Mount Washington Hotel, site of Bretton Woods Conference Optical illusion formed by dam on Ellis River in New Hampshire View from 6288′ summit of Mount Washington View at base of Mount Washington Auto Road Pennesseewassee Lake Somewhere along Hunts Corner Road When the lines down the middle of the road disappear, one begins to wonder [...]
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Up, Down & All Around Mt. Washington
Posted in Maine, New Hampshire on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Museum Finds
Posted in Maine on October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After the home tours, we visited the Portland Museum of Art. It’s late, so I’ll just post a few photos of works by Maine artists we saw while there, and another from our last Portland area destination, the Portland Head Light on Cape Elizabeth, and update this with more details tomorrow. Winslow Homer: The Sharpshooter on [...]
Victoria Mansion
Posted in Maine on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Also known as the Morse-Libby House, the Italianate Victoria Mansion is regarded by some as the finest example of pre-Civil War era residential design in America. That is undoubtedly debatable, but few buildings retain so much of the original interior decorations, furnishings, carpets, and fixtures. Built by a Maine native who made his fortune as a [...]
Into each life a little rain must fall
Posted in Maine on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We couldn’t resist visiting Lenny, the 1700-pound chocolate moose at Len Libby Candies in Scarborough, Maine. Their chocolates were surprisingly good, as was the ice cream made on premises. The Bangor Taffy (soft caramel rolled in confectioner’s sugar) was another unexpected pleasure. (The mother bear in the picture weighs in at 300 lbs of chocolate, [...]
Day 2
Posted in Maine on October 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We spent the morning at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and then headed over to nearby Boothbay Harbor for fresh lobster and a pleasant walk around the waterfront area obviously catering to summer tourists and then a leisurely drive through some residential neighborhoods that definitely weren’t: We stopped in the old center of Bath on [...]
