the days grow crisp, leaves lose their green chlorophyll, revealing the natural colors underneath. They turn an already memorable landscape into a kaleidoscope of beauty. The leaf display appears across the temperate zones of the world, but New England’s combination of hot humid summers, chilly dry falls, and range of deciduous tree species makes ours rank among the best of them all. The scenery is world famous. So many people travel here this time of year that our high tourist season, which in most of the United States ends in early September, lasts nearly two months longer. That popularity creates an obvious downside, lots of people and clogged roads anywhere near a view. Decades ago, I found a solution: put o... read more

I left Maine with a heavy heart on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 for I had not seen a moose during my six-week visit (except for the mounted “albino” specimen and that was in Errol NH). Kidding aside, but admitting there was a hint of disappointment, I had had a great time in Maine and hope to return. According to MapQuest, the trip from Farmington ME to Lancaster NH was 99 miles and would take 2 hours and 21 minutes. That’s more in line with my overall approach to travel during The Great Adventure. I already had driven over the first 1/3 of the route while getting to the scenic drives I enjoyed so much in west central Maine; however, after I made it to Newly ME, the scenery was all novel to me. West of Bethel ... read more

We keep being SO literal on this leg. We moved from Rockport because we're not fond of rocking so much. Now we're up the coast in Portsmouth, pretty well anchored in the port's mouth. High seas, fog and scattered storms have been the order of the day so we're looking for a calm spot to hole up in until Tropical Storm Leslie works her way up and out of the area sometime after Sunday next week. Hopefully she isn't too eager to adopt the title hurricane as she whirls north in the company of upstart TS Michael a little further out in the Atlantic. For now, we're 'forced' to eat amazing bagels with salmon cream cheese at the Bagel Works in order top blog e vous! If we hunker down here for a while you might ... read more

What do a pirate, a survivor of the Titanic and a soldier in the Revoutionary War have in common? They are all in my family tree! Today is the second day for my brother and I travelling in New Hampshire and Maine searching for family. The list of names in our family is growing. Today we are looking for Sinclairs, Pikes, Fosses and a few more...Paiges, Peases and Peaslees! I was told that the weather would be hot and sunny, due to a heat wave but it is grey and overcast, just like home! I am hoping it will be hot and sunny this weekend. My brother made a family tree that goes from my Father back nine generations! This makes it easy or at least a little easier for me to keep people straight. For ... read more

June 11—On the way to New Hampshire, I did make one more stop in Massachusetts. The Minute Man National Historic Site, the “official site” of the start of the American Revolution. I've always loved history and my interest in American history grows as I travel. I am amazed how the people from the cultivated, settled European nations not only crossed the wide, often dangerous, ocean and managed to make it in the wilderness they found here. Of course, many of them didn't make it—but those that did had more courage and stamina than I do! Imagine what the British soldiers, used to cultivated fields, thought when they faced the thick woods and undergrowth that the colonists knew like the back of their hands. No wonder the British lost in the long run. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed ... read more