Loving Our Trip

We've had a busy week.  We have seen so many beautiful areas.  It's so funny because we weren't anticipating how close everything would be in New England.  We have covered all of the states.  They are full of beautiful mountains, lakes, pine trees, and my favorites -- spruce trees.  The fall colors on the leafy trees are breath-taking. 

Starting on Oct 3rd - Stayed in Bangor


Monday  - Wolfeboro , NH

Tuesday - Vermont

Wednesday - New York - Adirondacks

Thursday - Palmyra

Friday - Niagara Falls

Saturday - Niagara Falls

Here we are in front of Stephen King's house in Bangor, Maine.

           Next, we stayed in Wolfeboro, NH at the Pratt's summer home.  What a heavenly setting!  They have built a 12 bedroom , 4 story home on the Lake Winnipesaukee.  Words can't describe what they have created here for their family and friends.  The home is so large, it took us the first hour to take the tour.  In spite of it's size, it's so homey and cozy.  It was just a perfect place.  Very New England.  We walked the village of Wolfeboro -   unique and fun and right on the lake.

                                                   Off the deck

Rich standing by the fireplace gives you the perspective of the size.

Loved the moose

 This was on the way to the boat house and dock - several docks

                                     Very large kitchen - also very New England

                         
                                 In Sharon, Vermont at the birth place of Joseph Smith, Jr.  A tender place where a doctor from Dartmouth performed surgery on his leg, saving the leg.  The doctor later became renown and was the only doctor in the US that could have performed the surgery.  I think he later started the medical school at Yale and Harvard.  Joseph Smith's life was preserved by a miracle.

The most fun surprise of the trip was hearing from Maren Younce Mecham.  She sent me a message on Facebook and said,  "Come see me in Vermont."   So we did.  Maren and her husband, Quinn,  live in Middlebury, Vermont where Quinn is a professor of Middle Eastern studies.  We had lunch at a very picturesque setting on the Otter Point River with Maren and her two adorable boys.  We loved Vermont.  Surprise Surprise............................we love it all.

We then moved on to the Adirondacks.  We purposefully drove smaller roads avoiding the interstates to get a really good feel for the surroundings.  The GPS took us to a couple of dirt roads in Vermont that cracked us up.

The Adirondacks in New York are so full of lakes.  Lake after lake after lake.  It was a beautiful drive.  The fall leaves were different in every state.

                                      

                                I know my pictures do not convey the beauty of the Adirondacks. 

                                                            Palmyra Temple

                                     Sacred Grove in the afternoon

                                                 Sacred Grove in the morning

                                            

                                                                 Hill Cumorah

                                              
                                        On to Niagara Falls

Rich at the bottom of the falls in his slicker

                                   The Niagara River before going over the Falls

Yes, we are having such an enjoyable trip.  It's a funny time of life to be able to just pick up and leave whenever we want.  We have both been working since we were teenagers and now it just feels funny to have free time.  We love it tho'.  We feel lucky.