New Hampshire Sites

September 3 – There was no hurry to leave today as we were only going about 150 miles.  After breakfast and showers I walked over to Home Depot in search of the rubber grippers I was hunting.  Luckily they had something that I think will do the trick.

We headed to the next exit off I-95 and filled up the RV, then up another exit to take route 201 over to 2 west.  The traffic was not bad at all but the road was windy and some up and down.  Nothing too steep at all.  There was no rush and we stopped at a scenic view of the White Mountains to have our lunch.

We arrived in Bethlehem, NH by 2:00 at Apple Hill Campground and got settled in.  It’s very woody but not very level spaces.  No cable or WIFI, but it was PPA and only $17.50 so the price was right.  It’s a bit seedy but several of the RV’s around us are new and very nice.  It looks like they leave them here for the season or are here for a while to visit in the area.

Chutters candy counter

We went to check out the town, but it’s very small and before we realized we had gone through it!  So we went a few more miles to Littleton.  It’s a pretty good size town and has a nice refurbished old downtown.  They have a candy store, Chutters, that has the Guinness record for the longest candy counter of 112 feet.  Of

Thayer Hotel

course we had to visit and get some candy!  What a selection!  I got something special for Shiloh and my brother Mark, then Bill picked out some for him and so did I.  He visited the State Farm office across the street to see if he could get a new Atlas but he didn’t have any.  He did tell him that U. S. Grant made appearance on the outdoor balcony of the Thayer Hotel when he was staying there visiting the White Mountains.  George W. Bush made a speech on the steps of the Courthouse and many other presidents have visited the town.  Pretty cool for this little town.

Iron Furance

On the way home we sidetracked to Franconia and saw some nice vintage homes and a old iron smelting furnace.  It was on private property (not that it would keep me from getting closer but it was pretty out in the open) but I got a photo from across the river.  I learned that the furnaces were not outside but inside a building but since most were made of wood they either burned down or fell to decay after the furnaces were no longer in use.

As we passed by through Bethlehem we stopped at the General Store to check it out.  Bill had to have some maple cake donuts and he encouraged me (it

Outside the General Store

didn’t take much) to buy a 6 pack of Del’s Shandys made in Narragansett, RI.  Barbara had told me about them so I took her word that I’d like them and had one when we got home.  Yum!  Much better than those Leinenkugal Summer Shandys.  Good call Barbara!

We sat outside with our beverages and some gluten free pretzels I found at Wal-mart and read for a while then came in and started organizing our day tomorrow.  We had leftovers as planned and I journaled and Bill read and then we both read!