Portsmouth, NH

 First stop on the journey south was Portsmouth, NH.  We'd been to a couple places in NH, but never the seaside area.  We also made a trip to Bangor, ME after my last entry and before Portsmouth where we got to see Stephen King's famous house (just from the sidewalk).  Here are some pics

We toured the Moffat-Ladd House on the water in Portsmouth.  It was built by William Whipple,

one of New Hampshire's Declaration of Independence signers, in 1763 down by the harbor.

  This window was

etched "Roses are reid and violets are blu, shuger is sweet & sow are yu. Polly Tufton Moffatt."  Polly was born in the house in 1868.  As the story goes, she used one of Mom's gemstone rings

to test the theory that they were hard enough to scratch glass.

Elaborate staircase, not bad for 1763.

Interesting carved tree trunk in Stephen King's front yard.  Carved in 2020, design by his 

wife Tabitha.

Front gate at Stephen King's house in Bangor.  Interesting spider web theme, must

have been great around Halloween.

Coincidentally, Mom lived in Portsmouth for a short time while my Grandpa Tyler

worked during WWII.  This is the corner of Granite and Market streets, where she lived at the time.

Our spot in Portsmouth, Sea Coast Campground.

This is Joan Guidaboni, an old friend from MacDill.  Last year was her last season at MacDill

after 25 straight years (give or take), so we had to look her up while we were in her hometown!