New England in the Fall

Well, I have been somewhat of a slacker lately (haven't posted anything new for 2 months) so I guess I have some catching up to do.

Joe made a trip back to New England to do research for his thesis at the beginning of October. I spent the first half of the trip with him. We drove around New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. It was the beginning of October, and the autumn colors were beautiful.



We spent some time in Laconia, NH where his mother grew up and visited the famous Lake Winnipesaukee (even spending a night at the Margate resort with the beach right out our bedroom window.

While in Maine, we visited some old family friends. They live on a fjord in Bar Harbor. We walked down to the ocean (only 20 yards from their house) and collected sea water to keep our lobsters fresh until we were ready to cook them; I ate and cooked my very first Maine lobster while watching sail boats out their picture windows as the sun set. Maybe we should move to Maine . . . .

(I have to credit google maps for the above 2 photos, both were taken very near our friends' house. The pictures recreate very well the atmosphere from their beautiful home).