12 & 13 August, 2005 - On the Way Home - Portsmouth and Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

Note: the large pictures are in 1280x960 (or 960x1280) resolution and the small pictures are in 640x480 (or 480x640) resolution.


After leaving Surry, Lis and I started the trip home. We went through Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where we stopped and went to the Strawbery Banke Museum.

83.7 KB 312.6 KB Sherburne House, originally built in 1695. This and and the next six pictures were taken at the Strawbery Banke Museum.
74.0 KB 283.4 KB The William Pitt Tavern, built in 1766. The entire third floor was a Masonic Lodge room.
85.5 KB 305.0 KB Herb garden next to the Leonard Cotton Tenant House.
76.6 KB 281.5 KB Stable on Whidden Place.
117.1 KB 430.8 KB The Captain Keyran Walsh House.
111.4 KB 399.5 KB Back view of the Walsh House.
93.1 KB 351.3 KB Yeaton House, Winn House and Marden-Abbot House on the right. Peacock House on the left.

We stayed in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, that night.

46.2 KB 251.8 KB Waves on Hampton Beach at night.

In the morning, Lis and I waded in the ocean before heading off again.

25.5 KB 110.1 KB Wading on Hampton Beach in the foggy morning.
30.0 KB 121.7 KB Longer view of Hampton Beach to the south.
43.9 KB 167.2 KB Waves rolling in.
26.1 KB 113.5 KB Shops, etc., bordering the beach.
33.4 KB 135.3 KB Lis on the beach.
28.2 KB 111.1 KB Me on the beach.
33.8 KB 127.7 KB Lis wading in the surf.
32.9 KB 127.5 KB South down the beach again.
43.8 KB 151.0 KB A row of houses ending at the beach.

We then resumed the long drive home, and arrived back in St. Louis late the next day.


Return to Erich and Lis's Vacation, 31 July - 13 August, 2005, Cruise on the Schooner Mary Day, and up the Maine Coast


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