Today was a cloudy day - and then it rained! Perfect day to travel south toward Boston. The coast of Maine was so beautiful, we spent all morning driving down the southern coast highway. A highlight was our stop at
Fort McClary State Historic Site. This site features an old blockhouse, an unusual building in a fort built after 1800.
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| Block House |
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| View from the block house looking north. |
After lunch at Lamie's Inn in Hampton, NH we drove through Salem, MA, heading for the town of Marblehead. Nancy has some ancestors buried in the Old Burial Hill Cemetery. This cemetery has graves of about 600 Revolutionary soldiers as well as fishermen and seamen. The area overlooks Marblehead's historic district, the harbor, and the sea.
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| View to the south from the old burying ground. |
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| Graves from the mid 1700's and early 1800's |
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| See the granite rocks - they are all around the burying ground. |
We checked in to our hotel, then headed to Portsmouth for dinner. We ate at Portsmouth Brewing Co., a local micro-brewery and restaurant. The fresh mussels were delicious! Another great travel day - even in the rain.
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| Beaches near Kennebunkport looking north. |
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| Beaches near Kennebunkport looking south. |
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| Beaches in Oregon are all open to the public. |
