Northeast Trip - Day 4

It was dark when we drove into New Hampshire the night before, but we were staying just a few miles from the state line so we drove back the next morning to get some pictures.  Then it was all about covered bridges!!

First stop was Saco River Bridge in Conway, NH.

View from the bridge.

A beautiful tree by the bridge.

Swift River Bridge also in Conway.

We drove through the beautiful White Mountains.

To the Albany Bridge

Such a beautiful drive along the back roads.

Especially beautiful in the mountains.

  

The beautiful white churches just beg to be photographed!

Groveton Covered Bridge.

Stark covered bridge.  This bridge is unique with the church that can be seen right through it.

Country roads.

Mechanic Street Bridge in Lancaster.

We saw lots of porches stocked with firewood.  Getting ready for the cold weather and snow.

We drove into Vermont to see the Lunenburg Bridge.

This picture was taken of beautiful Damariscotta, VT taken from I-93.

We drove back into New Hampshire and spent the night at Channel Waterfront Cottages in Weir's Beach.

These cottages were on Lake Winnipesaukee.  We didn't always have reservations for the night and winged it most of the time.  We were always successful at finding somewhere to stay!

We had dinner at a lovely restaurant right on the lake and had a relaxing evening.

I started this post last Friday but got sidetracked by lots of things, mostly that I had Harrison and Cameron all weekend.  I'll update on that later and also our Halloween fun!

Wishing my sister Pat a very happy birthday today.  Hope she's had a wonderful day!

Northeast Trip - Day 3

On day 3, like crazy people!, we got up at 6:00 a.m., threw on clothes, and by 6:15 were on the road to Cadillac Mountain to see the sunrise.  Cadillac Mountain is in Acadia National Park, is the highest point on the North Atlantic Seaboard, and is the first place to view sunrise in the US from October to March.  Sunrise was at 6:49 that day.

It's just beginning to get light.

Once it starts, it only takes a few minutes for the sun to be entirely up.  Thank goodness because it was really cold and windy that morning.

There were hundreds of people there also viewing the sunrise with us.  I guess we weren't the only crazy ones!

The view coming down the mountain along the Summit Road was beautiful!

The colors along the way were spectacular!

As beautiful as these pictures are, they cannot capture the color and beauty we saw!  It was breathtaking and at every turn it was more beautiful!

We headed back to the hotel, got dressed, and went into Bar Harbor.

Everything is lobster along the coast of Maine.

And the only moose I saw on this trip, like my last trip to the northeast, wasn't real -- like this one on top of the building!  We saws plenty of Moose Crossing signs, but no actual moose!  :(

We had tickets for a noon cruise of the harbor on this small boat.

It was still quite cold and windy and water splashed up along the sides.  This is what I looked like for most of the cruise -- when I wasn't inside!

We agreed that this would be more fun in the summer!

We saw some lovely homes of the rich and famous.  I don't remember whose these were but Martha Stewart has a home up there somewhere!

These buoys were all over the water.  The boat captain said those were lobster buoys.  Each fisherman has a different color and pattern for their buoy so they can identify their traps.

They were everywhere!

We saw seals sunning themselves on the rocks.

And saw two beautiful lighthouses from a distance.

This is Bear Island Light.

Egg Rock Light.

We got back to Bar Harbor and had dinner at the Dog and Pony. 

The clam chowder was delicious.  I had it several times at different restaurants.

The lobster roll was delicious too.  It's fresh lobster with just enough mayo to hold it together, served on a split bun like a hotdog bun but way better!

We decided we had to have blueberry pie since blueberries grow in Maine -- that was just an excuse!
We were too full after the lobster roll so we stopped by a bakery and picked up two slices to go.

We took the back roads to North Conway, New Hampshire where we stayed the night and indulged in our pie!  The only thing that would have made it better was if it was warmed with ice cream!