Friday

If you look real close, you can see Elliott on the raft on the far right. This was at a private campground that I went to a lot as a kid in Alton, NH. Fairly small but on a Christian camping area so it is pretty nice and secluded. The water was too cold for me so we sat out in the chairs and people watched for a while. To get here, we had to travel through where the tornado touched down. Just a narrow area but the trees were ripped out or broken off. We stopped at my brother's house first and toured that. He and his wife are building a place on 3.5 acres way out in a real quiet area. That was very nice but a work in progress. They are enjoying it. Afterward we came back and went to our Maine friends' house for a cookout and to visit before they left for vacation on Saturday.

Today we are going to a country store up in NH and meeting my brother and his wife there. They will follow us back to where we are staying and we will go through the New Castle lighthouse. They are opening it today so that should be good. It is around the corner from where we are staying. It is on the site of a Revolutionary War skirmish where the locals stole gunpowder from the British that was later used in the Battle of Bunker Hill and other of battles. Another cookout with family here afterward. Here is a picture of the lighthouse at Fort Constitution.