Today we had a leisurely morning. Terry has been having trouble sleeping. Ed has a cold. Karen has had a cold and is having trouble with her ear. I fixed scrambled eggs with peppers, onions, ham, and cheese. We had muffins or bagels, juice and coffee. Following breakfast Ed, Karen, and I drove up to the Von Trapp Family Lodge. We just wanted to look around at the gift shops, see the Highland Cows, and just revisit the place. If you go to the Von Trapps, you are asked to get a day pass for guests. Since we were only going to be there for a short time we didn’t get the pass We got some great pictures particularly of the cows and flowers. We even got to see Christina Von Trapp in the gift shop. ... read more

Today we got up, had breakfast, then Karen and I headed out with Ed looking for a place to get into the river. The bank at our place was pretty steep and after all the rain there was a good bit more water. We drove down our road, looked at all the houses and learned our road eventually was a dead end. We didn’t find one place to get in the river, which turned away from the road at one point. We went out to the main road and found a bridge over the river which looked like you could get to the stream easily. Sadly it was posted no fishing, no swimming, no trespassing. However there was an old covered bridge which had been converted into a gift shop. We thought we’d go in the ... read more

Rain, rain go away!!! This was a day of rain, rain, Rain!! It started raining when I went outside to start loading the car….It never stopped!!! Today was a travel day from Freeport, Maine to North Conway, New Hampshire. This is the cabin Terry pick out because of the fishing stream in the backyard. It wasn’t a long trip (only about 2 hours) but it was going to rain all the way there. On top of that, because of his injury, Terry wasn’t going to be able to fish!! When we left our barn apartment, we drove into Freeport. I noticed a McDonalds there that was in a house and I wanted to check it out. Of course it was raining. I got a few pictures but didn’t go inside. It was a neat place and ... read more

Today was a travel day from the Fairfield Inn at Amesbury to the Kindle house BNB at Freeport. We were in no particular hurry since this was the worst day for hurricane Lee, and travel was to be challenging. Actually, we were supposed to be driving during the worst wind and rain of the storm. We had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel before packing the car in a light rain. Before we were finished the rain let up and we didn’t see rain the rest of the day. We did, however, see and feel the effects of wind. It was only a 2 Hour Drive to our next place to stay so we had planned on doing some sightseeing and shopping. Years ago I was at Kittery, Maine and I wanted to stop there again. ... read more

Our condo was so nice and huge! We made our own breakfast at our leisure! The view from the deck was gorgeous. Ed got up real early hoping to take a picture of the sunrise over the water, but learned we were going to get to see the sunset….the sunrise was on the other side of our building!!! Following breakfast we’d took off to go tour The Breakers, one of the beautiful mansions you could visit here in Newport. In the mid 1800’s wealthy southern planters seeking to beat the heat began to build their summer “cottages” along Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Several years later wealthy northerners began building larger mansions nearby. By the turn of the century many of the nations wealthiest families were spending their summers in Newport. They included the Vanderbilts, who built ... read more