New Hampshire

Because I have a husband who really loves me, I left him on his own for 5 days and went to New Hampshire to play with my college friend, Melora. Coincidentally her husband was out of town and so we played! We drove down to Rockport MA, which is on Cape Ann. It was a gorgeous day and we had such a good time browsing the shops, sharing fish and chips and taking pictures of the famous fishing shack named Motif #1 that apparently is one of the top 10 photographed spots in New England.

If you have seen the movie “The Proposal” with Sandra Bullock then you might remember that it was supposed to be taking place in Alaska. Well, the cute town that you see in the movie (including the amazingly cool house where the weekend / wedding takes place) is really Rockport MA. The red fishing shack behind us is where she awkwardly climbs down the ladder in her suit and heels to the waiting motorboat.

Melora also took me kayaking for my first time around Lake Massabesic. That’s right, we loaded and unloaded those babies all by ourselves! Sunday night we enjoyed the super blood red moon in her backyard — we had a great view!

A better view from a different angle. Apparently lots of artists come here to paint it.

The cute pewter shop where I bought a fun artsy ring filled with sand from their beach.

...but not a lot. It's better in October, but you can always start driving north!

The Mount Washington Hotel. A great big beautiful hotel that makes you feel like you are in the movie "Somewhere in Time." Broad sweeping verandas and an elegant interior. It would be fun to stay there someday. As it was, we just used the bathrooms. :)

We sat for a few minutes on the veranda and enjoyed the view of Mount Washington.

In front of Melora's house - so fun to stay with her for a few days!

This is the beautiful house that was used in the film "The Proposal." This is the front which I don't think you see in the movie.

You do see a lot of the back of the house and if you look in the water, you can see the dock that they walk along a few different times.

This is the back of the house which isn't an awesome picture because we were too far away. But it was cool to see it including the neighbor's house with the lighthouse on it. Which by the way, is an actual house - although I don't think it's an actual lighthouse.

We also drove down to Salem, MA where we took a tour of The House of Seven Gables. It was super cool. Even though the book by the same title is a work of fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne, he is a cousin to the woman who owned the house.

On the same property is the birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

It was pretty darn awesome to see the desk where he wrote "The Scarlet Letter." Just sayin'.

Yup, we unloaded and loaded the kayaks without our handsome strong men. We felt empowered!

The photos are courtesy of the brother of a friend of mine.

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Alan & Michelene

New Hampshire

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