Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

{Spring Break} The Maine Event

So, the "snow event" was basically just a dusting (Vermont-style), but I cut a few things out of our planned stops in Maine and took it easy this morning...

Our car still looked like this when we hit the road mid-morning...


and my South Carolinian children still looked like this...


 but don't worry, we DO have appropriate clothing and shoes...

So, rather than taking the northeastern state routes through the mountains, we kept to the interstates and headed south down to Manchester, NH...


and then, north up to Maine, our final destination for this trip...


From the welcome center, we pretty much booked it straight to Bangor, ME and visited the grave of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin...


Hannibal Hamlin served as the 15th Vice President of the United States during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was succeeded by Andrew Johnson, who went on to become president after Abraham Lincoln's assassination...

From Bangor, we turned around and headed back south, and it felt good to be starting the slow trek home!

Our next stop was in Augusta, ME to run up the state capitol building steps...


We grabbed dinner at local dive, Whipper's Pizza...


before continuing on to our hotel, just making one quick pit stop at the flagship L.L. Bean store and the BIG boot (like last time)!


Making our way into Boston, MA tomorrow!

Thursday, July 18, 2013

{Road Trip} Day Eight - Yogurt on the Way to Kennebunkport

After sleeping in just a little bit, we left the hotel and stopped at Stonyfield Farm to see first hand where some of our favorite yogurt is made...


  Though they no longer give tours of the facility, the little ones enjoyed watching a great video and sampling many different products.  They probably loved playing with all the farm-themed toys most of all...




while Hubby and I stocked the cooler with smoothies and yogurt tubes for the road!

Our next stop was The Pierce Manse, home to our 14th President (and the only President from New Hampshire), Franklin Pierce...




I actually had plans to make a stop at his birthplace in Hillsborough, as well, but unfortunately traffic and construction put us a little behind. 

We made a stop at the state house in Concord...




before continuing on into MAINE!




First stop...

Kennebunkport...




Okay, I think that I could get used to vacationing here!

Some of the sights...




The Bush Compound at Walker's Point




where Hubby and B sampled the renown lobster roll...




B was most interested in checking out the live lobsters swimming in the tank!




He's going to love what's on tap for tomorrow!

More {Road Trip} 2013 Fun