Walking with Nana and Pappa: New Hampshire

Nana in Nashua

A bit different this weekend, as Nana and I went off to New Hampshire to visit with a long lost cousin. However, on the way we stopped in Nashua at Bud's Restaurant for breakfast (which was great) before we went on to the Airstream dealer. Yes, we are still thinking of traveling this great country of ours by the blue highways and back roads.

Our dream Airstream 25'FB

And we are thinking about traveling in style, an Airstream. Whether or not this comes to pass is yet to be seen but the dream is alive and all we really have to do is workout the finer points and then commit to it. We did this once before and ended up cruising for about four years which you can read about here. So the search has begun and the dilemmas mount... all feedback is welcome. The Airstream seems to be the best trailer we have found so far...a bit pricey but they seem to hold their value and are very solidly built. wouldn't you know that right near by was an electric bike shop, so we also stopped there and tried out electric bikes..now these are the height of laziness, but would make a fine dinghy for a trailer. After our morning of daydreams we made our way of to our cousins house for a good reunion and out to dinner. Sunday morning we arrived at

View from Mount Kearsage

Mount Kearsage and did a bit of a climb there although not a long climb we had a great time and the foliage was spectacular. The walking got a bit tough and although we did not make the summit we got a good feel for the mountain. We also had lunch on the mountainside.

View from our lunch site.

From Mount Kearsage we headed to the farm where the great poet and author, Robert Frost lived. His farm is in Derry, New Hampshire and although the home was closed up for the season there was some great hiking on the farm's grounds. We got in another two and a half miles in the forest around the farm and spent some time exploring the grounds and had a good walk around the house. I even got in a bit of time sketching. And the a long drive home with the New England Patriots keeping up excited on the radio. This was the third consecutive weekend of listening to the game rather than watching it --- and even though we won the game, it would have been better on tv.

Some pix