{"id":7473,"date":"2016-10-20T01:45:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T01:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2016-10-20T16:31:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T16:31:28","slug":"whats-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=7473","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New, Hampshire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I rolled into Great Bay Campground with an hour or so to go before sunset. It was a little tricky to find because it was down a small road next to a gas station. I passed it by on the first try, but kept on going until I found a parking lot I could turn around in.<\/p>\n<p>I made it back and found the driveway. I bounced my way in, wondering what I had gotten myself into. But, my fears were allayed when I got to the end of the road and found the campground. It was actually quite nice and I got a pull-through full hook up site with a view of the water<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/view-from-the-campsite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7474 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/view-from-the-campsite-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"view-from-the-campsite\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/view-from-the-campsite-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/view-from-the-campsite-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/view-from-the-campsite-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/view-from-the-campsite-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a>And then, looking back at Flo and Bart in the campsite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Flo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7475 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Flo-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"flo\" width=\"660\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Flo-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Flo-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Flo-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had a visitor while I was at Great Bay Campground. And old friend from The Dictionary Forum, Konstantin, drove over from Massachusetts to see me.<\/p>\n<p>He was most eager to see Flo and he ooh&#8217;ed and ahh&#8217;ed over her. He took the best photo of me with Flo and Bart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstatins-photo-of-the-rig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7489 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstatins-photo-of-the-rig.jpg\" alt=\"konstatins-photo-of-the-rig\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstatins-photo-of-the-rig.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstatins-photo-of-the-rig-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstatins-photo-of-the-rig-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cora-and-me.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>He also managed to grab a shot of me with Cora in my arms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cora-and-me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7492 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cora-and-me-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"cora-and-me\" width=\"524\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cora-and-me-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cora-and-me-768x679.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Cora-and-me.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo shoot completed, we went out to lunch. After our meal, we had the server take a shot of us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstantin-and-me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7476 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstantin-and-me-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"konstantin-and-me\" width=\"660\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstantin-and-me-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstantin-and-me-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Konstantin-and-me-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here we are together.<\/p>\n<p>The last few days has been an embarrassment of riches in term of meeting up with people! I made arrangements to meet up with another Facebook friend in Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>I got there a little early, and set out to see what I could see. I wandered past the Moffatt-Ladd House, that was built in 1763.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Moffatt-Ladd-House-1763.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7479 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Moffatt-Ladd-House-1763-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"moffatt-ladd-house-1763\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Moffatt-Ladd-House-1763-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Moffatt-Ladd-House-1763-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Moffatt-Ladd-House-1763-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Moffatt-Ladd-House-1763-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally, it was right at the edge of the port. The ships would pull up to the wharf and unload right into the storage areas in the basement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-for-the-Moffatt-Ladd-house-1763.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7478 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-for-the-Moffatt-Ladd-house-1763-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"sign-for-the-moffatt-ladd-house-1763\" width=\"477\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-for-the-Moffatt-Ladd-house-1763-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-for-the-Moffatt-Ladd-house-1763-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-for-the-Moffatt-Ladd-house-1763-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-for-the-Moffatt-Ladd-house-1763-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can kind of see that there is a block or two more of land between the house and the water now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-painted-on-brick-wall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7480 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-painted-on-brick-wall-1024x983.jpg\" alt=\"sign-painted-on-brick-wall\" width=\"516\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-painted-on-brick-wall-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-painted-on-brick-wall-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-painted-on-brick-wall-768x738.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wandered by this wall with advertising painted on it. I like the bits and pieces of leftovers from long ago. I was captivated by this sign:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Private-Way-pass-at-own-risk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7481 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Private-Way-pass-at-own-risk.jpg\" alt=\"private-way-pass-at-own-risk\" width=\"822\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Private-Way-pass-at-own-risk.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Private-Way-pass-at-own-risk-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Private-Way-pass-at-own-risk-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hmm&#8230;Private way &#8211; pass at own risk&#8230;that sounded like of like a challenge to me! I continued down to the edge of the bay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tide-in-the-bay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7482 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tide-in-the-bay-1024x936.jpg\" alt=\"tide-in-the-bay\" width=\"508\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tide-in-the-bay-1024x936.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tide-in-the-bay-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tide-in-the-bay-768x702.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spent a while watching the water surge into the bay. There is a strong tide here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-store-called-Wanderlust.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7483 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-store-called-Wanderlust-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"a-store-called-wanderlust\" width=\"486\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-store-called-Wanderlust-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-store-called-Wanderlust-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-store-called-Wanderlust-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-store-called-Wanderlust-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This store, called Wanderlust, caught my interest. It was filled with all sorts of things related to travel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/As-the-crow-flies-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7484 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/As-the-crow-flies-sign-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"as-the-crow-flies-sign\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/As-the-crow-flies-sign-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/As-the-crow-flies-sign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/As-the-crow-flies-sign-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/As-the-crow-flies-sign-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I particularly enjoyed this sign. It called to mind the sign that Lynne showed me in China Lake the other day.<\/p>\n<p>After my stroll about, it was time to meet up with Lauren. I wandered up to the place we were to meet and texted her that I had arrived. Oddly enough, she was seated right next to me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lauren-and-me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7486 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lauren-and-me-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"lauren-and-me\" width=\"660\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lauren-and-me-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lauren-and-me-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lauren-and-me-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We wandered back to the river&#8217;s edge, and had a passer-by take the requisite photo that proved me met.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/me-in-Portsmouth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7487 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/me-in-Portsmouth-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"me-in-portsmouth\" width=\"660\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/me-in-Portsmouth-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/me-in-Portsmouth-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/me-in-Portsmouth-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then Lauren took a photo of me in front of the tugboats. We shared a delicious order of nachos at a restaurant right on the water&#8217;s edge. We chatted and got to know each other in real life. After a time, our time came to a close. On our way back to our cars, Lauren showed me her kayak that was on her car. She had made it herself! I was really impressed. One of these days, I am going to try out a kayak.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-Portsmouth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7485 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-Portsmouth-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"sunset-portsmouth\" width=\"660\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-Portsmouth-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-Portsmouth-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sunset-Portsmouth-768x659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was time to head back to the campground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I rolled into Great Bay Campground with an hour or so to go before sunset. It was a little tricky to find because it was down a small road next to a gas station. I passed it by on the first try, but kept on going until I found a parking lot I could turn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=7473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s New, Hampshire?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7473"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7639,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7473\/revisions\/7639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}