Dear Family & Friends in Warmer Places, There is frost on the pumpkin and ice on the rain puddles. We were camped in Brookline, NH for 3 nights which was very nice & on a pond and beyond, a lake. We explored many old towns like Merrimac, Amherst, Nashua, etc. which all were founded 1680, 1730, 1803 etc. Being a native CA gal; that's old. We have really loved NH and were delighted to be back Do you know what the road sign says when you are coming into a populated area? "THICKLY SETTLED" It reminds me of some of those quaint phrases in England "LOOSE CHIPPINGS". They had to turn off the water to the campground here, too, but we can still take a hot shower. Clear days with a high 48, low 26...burrrr. We
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