Journey's End- New Hampshire

 

 

Breakfast is served from a buffet. The dining room tables are set with china and silver.

 

 

 

 

Our final destination on this journey was the Follansbee Inn on Kezar lake. The inn is only a fifteen minute drive from our daughter's house and we love staying there. It is located right on the shore of Kezar Lake. They have a nice dock with kayaks and paddle boards for guests to use. It is a delight to walk down to the dining room each morning to see what is served for breakfast. Every breakfast is noteworthy and the inn is renown for their creative breakfast dishes. 

Chelsea and her husband and three boys have lived in New Hampshire for many years now. Steve and I know the drive from New York to New Hampshire by heart. The three hour drive itself is a dream because we drive straight across the state of Vermont. I love this drive. I have driven it in every season and it is always beautiful. There are fun little stops like the Vermont Country Deli in Brattleboro and white clapboard towns with antique shops along the way. We have stopped at breweries and scenic overlooks. The mountains covered in pine, maples, and shimmering birch never disappoint.

 

On our first night at Chelsea's we had a lobster boil. Lobsters were only $7.99 a pound at the local market. Late summer is the best time to enjoy fresh lobster.  We cooked and dined outside because it is a messy meal after all. The boys were excited about the whole thing. Eating lobster is never a boring meal and the boys are pros at it. 

 

I was impressed by four-year-old Eliot's ability in the kayak.

There is a lovely sitting area under the pines with many chairs, picnic table and hammock.

We spent two days swimming and paddling around on Kezar Lake. On one day, all six of us went out on three kayaks and two paddle boards and paddled our way to the island and back. That was fun! We went out for ice cream, visited Cheslea's potter friend at her studio, had a potluck at the local library, and had grown up visits every evening after the boys were tucked into bed. As always, it was very hard to part ways. Our consolation is that Chelsea's family will come down to visit us in Virginia this fall so we were able to say, "See you soon" instead of, "Goodbye".