This is a photo of a resort we stay at a couple of nights ago. This small lake was on the premises that overlooked a valley of colorful trees....this photo does not show the colors very well so you had to be there.
This was a delightful back road near Epson, NH that meandered through the countryside.
We saw many of these dry-stacked rock walls dating back to the 1700s. This wall was approximately 3 or 4 feet thick! How would you like to build this fence?
You've been wanting photos of Jim and I......I died my hair blond.
The back roads are very narrow for BAM, but we enjoy them all the same. Most of the homes we see along the way were built Shaker style long ago with large barns actually attached to the house! It makes the houses look humongous! Although we are out of NE now, I'll try and capture a similar looking house.
The national historic landmark, Canterbury Shaker Village, is a must see. The village is perched on a hillside overlooking a gorgeous valley below. Canterbury Shaker Village was established in 1792 by Mother Ann Lee in Canterbury, NH, which remained prominent for 200 years. At its height in the 1850s, 300 people lived and worked in over 100 buildings on 3,000 acres at Canterbury Shaker Village. The Shaker "brand" of furniture and other beautifully handmade wood products are still made today by New Englanders.
The Shakers were formally known as Shaking Quakers because of their ecstatic dance in worship. Shakers believed in community ownership, pacifism, dancing in worship, equality of the sexes, celibacy, and living simply. They adopted children to continue on the cultural practices. It didn't work! The Village has operated exclusively as a museum since 1992 when the last Shaker "sister" in residence, Ethel Hudson, died. There are only 3 Shakers remaining....... Salt, pepper, and sugar. Pepper was obviously adopted. :o))
The village entrance
Maine is known for its granite supply so instead of using concrete for sidewalks, fence posts, walkways and house foundations, they used granite. Build your house on solid rock and it will endure.
Box lunches?
This is how they say plumber in the northeast, but he didn't have a butt crack!
After we visited Shaker Village, we drove into the town of Canterbury which consisted of a police station and the Canterbury Country Store and Post Office. We needed a few grocery items so we decided to check it out. The store had 2 of everything we wanted accept tomatoes. A local young lady and her son were standing at the counter while we were checking out and overheard me ask the owner if she had any tomatoes. The store owner looked at the young lady and said, "do you have any tomatoes?The young lady said I have black tomatoes if you want some, I live just around the corner. So we followed her in our car to her house (1 mile away,....that's just around the corner in the country). She GAVE us a basket filled with small, black tomatoes that are fresh, sweet, and juicy. What a thoughtful thing for her to do for total strangers! If you've never had black tomatoes, you need to try them sometime. They are a little larger than cherry tomatoes.
We drove through Portland, ME today and up the coast to Ellsworth, ME, near Acadia National Park. We plan to visit there tomorrow, and eat fresh lobster at Ruth and Wimpy's where they cook outside. You pick your own live lobster for around $15.00. Yum! Yum! No butter, thank you very much.
I'll have more to share tomorrow. Love to all.
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