New Hampshire

We sadly left Maine only to be continually blessed with God's Glorious Gifts - GGG's.  We drove down the coast of Maine to Freeport for one last shopping fling in Maine.....LLBean Corporate Offices are located there.  I had to open an LLBean credit card so I could save 15% on all we bought  Pat - again- ended up being the largest buyer.  He found pants that he liked for $6.50 at the LLBean outlet store.  We ended up spending way too long at that town...going from the main store over to the outlet store and back.  VISA is going to be a scary word for us next month.

We then began our drive to New Hampshire driving through the Kancamagus Highway on Rte 112.  It is a National Forest Preserve so we were a bit worried it may be closed down due to our wonderful government not getting along.  Luckily the road was open, but there were no workers to be found.  Only sad signs saying there were no staff there.







What a gorgeous drive.  The trees are at or near their peak, and the colors again are God painted.  We had to stop a lot just to take pics that will never show by camera like we can see it with our own 2 eyes.  Beautiful.....We stopped and took a hike to a lovely waterfall to get a bit of exercise and then continued on to our inn in Holderness.











We are still looking for a Moose...We even went to a dump because someone told us they'd be there.   Not a place you want to go to on vacation let me tell you.  We've decided that there really aren't any....just signs everywhere telling us to look for them and a candid camera somewhere laughing at us as we are searching for one.  We have given up and now are taking pics of fake  Moose instead.  :)

We have enjoyed our Inn here in Holderness a lot.  It is located near Squam Lake, where the movie Golden Pond was filmed.  I loved that movie and always wanted to go visit this area and hear a loon on a lake.  Well....there are no loons here either....just like the Moose.....Fortunately we had seen a Loon in Maine before getting here or I'd really be sad.









We went on an 8 mile bike ride to a lovely covered bridge, and there were quite a few hills to climb.  I am doing better on them but still had to get off and walk the bike up one tough one. I think I slow Patrick down but he has been a great encourager.   We also went on a 2 mile hike to see more waterfalls and gorgeous scenery.  We felt we earned our pub food and ale today for sure plus a homemade cookie or 2 from the Inn.