This is June?

Day 43 Lake George NY to Meredith NH 155 Miles

It rained hard most of the night. Believe me, you know when it rains in a motor home. Loud, very loud.

The morning brought slight improvement, only drizzle and heavy cloud cover, which is way better than heavy rain. It's very cold and windy, at one point this afternoon here near Lake Winnipesaukee the car thermometer was reading 51 degrees. That's January weather in South Carolina!

The drive wasn't far, only 155 miles, but we took all state roads. We got onto Rt4 in Glens Falls, NY near Lake George and stayed on it all through Vermont and almost to Meredith NH. I just wish it had been sunny, the small New England towns with all their history were so quaint as were the old farms. So many are not working farms now, and falling into disrepair. Woodstock, VT looks like a Hollywood set of what a New England town should look like.

It was after 3:30 by the time we got settled in. We'd skipped lunch and thought we'd have a combo lunch/dinner. We headed toward the town of Meredith and saw the signs for Hart's Turkey Farm. My dad used to drive up from Rhode Island (about 160 miles) for their turkey dinners...and people from RI don't usually travel more than 15 miles for ANYTHING. This place is very well known in the region, but we'd never eaten there before. It was very good...but I'll be popping the Tums soon.

We left there and because we apparently hadn't driven enough, headed down to Alton Bay, at the very southern end of the 20 mile long lake. My aunt had a cabin on a lake near there in a little village called Gilmanton Iron Works. The lake was Crystal Lake. We were only a few miles away in Alton Bay, so I asked Jim to drive a little further to see if I could remember my way back to the cabin. The lake was still beautiful and I did find he cabin, although, it's been remodeled extensively. Jim reminded me that it has been 50 YEARS since my first visit there...wish he hadn't thought of that!

Our little excursion to the cabin was a round trip of 60 miles. Oh heck, what's another couple of hours on the road at this point?

We are back in the Meredith Woods Campground near Weirs Beach on Lake Winnipesaukee. Still dodging the bikers...they are gearing up here for a bike weekend, this coming weekend. We will be in RI by then. Speaking of RI, we did something that is unusual for us, we made reservations! We will be in Narragansett RI from June 11 to 18. Um...that is, of course, if the weather changes. If it continues this cold and damp/misty/rainy we won't be staying for a week, that's for sure.

Tomorrow, the forecast is for more of the same cold, rainy weather of today with highs in the upper 50's. We will be going for a ride north of here, probably up to Mt. Washington.